Submitted By: Hector Colon
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Presentation By: Noel Cooper
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Department: Engineering
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve Task Work Order #40 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the Water Master Plan update in the amount of $128,000
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
In June 2019, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. developed the City of Ocala Resource Plan - Water Master Plan Report. The objective of the report was to identify water treatment plant and distribution system improvements required to meet future potable water demands for the city's public water system service territory. A distribution system hydraulic model was built based on five-year, 10-year, and 20-year projected water demands. Multiple future scenarios were analyzed to evaluate the anticipated growth and system expansion while development is occurring. These scenarios demonstrated the distribution system locations to be improved. As a result, a list of water system capital improvements was developed, including their estimated costs.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Five years after the development of the original Water Master Plan, the Water Resources Engineering Division determined that an update to the plan was needed due to the growth around the city. The purpose of this task work order is to develop a comprehensive Water Master Plan update to identify and prioritize capital projects and to understand the improvements required to accommodate planned Water Treatment Plant improvements. The updated master plan will focus on capital improvements required to serve the utility service area's five-year, 10-year, and 20-year future needs, analyzing a new hydraulic model and providing a prioritized list of recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this task work order is available in account string 455-020-302-536-53-3101...
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