Title
Approval of Bid Award for the Chambers Creek Village Commercial Septic-to-Sewer Conversion Project (STEP)
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to award the construction contract to JMB Contracting Inc., dba Propel Construction Inc., for $432,762.88, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract.
Report
Issue:
Whether to award the construction contract for the Chambers Creek Village Commercial STEP Project to JMB Contracting Inc. dba Propel Construction Inc.
Staff Contact:
Tim Richardson, P.E., Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8749.
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar item.
Background and Analysis:
The Chambers Creek Village Condominium Owner Association initiated this project under the City's Septic to Sewer program. Olympia Municipal Code Section 13.08.215 established the program in 2009 and revised it in November, 2017.
The condominiums are currently served by onsite sewage systems (septics) which are aging and possibly failing. The septic systems require frequent pumping and maintenance. The condominiums are adjacent to Chambers Creek, increasing the environmental risk of septic failures.
This project will install a commercial STEP (Septic Tank Effluent Pump) tank, electrical system and controls. The City will own and maintain the commercial STEP tank. The STEP tank collects wastewater from the neighborhood. Within the tank is a pump that sends the liquid portion of the wastewater to the City's sewer collection system. Periodically, the utility pumps the solids remaining in the tank (similar to pumping out a septic tank). The owner association will construct the gravity sewer lines from the buildings to the commercial STEP tank.
Connecting properties served with septic systems to sewer is a priority of the Wastewater Utility and a regional priority for the LOTT Clean Water Alliance and their partner jurisdictions. This project is ben...
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