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Committee approves ARPA-funded change order to clean and adjust pipe-lining work
Summary
The Public Works and Safety committee approved a change order on an ARPA-funded cured-in-place pipeline project to add root-cutting and remove some larger, unneeded line segments from the lining scope, allowing staff to reallocate work to cleaning and lining primarily 6- and 8-inch pipes.
On July 23 the Public Works and Safety committee approved a change order on an ARPA-funded cured-in-place pipeline lining project that staff said reallocates work to perform root cutting and to clean and line primarily 6- and 8-inch lines instead of lining some larger-diameter lines originally estimated in the contract.
Staff presented the change as necessary to restore flow in existing pipes: many of the pipe segments in the system are 6 or 8 inches, and cleaning and point repairs would reopen flow without lining the larger 12-inch sections that had been included in earlier estimates. The change order removes several larger-diameter segments from the lining scope and applies funds to root cutting and cleaning where staff said it is needed.
Mary Drase presented the item to the committee and described the technical rationale. Committee members asked whether deleting the larger-line segments would affect bidding; staff replied the contract will still be put out for bid using the revised line-size list based on the newly identified segments.
A motion to proceed with the change order was made and seconded; a committee member recorded the second and the committee voted in favor. The meeting transcript records the item as approved.
The change order is funded with ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) dollars, according to meeting remarks. Staff did not provide a final dollar amount for the change order on the record during the discussion; that figure was not specified in the meeting excerpts.
Staff will proceed with a revised bid package that reflects the adjusted line sizes and the added root-cutting work and will return with contract award details at a later meeting.
