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• CITY OF' SAN LEANDRO APPROVED AND •' STAFF REPORT FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL DATE: April 4, 201 1 Step en L. Hollister TO: Stephen L. Hollister, City Manager City Manager FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, P.E., Director Engineering and Transportation Dep nt BY: Kenneth Joseph, P.E., City Engin er Engineering and Transportation epartmen . • SUBJ /PRO.IECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK FOR THE WICKS AND BLUE DOLPHIN LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT, PROJECT NO. 08- 593 -52 -243. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends acceptance of the work, filing of the Notice of Completion, and authorizing the City Manager to release the maintenance bonds for the subject project upon successful completion of the one -year maintenance period. BACKGROUND The Blue Dolphin Lift Station was constructed in 1962 and reached the end of its service life. One of the two pumps failed and the station was operating on a single pump. The station needed to be rehabilitated and the pumps replaced. • The Wicks Lift Station was constructed in 1966 as a dry and wet well package system with the pumps and valves located in the dry well and a surface - mounted control center. The station serves local businesses south of the station and pumps flow to the Merced Lift Station located 200 feet away, which requires double handling of the flow. The station reached the end of its service life as indicated by its increasing unreliability and maintenance. On April 5. 2010. the City Council awarded the construction contract for replacement of the facilities to Con -Quest Contractors, Inc. Analvsis Construction included the replacement of the deteriorated pump equipment, wet well, and electrical control center at the Blue Dolphin Lift Station. Work at the Wicks Lift Station included installing a force main line, which allows the sewage from the station to be pumped out