Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Amendment #2 to Contract #20200054 for the Construction of the Floresta Drive Improvement Project - Phase I.
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Submitted By: Robyn Holder, CPPB, Procurement Management Department (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Felix Associates of Florida, Inc.
3. Purpose: The project will retrofit the Kingsway Waterway outfall with baffle boxes to reduce nutrient discharges in runoff from the Floresta Basin.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: Modified.
5. Duration: 0 additional calendar days are requested for this Amendment.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: The expected nutrient reductions of Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) are 19% (835 pounds/annually and 16% (104 pounds/annually), respectively. The project will also reduce Total Suspended Solids (TSS) by 70% (61,615 pounds/annually).
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): An additional $707,972 for a new Contract amount of $11,932,763 ($672,472 to be reimbursed through a grant).
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve Amendment #2 to Contract #20200054 for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project - Phase I with Felix Associates of Florida, Inc.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve Amendment #2 to Contract #20200054.
2. Move that the Council not approve Amendment #2 to Contract #20200054 and provide staff with direction.
Background: Governor DeSantis and the Florida Legislature provided $25 million for water quality improvement projects to benefit the Indian River Lagoon. The City applied for this grant to benefit the Floresta Basin by installing baffle boxes. A Baffle Box is a structure with a series of settling chambers whose primary function is to remove ...
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