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Committee approves multiple contracts including $18M stormwater management and $1.55M autonomous‑shuttle pilot
Summary
The committee approved a slate of procurement items and time extensions, including an $18,000,000 DWSD stormwater contract, multiple demolition and blight remediation contracts, and a $1,550,000 grant‑funded autonomous shuttle pilot; several items were returned for corrections or scheduled for follow‑up.
The Public Health & Safety Committee on June 16 advanced and approved a series of contracts and time extensions spanning stormwater infrastructure, demolition, demolition‑training, sidewalk replacement and transportation pilots.
Key actions included sending a $18,000,000 stormwater infrastructure management contract (contract 6007080) to follow‑up discussion and eventual council consideration; DWSD staff said the work supports compliance with the state‑issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and covers the Upper Rouge tributary and near East Side areas. Procurement staff said OHM was the highest‑ranked proposer and estimated a $3,000,000 spend over five years as part of overall program work.
The committee approved emergency demolition and blight remediation contracts (including 7.1) and amended time and funding for environmental due diligence work (7.2) after staff identified a correction to the committee report (contract increase listed as $17,500; agenda description and corrected paperwork show the total should be $819,572). The committee asked OCP to submit a correction letter for the formal session.
A $2,000,875 sidewalk‑replacement contract and related bonding questions were discussed at length; procurement confirmed required bonds for contracts over $25,000 and provided a bond figure of $2,800,000 for the major‑contracting award. The committee sent item 7.6 to formal without recommendation to allow for additional review.
Transportation items 7.15–7.19 were approved and sent to new business, including two remanufactured bus engine/transmission contracts, CDL and tow‑truck training, and a $1,550,000 MDOT/H grant contract (Perrone Robotics) to relaunch an autonomous‑vehicle shuttle pilot between Corktown, downtown and the riverfront.
The committee also referred a blight‑violation memo to the law department and scheduled multiple items to return for additional materials: 6.1 (one week), 6.2 (three weeks), 6.3 (two weeks) and correction letters for 7.2 and select public‑works items.
Next steps: corrected committee reports and OCP letters will be filed for the formal council session; several items will return to committee on the schedules noted.
