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Council approves $412,716 design and inspection contract for large-diameter storm pipes
Summary
Council authorized a professional-services agreement for CCTV inspection and a five-year rehabilitation work plan covering storm pipes 18 inches and larger; the first-year inspection program will clean and CCTV roughly 24,000 linear feet of pipe.
The City Council on July 8 authorized a professional-services agreement with Osborne Consulting Inc. for $412,716 to perform CCTV inspection, cleaning and a five-year stormwater pipe rehabilitation work plan for pipes 18 inches and larger.
Project manager Soltani told the council that the city has approximately 80,000 linear feet of storm pipe 18 inches and larger; the 2025 program will clean and inspect about 24,000 linear feet and produce a rehabilitation work plan that recommends repairs, replacements and maintenance for the next five years.
Soltani said the work focuses on early detection of deterioration to prevent failures and minimize long-term replacement costs; the inspection-only scope will not fund immediate construction repairs. Staff proposed allocating $500,000 in the first year from surface-water utility fees to support the program and recommended deferring the Nickel Creek fish-passage project (currently budgeted at about $400,000 for 2026) to 2027 to cover the funding shortfall.
Councilor questions clarified that the $412,716 contract covers inspection, CCTV and reporting; repairs will be identified in the plan and funded in a subsequent capital program. The resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the Osborne Consulting contract passed 6-0.
Staff noted the program had been completed previously in 2012'2017 and that the updated CCTV data will be used to prioritize future repairs and budgeting.
