Title
Salt River Project Construction License for City Subsurface Utility Excavation Purposes for City Project WS85509026-1 (Ordinance S-47096)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Construction License with Salt River Project for Subsurface Utility Excavation (SUE) purposes. Further request the City Council to grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion in the documents pertaining to this transaction of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise should be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18. There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this license is to allow the City’s on-call contractor to perform SUE to determine the depth of SRP irrigation facilities. It is expected that these facilities are within the scope of the City’s design for project WS85509026-1 - Water Main Replacement Area Bounded by Van Buren to Washington streets and 21st Place to 36th Street. Depth verification allows the City to design accordingly to avoid underground utility conflicts.
Contract Term
The term of the Construction License is one year, beginning when the Notice to Proceed date is issued to our on-call SUE contractor, on or about Nov. 18, 2020.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix.
Location
32nd and Van Buren streets and 32nd Street, north of Washington Street
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.