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Redevelopment Commission Agenda Item
DATE: January 22, 2019
FROM: Kara Boyles, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Budget Request – Water Works – North Station Filtration Plant
Which TIF? (circle one) River West; River East; South Side; Douglas Road; West Washington
PURPOSE OF REQUEST: Total funding in the amount of $950,000 for professional engineering services
and construction of the improvements.
Specifics: Many of the assets, including the chemical storage and PLC, have been operating
well beyond their useful lives and are in need of replacement to maintain
operability/system reliability. This project involves the rehabilitation of the North
Station Filtration plant. The list of upgrades and replacements includes: the
outdated chlorine gas system, scrubber chemical, filter media, raw water piping,
dehumidification system, HVAC compressors, outdated PLCs, and the high service
motors and pumps. Funding for this project has been allocated in both 2019 and
2020 for a total of approximately $1.6M.
This request for funding will help the South Bend Water Works complete a portion
of their 6-Year Partial Capital Improvement and Replacement Plan. This project
was listed as a critical project, and identified in the Indiana Utility Regulatory
Commission (IURC) testimony as projects to be funded with TIF in 2018.
INTERNAL USE ONLY: Project Code: _______________________________________________;
Total Amount new/change (inc/dec) in budget: _____$950K__________; Break down:
Costs: Engineering Amt: ______$200K________________; Other Prof Serv Amt_________________;
Acquisition of Land/Bldg (circle one) Amt: ___________; Street Const Amt ________________;
Building Imp Amt___$750K_____; Sewers Amt_________; Other (specify) Amt: ________________
___________________________________________. Going to BPW for Contracting? Y/N
Is this item ready to encumber now? ____ Existing PO#__________ Inc/Dec $_____________