Attached for your review and consideration is an agreement and a proposal from Layne Inliner, LLC, in the amount not to exceed $296,843.00 for sanitary sewer gravity main rehabilitation.  The agreement includes the same conditions and unit pricing as the current City of Plantation ITB#041-14.  The usage of this contract and pricing is in accordance with the City's purchasing procedures and guidelines.

As Council is aware, this type of project has been included annually in the Public Works Capital Improvement Program as a continual proactive approach to rehabilitate an aging infrastructure.  This type of rehabilitation method has a considerable reduction in cost from traditional pipe laying construction because it eliminates the cost of restoration and allows the existing facilities to remain in place with no disruptions to the general public.

Subsequent to Sewer Collections maintenance staff pipe inspections, severe deterioration of existing gravity mains have been identified in the East Madison, North Park and North River Neighborhoods, Glengarry, Magnolia Valley, the Meadows Subdivisions, Brandywine Condominiums, the Downtown area, and the US Hwy 19 Corridor.  All of the gravity mains proposed to be lined have extensive cracking, infiltration of water, sand, and root intrusion.  Further deterioration of the gravity mains identified could result in damage to streets and right of ways if not corrected.  In addition, the current pipe conditions are the direct result of higher sewer lift station pump run times which increase the utilities operating and maintenance cost for equipment repair and treatment of the effluent.