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Storm Water Board to Re-score Bids
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Survey mark on 22nd Street
Photo by Linda Karn |
(posted 4.20.08)
The Speedway Storm Water Management Board agreed to a meeting with the
town council to re-interview and to re-score the top two firms bidding to
developing a storm water and sewage master plan.
David Kieser of Kieser Consulting told the board at it's April 17 meeting that
Commonwealth Engineers scored the highest with American Structurepoint
coming in second. He said he did not want to stifle progress but the grant
rules require the town negotiate the fee and scope of work with the top
finalist. If that fails, then the council/board goes to the next firm to
negotiate. Kieser said re-interviewing and re-scoring are possible methods
of selection, but not the preferred method for the Community Focus Fund grant, using the quality based selection process.
Town Councilor William Suffel preferred to interview the two firms again
for re-scoring. He said there might be some advantages or disadvantages
discovered by the council or board that were missed during the first interview.
Storm Board member Clint McKay said he was fine with the original scoring
but he "understood " why the town would want to re-interview.
Storm Water Board President Jeff Hartman did not expect the interviews
to happen until the end of April.
As of April 18, Don Larson of Commonwealth Engineers said the town had
never contacted the firm and he had no knowledge that Commonwealth scored
the highest.
The board approved for Kieser to advertise requests for qualifications
for the proposed Gerrard Avenue and Allison Avenue storm water relief project.
The RFQ will be advertised in newspapers for 30 days.
The board also approved $5,000 for HNTB to accurately locate the survey marks
in the Gerrard and Allison Avenue area project. Engineer Tom Hutka said
it no longer requires surveying. The process will require someone to stand
at the marked locations with a GPS to record the longitude and latitude.
The board also approved a not to exceed $37,000 expenditure for HNTB
to begin the design work and assist with bids for the Dry Run Ditch maintenance
project.
Norm Berry, Waste Water Treatment Plan Superintendent, said the town's
storm water permit from IDEM expires on November 4. A new application needs
to be submitted 60 days prior to the expiration date. Berry explained that
IDEM's storm water rules are evolving and becoming more complicated with
an increase in requirements. One of the new requirements includes IDEM
auditing the town's storm water program by the last quarter of 2008.
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