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Public Works outlines bids, landfill monitoring contracts and Westover flood study grant application
Summary
County engineer presented a package of Public Works items: a low bid recommendation for a water main and booster pump station, two monitoring contracts for county landfills, an emergency repair update for International Way, the Dyke Road reconstruction and a FEMA BRIC planning grant for a chronic flood area at Westover/Lomar.
Cowlitz County Public Works briefed the Board on several construction and environmental items the department plans to carry to the consent agenda next week, including a recommended bid award, two professional service agreements for landfill monitoring, an emergency repair update and a planning grant application to FEMA.
Susan Eugenis, county engineer, recommended awarding the low bid for the Tower Road water main and Juanita Way booster pump station to the low bidder identified in the bid opening as "Rachi and" for $1,549,631.76, saying the paperwork checked out and the second-low bid was about $5,000 higher.
Eugenis described two task-order contracts with PBS (engineering and environmental services) related to the county's landfill permits: a not-to-exceed $150,000 contract for surface-emissions monitoring (plan development and quarterly sampling) and a fixed-fee groundwater and surface-water monitoring contract of about $161,000 for quarterly sampling and reporting.
On the county's Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance Grant (LSWIFA), Savannah Clement of Public Services reported the state awards $484,000 biannually and the county is reimbursed roughly $363,000 over two years. The money funds the household hazardous waste facility, rural recycling and homeless-encampment cleanup; the department is reallocating within the grant with a net change of about $98,100 across programs but no change in total funding.
Emergency repair and other projects: Eugenis updated the Board on an emergency contract for International Way. Contractor AES installed bypass pumps, located and repaired a hole in a 15-inch-diameter sewer pipe, and the crew ran a camera through a 450-foot run from manhole to manhole; the section was filled and camera work was nearly complete at the time of the update.
Dyke Road reconstruction remains subject to Army Corps 408 approval because the work is on a levy; the project covers milepost 3.05 to 5.32 (about two miles). The county is about ten months into the 408 process and expects to bid in spring so construction can proceed this summer.
FEMA BRIC grant: Eugenis said county staff submitted a pre-application to Washington's BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) program for a planning study focused on chronic flooding in the Westover/Lomar area. The BRIC pre-application would fund a study and benefit-cost analysis only; implementation funding would require later grant applications.
Next steps: Staff will present the bid award and these contracts on the consent agenda, add the LSWIFA amendment for commissioner signature, continue International Way closeout reporting, and pursue BRIC planning funds for Westover/Lomar.
