TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE - Public Services Director
Byron Reeves, PE - Assistant Public Services Director
Kelly Olivera, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: August 8, 2022
RE:
Title
Adoption of Capital Project Ordinance Amendment 2023-11 to Provide Additional Construction Funding for the Devonwood Lower Dam Hurricane Matthew Recovery Project.
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|10 9|
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Capital Project Ordinance Amendment 2023-11 will appropriate anticipated funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS) to provide $356,432 of additional project funding for the construction of a utility duct bank on the Devonwood Lower Dam.
Per Dam Safety requirements, the duct bank will be above the 100-year water surface elevation and placed on the downstream shoulder of the embankment, parallel to the road and outside the extent of the dam. The duct bank will house utility lines inside the conduits as Dam Safety does not allow utilities to be constructed within the footprint of the dam. As construction has neared completion, the contractor has submitted a change order to order the required materials for the construction of Duct Bank.
Background:
Devonwood Lower Dam is a City owned, small, high hazard dam located along McFayden Drive that was damaged during Hurricane Matthew, beginning on October 2, 2016. The damage sustained included significant erosion and sloughing of the downstream embankment.
On April 18, 2018 FEMA officially obligated $1,429,420 under Project Worksheet (PW) 01887 to construct Devonwood Lower Dam per Dam Safety requirements.
Following Dam Safety requirements to place utilities outside t...
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