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Approval of Utility Portion of IFB24-74 for the Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities recommend the utility portion of Bid No. 24-74 for the purpose of Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project with TLC Company, Inc. in the amount of $3,155,215.00 and a contingency in the amount of $315,521.50, for a total of $3,470,736.50, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, I further move that the Board of Public Utilities recommend Budget Revision 2025-02 in the amount of $1,140,334.00 and include the attached budget revision in the minutes for the record, and forward to Council for approval.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that the Board recommend these motions as presented.
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The Bathtub Row Reconstruction Project is a joint project with the Public Works Department constructing improvements to both the roadway and utilities in downtown Los Alamos. The project will reconstruct the roadway and water lines in Bathtub Row, Nectar Street, Peach Street and 15th Street. The waterlines are approximately 75 years old and at the end of their service life. Water transmission lines will be replaced and rerouted into the roadways. Most notably will be the elimination of several hundred feet of steel transmission line that is located beneath existing buildings. Bathtub Row was named to recognize the homes as being the first with running water in the community. The water and sewer lines serving the homes along Bathtub Row are some of the oldest in the community and will be replaced with the project. One bid was received for the project. The water line work came in $1,140,333.90 over the budgeted funding which requires a budget revision from water fund to cover the overrun. Phase I of the work will begin this fall in the area of Fuller Lodge. Work will be suspended through the winter and then resume in the spring of 2025 with a scheduled completion date of October 202...
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