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Reimbursement Agreement With Town of Truckee for ACTION ITEM #9 May 4, 2022 Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Reimbursement Agreement With Town of Truckee for Phase 4-Truckee River
Legacy Trail
•BACKGROUND / HISTORYBACKGROUND / HISTORY Phase 4-Trail River Legacy Truckee Phase 4-Trail River Legacy Truckee 1980-Pipe beneath riverbed •1992-Pipe in vehicle bridge •Two water pipes
cross the river in downtown Truckee•Construction of additional wells south of the river is anticipated•Majority of customers are north on the river•riverTwo of the three largest groundwater
wells are located south of the •Significant barrier to vehicular traffic and utility services•Truckee River runs northeasterly through the District’s service area
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Trail Truckee River Legacy Phase 4-Trail Truckee River Legacy Improve water system reliability and redundancy•pedestrian bridgeLand Trust (TDLT)
to install a water pipe across the river on the new and Truckee Donner of Truckee District has been working with Town •New pedestrian bridge across Truckee River at Mill Street•Connect
Hilltop area to SR 89 at West River Street•Paved recreation trail along the south side of the Truckee River•Phase 4 project–Town of Truckee is undertaking the Truckee River Legacy Trail
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail District’s water pipe portion estimated at $450,000•Engineer’s estimate for the
overall project was $8.2 million•bridge design the include the water pipeline in to designer the bridge with District working •bridge to existing pipesto design water pipeline connections
from LumosDistrict contracted with •trail projectlead designer for the and Associates was selected by the Town of Truckee to be the Lumos
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail $2.0 million estimate•million actual $5.5 •Major cost difference was for the bridge
construction•was about $477,000District’s water pipe portion •millionBid price of about $12.4 •Fraser of Eureka, California. -Apparent low bidder was Mercer•Bid opening on April 15,
2022•Town of Truckee began advertising for bids in February 2022
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Bid price is higher than available TDLT funds•regarding bridge constructionCost
sharing agreement between Town of Truckee and TDLT •Truckee has been preparedReimbursement agreement between the District and the Town of
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail sharing agreementand TDLT revising their cost Accept higher bid price with Town
of Truckee •Accept higher bid price with Town of Truckee covering additional costs•design to be bid separatelyReject all bids and rebid the project without the bridge. Revised bridge
•costly bridge through value engineeringAward contract to low bidder and work with contractor to develop less •Four options were presented•April 26Discussion of project at Town of Truckee
Council Meeting on
•NEW INFORMATIONNEW INFORMATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Expected action by Town Council on May 10•Revise cost sharing agreement with TDLT•Develop
less expensive bridge through value engineering•fourth optionsPer Town staff, favored approach is combination of first and
•FISCAL IMPACTFISCAL IMPACT Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Cost for this easement has not been finalized•neededEasement across TDLT property on
south side of Truckee River is •Estimated at $10,000•District responsible for a portion of the design cost of the bridge•$524,000of Total of authorization •Ten percent contingency •of
$35,422 Additional administrative costs •440,852cost is $Construction •Based on the low bid
•FISCAL IMPACTFISCAL IMPACT Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail about $3.9 million for pipeline replacement and new pipelineincludes Alternative funding
source would be the FY 2023 budget, which •Sufficient Facilities Fees will be available to cover the cost of the project•about $2.3 millionBalance of Water Facilities Fees fund on December
31, 2021 was •This funding source is recommended•Project qualifies for Facilities Fees funding•Project not included in the Water Department CIP•Overall project cost of about $600,000
is anticipated
•RECOMMENDATIONRECOMMENDATION Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 4-Truckee River Legacy Trail $600,000with an overall cost not to exceed 4 Project Phase -Trail pipeline as part
of the Truckee River Legacy agreement with the Town of Truckee for construction of a water Authorize the General Manager to execute a reimbursement