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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT L30505 WITH CONFLUENCE INC. FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO THE DULUTH SEAWALL, BAYWALK AND HARBOR PLAZA PROJECT, FOR AN INCREASE OF $36,760.00 AND A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $636,270.00.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute an amendment to agreement L30505 with Confluence Inc. to include additional services requested during the design phase and for construction administration services through project completion as detailed in the attached proposal as Exhibit A, for an increase of $36,760.00 and a new total amount not to exceed $636,270.00, payable from fund 450-030-5530-CP450-20BOND-SEAWLL (capital improvements, finance, improvements other than buildings, capital projects - other fund contributions, city & state bonds 2020, Seawall Phase II).
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes an amendment to agreement L30505 with Confluence Inc. for an increase of $36,760.00. This amendment will cover expenses incurred for additional design service related to future phases, the Aquarium Sturgeon loading area, the discovery and address of previously unknown buried utility infrastructure, a mislocated water main, additional meetings and presentations, post-storm dewatering challenges, and several construction changes.
This agreement will be paid for with a portion of $5.5 million of tourism-tax-funded City bonding dedicated in 2020 to pay for the City’s portion of the cost to resiliently reconstruct destroyed, damaged, and vulnerable coastal infrastructure along Brighton Beach, the Lakewalk, Canal Park, the Baywalk, and the DECC/Aquarium seawall.