The request of staff for City Council is to review and consider for approval Task Order No. 1 from HDR Engineering, Inc. for design, permitting, plans preparation, and bid document services in the amount not to exceed $59,920.00 for the proposed 2021 Grand Blvd. Bridge Water and Wastewater Utility Relocation Project.

In 2019/2020 Pasco County’s engineering division contacted City Public Work’s staff to inform them of the Grand Blvd. Bridge failed inspection report.  The report called out structural deficiencies that warranted the bridge’s need to be replaced.  As City Council may be aware, a City owned 16-inch potable water main and a 12-inch force main are attached to the east and west sides of the bridge.   The proposed demolition of the existing bridge and the construction of a new bridge will cause the City to design and build new potable and wastewater facilities and attach those facilities to the newly constructed structure.  Design elements include temporary by-pass piping for the potable water facility will be required during construction. Once the east side bridge section is completed the construction and attachment of a permanent potable water facility will be constructed.  Prior to the demolition of the west side of the bridge the existing 12-inch force main will be removed.  The construction and the attachment of a permanent force main will be constructed subsequent to the completion of the west side bridge section.  Finally, topside improvements will take into account the City’s proposed shared use path design and construction project identified in the City’s current Capital Improvement Program.