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Council approves multiple engineering, funding and maintenance contracts including Cypress Creek and Riggs Road work
Summary
At the meeting the council approved Amendment No. 5 to the MLK/Jack Warner funding agreement, engineering and oversight amendments for the trestle project, contracts for Cypress Creek stabilization, Riggs Road drainage design, reimbursable utility relocation work with ALDOT, a Tesco fencing amendment, an Annex 2 office conversion and parking deck maintenance.
The Tuscaloosa City Council approved a series of engineering, funding and maintenance actions during the public projects segment, including amendments tied to the MLK/Jack Warner Parkway project and separate drainage and maintenance contracts across the city.
Council approved Amendment No. 5 to the joint funding agreement with the Tuscaloosa Road Improvement Commission to align the agreement with the recently opened bids; staff said the amendment raises the funding figures from roughly $82 million to about $84.316 million to reflect bid results and updated cost estimates and that T‑SPLOST will reimburse debt‑service payments tied to the project. Staff said about $9.2 million remains in the city's 2020A bond issuance and that the city plans to issue roughly $41.4 million in new bonds to cover remaining costs.
The council approved two amendments to Thompson’s services: $387,452 for final design and bidding support and $3,995,920 for construction‑phase oversight and testing (combined $4,383,372), which staff said are included in the MLK project totals.
Separately, the council approved an $863,250 professional services agreement for design and permitting for Cypress Creek Phase 3, a multi‑site bank stabilization and drainage project south of Skyland. Staff said the work will include survey, testing, culvert modifications and permitting possibly involving the Army Corps of Engineers and resource conservation authorities; staff estimated design will likely take at least a year.
Zach (city staff) presented a $199,442.25 Hazen & Sawyer contract for drainage design on Riggs Road and 31st Street in West Tuscaloosa; bidding is expected around November–December. For ALDOT’s US‑69/Skyland road improvements, the council approved a reimbursable engineering agreement with Hazen & Sawyer for $48,748.44 (100% reimbursable) to design water and sewer relocations, and a utility relocation agreement with ALDOT that would reimburse up to $270,000 for engineering and potential future construction relocations.
Tim (city staff) asked the council to approve an $8,440 increase to the annual Tesco Fencing contract (originally $30,000) to cover new fences and repairs, including a $3,440 repair at the water tower on Riverside Drive and Campus Drive West; funding will come from facilities maintenance and water/sewer repairs and supplies. The council also approved converting a copy room on the third floor of Annex 2 into two accounting offices (funded from the accounting and finance operating budget) and authorized preventative maintenance on the multi‑story parking deck to replace nearly 2,000 linear feet of joint sealant funded by IMF repair and supplies.
All items on the public projects agenda were approved by voice vote during the meeting; the transcript records council members saying “aye” but does not list individual recorded votes.
