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Home My WebLink About9D - Fig Well CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: AGENDA # PREPARED BY: AGENDA ITEM: January 22, 2002 qD Bud Osmundson, Public Works Director CONSIDER APPROV AL OF A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE DRILLING AND TESTING OF A FIG WELL DISCUSSION: Historv The staff is aware that domestic water production is a top City Council priority. Well and Pumphouse No, 6 came on line on January 15, 2002. The addition of this 1100 gallons per minute or 1.5 million gallons per day (MGD), increases our daily water production capacity by 33% to 6 MGD. This will have a major impact on the City's ability to keep up with the demand for potable water this summer. However, we are also working on two additional fronts in an effort to provide more pumping capacity. First, we are working with the Department of Natural Resources on allowing us to proceed with the development of an additional J ardan aquifer well near our existing well field in the Brooksville Hills area, or if that effort does not work, on the west side of the lake. Secondly, at the November 5,2001 meeting, the City Council authorized the preparation of plans and the solicitation of quotations for the drilling and testing of a Franconia, Ironton, Galesville (FIG) aquifer well near Well No.3, in an effort to possibly utilize the FIG as an alternative potable water resource. The purpose of this item tonight is to consider awarding a contract to drill a test well into the FIG and test pump it, which will assist the City in it's decision whether to proceed, or not, with the drilling and development of a FIG production well. BackJ!roun.d The staffs preference is to place additional Jordan and FIG wells in the Brooksville Hills area so that it keeps our options open for a centralized water treatment plant in the future, plus the fact that the pumphouse for Well NO.3 is set up mechanically to treat water from a third well (it currently treats water from Wells No,3 and No.4), so we would not have to pay the cost of constructing another pumphouse at this time. Our Comprehensive Potable Water System Plan and our physical water system constructed to date, is built around the concept of the water being pumped from the Brooksville Hills area out to the city, The Comprehensive Plan always called for one well that would be used for peak periods somewhere on the other side of the lake, a condition now met with Well No.6, If the development of a FIG well is warranted, it would be drilled agenda award teltWli'3 Adelmann St. S,E" Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372/ Ph, (952) 440-9675 / Fax (952) 440-9678 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER FISCAL IMPACT: AL TERNA TIVES: RECOMMENDED MOTION: REVIEWED BY: agenda award test well adjacent to Pumphouse No.3 and the existing mechanical and electrical system would be utilized. We hired Progressive Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PCE) to prepare the plans and specifications for the drilling and testing of the test FIG well, We received quotations on January 14 and the results are listed below, Contractor Ke sWell Drillin Ber erson - Caswell, Inc, Thein Well Com an Quotation $33,406 $28,619 $36,245 The engineer's estimate was $25,000. Conclusion Staff recommends that we move forward with the FIG aquifer test well. We investigated FIG wells in this general area of Scott County which have shown good water quality characteristics, but questionable to fair pumping capacities, The only way to determine what we can expect from a FIG production well is to drill the test well and analyze it. Testing is expected to be completed by mid- March. Therefore staff recommends award of a contract to drill a FIG test well to Berg'erson - Caswell, Inc. in the amount of $28,619. We will try to expedite the testing phase in order to return to the City Council with a recommendation to prepare plans and specifications for a FIG well. Attached is a draft of the proposed FIG well schedule for Council information, Budf!et Im/Jact Staff recommends that the funding amount of $28,619 come out of the Trunk fund. The alternatives are as follows: 1. A motion to approve a resolution awarding a contract for a FIG test well to Bergerson - Caswell, Inc. in the amount of $28,619. 2. Table this agenda item for a specific reason. 3, Deny this agenda item for a specific reason, alternative number 1. Mr.Qureshi of PCE will be present at er any questions the City Council may have. ~ ~-- ---.--!'J ~'lVNESOi.~ ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR A FIG TEST WELL AND APPURTENANT WORK RESOLUTION 02-~ \ \ MOTION BY: SECOND BY: WHEREAS, pursuant to a solicitation for quotes for the construction of a FIG Test Well and appurtenant work; WHEREAS, the following quotes were received, opened, and tabulated: BIDDER AMOUNT OF BID Keys Well Drilling Company $33,406.00 Bergerson - Caswell, Inc. $28,619.00 Thein Well Company $36,245.00 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that Bergerson - Caswell Inc, of Maple Plain, Minnesota is the lowest responsible bidder. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, * 1. The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Bergerson - Caswell, Jnc, of Maple Plain, Minnesota in the name of the City of Prior Lake for the construction of a FIG Test Well and APp~ena ' the amount of$28,619, ~ Z , S ~ ~ +e L. - d~ '- ~ ~ -r;.\1..\IV~~ - , Passed and adopted this 22nd day of January 2002. YES NO Haugen Haugen Ericson Ericson Gundlach Gundlach Petersen Petersen Zieska Zieska {Seal} Frank Boyles City Manager '\ agenda aw<Y'4)~6 'l"lI.l:telmann St. S,E" Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph, (952) 440-9675 / Fax (952) 440-9678 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER r- ~ ~ .------ PROPOSED FIG WELL (WELL NO.7) SCHEDULE Item Update Council/Order Test Well Receive Test Well Proposals / Award Contract Receive Test Well Results / Order Preparation of P & S for Well NO.7 Prepare Well No, 7 Plans & Specs. Approve P &S / Authorize Advertisement for Bids for Well NO.7 Construction Receive Bids for Well Construction Award Well Construction Contract Well Drilling & Development Complete Mechanical Plumbing Construction Well On Line Proposed date November 5,2001 January 22, 2002 March 2002 March & April 2002 April 1, 2002 May 8, 2002 May 20,2002 June thru October 2002 October 2002 November 2002 X:\Osmundson\m@rniJAyj~W'6t~JlL,Sl?tiofJ1Wklll?cMinnesota 55372 / Ph, (952) 440-9675 / Fax (952) 440-9678 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATUS OF WELL CAPACITY Year Item Well Rated Total Total Capacity in Capacity of Capacity Gallons per Well(s) in of System Minute (GPM) Million in MGD Gallons per Day (MGD) Summer 2001 Existing Well No.'s 3,4, & 5 1100 X 3 = 3300 4.5 4.5 Fall 2001 Well NO.6 1100 1.5 6.0 Fall 2002 FIG Well (Well No.7) 500 (Estimated) 0.7 6.7 2002 - 2003 New Jordan Well (Well No.8) 1100 (Estimated) 1,5 8.2 2004 - 2005 New Jordan Well (Well No.9) 1100 (Estimated) 1.5 9.7 c:\WINpg~a(r~ifg'f~r~~~ne}{J~~\g~,~13f(~Ef:kR~;Wn~~~~t~055372-1714 / Ph, (952) 447-4230 / Fax (952) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER