Jul 31, 2020 ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING COMMITTEE

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AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.

[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING COMMITTEE FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2020 3:30 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, BAYTOWN CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public may not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting, as there is a limited amount of space when maintaining the required 6-feet separation from others. For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 832 7943 9607. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 832 7943 9607. The agenda packet is accessible to the public at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. After the meeting, a recording of this meeting will be made available to the public at https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 281-420-6504. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

[a. Receive and discuss information regarding the selected engineering firms for the following projects and applications: (i) the Julie Ann Villa / Lincoln Cedar CDBG Drainage Project; (ii) the East WWTP Phase I CDBG Project; (iii) the East WWTP Phase II CDBG Application; (iv) the Danubina Drainage CDBG Application; and (v) the West Baytown Drainage CDBG Application.]

WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE IT AND WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD IMPLEMENTED IT AS WE NEEDED TO.

SO YOU NEED TO BE OUT HERE BY A CERTAIN TIME, DAVE.

SURE.

WE HAVE 'EM FOR CONTRACTORS AS WELL, BUT, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE GOT ON.

YEAH, I MEAN, I REALIZE WE'RE DOING THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW IN THE SELECTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.

SO, I MEAN, ACTUALLY YOU GUYS, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE SCORECARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMFORTABLE IN THE PROCESS AND IF YOU JUST WANT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS, I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH THAT.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T DO THE SCORECARD, RIGHT? OH, NO, NO, NO.

I, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

Y'ALL DID THE SCORECARD, ALL THESE NO, NO, NO.

YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THE SCORECARD.

THAT, THAT'S WHO DID THE SCORECARD? OH, THE COMMITTEE.

STERLING WILL COME IN IN A MINUTE.

UH, FRANK, WHO'S UH, OUT TODAY, BUT MATT JOHNSON, WHO'S OUR CITY ENGINEER, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED THE MEETING.

UH, MYSELF AND STERLING, AND THEN ALSO KEVIN HARVILLE, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE IT WAS.

SO FOLKS, TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, APPARENTLY WE STARTED THE MEETING A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.

OH, WE DID? WELL, WE HADN'T STARTED OFFICIALLY.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN I WASN'T BROADCASTING THAT.

OKAY.

SO THE, THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE QUALIFIED EXPERTS FROM ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

SO I UNDERSTAND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS LAST TIME.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

NO SWEAT.

OKAY.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT PROJECTS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST DOCUMENT, WHICH IS OUR SELECTION PROCESS, JUST TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, UM, IF YOU COULD.

OKAY, MIKE.

APPRECIATE IT.

GREAT.

SO WE FOLLOW A PROCESS THAT KIND OF, I JUST WANTED TO, IT, IT'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, SIX OR SO MONTHS, MAYBE SEVEN MONTHS OR SO SINCE I LAST, UH, TALK WITH YOU ALL.

AND JUST REAL QUICK TO RUN THROUGH, UM, OUR PROCESS.

SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A RFQ.

WE SELECT BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND THE TEAM OF OUR, UH, QUALIFIED STAFF.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE STAFF THAT REVIEWS HAS KNOWLEDGE IN THE OPERATIONS AND ALSO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE REVIEWING.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, STERLING, BECAUSE HE OVERSEES UTILITIES, WAS INVOLVED IN THE WASTEWATER, AND KEVIN HARVILLE, WHO WAS OVER OUR OPERATIONS DRAINAGE AND STREETS, WAS INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION, UM, OF OUR, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, CONSULTANTS.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAD THAT WE COULD, UM, KIND OF ANSWER THROUGH JUST GOING OVER THE PROCESS.

JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, SO THAT YOU COULD, UH, KNOW WHAT WE WERE CONSIDERING FOR THIS BATCH.

UM, ALSO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SHEET IS THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THIS BATCH.

UM, THIS WAS A CRITERIA THAT WAS LISTED.

THIS IS OUR NORMAL CRITERIA.

UM, AND THIS LARGELY OUR GRANT PROJECTS FOR C-D-B-G-D-R, SO DISASTER RECOVERY AND ALSO THE CDBG MITIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS IN OCTOBER.

SO WE WANNA GET OUR PROJECTS GOING, UM, IN TERMS OF APPLYING FOR THAT FUNDS.

SO I WILL TRANSITION OVER TO THE PRESENTATION.

UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS FROM ME, BUT AT, AT LATER, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE SCORECARD JUST TO, I KNOW IT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A COPY OF IT.

OH, SO LET ME EXAM, UH, EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.

THE SCORECARD THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS AT THE END OF A PROJECT WE SCORE.

OKAY.

HOW DID THE PROJECT GO? HOW DID THAT DESIGN EFFORT GO? UM, TYPICALLY WHEN I SAY THE END OF THE PROJECT, IT'S NOT JUST THE END OF DESIGN, BUT IT COULD BE THE END OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT COVERS THAT.

OKAY.

IN TERMS OF THE SCORE SHEETS, UM, I THINK WE HAVE THE COMBINED SCORE SHEETS FOR THIS, AND I'M THINKING I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

NO.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEEDED TO HAND THAT OUT AND THEN RETRIEVE IT.

JUST THE ONE THAT Y'ALL USED TO SELECT THE ONES, THE FRONT, I THINK YOU CAN GET IT 'CAUSE I'VE GOT THOSE SAME SPOT.

YEP.

PARDON ME? YOU THINK THEY'RE SAVED IN THE, UH, YOU LOG IN SOMEBODY'S COMPUTER, I'LL EMAIL THEM TO YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO WE'VE GOT THE FIRST, UM, GROUP OF DOCUMENTS, IF

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THE FIRST PROJECT.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS DIVIDED UP BY EAST DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, PHASE ONE AND TWO, AND THEN THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS A PROJECT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE.

WE HAVE C-D-B-G-D-R FUNDING.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SOUGHT FEMA FUNDING FOR AND THAT DID NOT COME THROUGH.

SO WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING IN HAND FOR THE C-D-B-G-D-R PROJECT.

UM, THIS IS THE EAST DISTRICT PLANT LOCATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SITS NEXT TO CEDAR BAYOU.

IT'S VERY LOW.

IT IS IN THE FLOOD IMPACT ZONE.

THAT RED CIRCLE IS KIND OF WHERE IT IS.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSE UP.

THIS IS THE SPECIFIC AREA, THE HATCHED AREA IS THE FLOODWAY THAT FOLLOWS THAT CEDAR BAYOU.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIVE AND 100 YEAR FLOOD ZONE THAT IS THIS PLANT SITS WITHIN.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS IMPACTED IN SUCH A WAY DURING OUR FLOODING EVENT.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH, WE'RE PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE SCENARIO OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IN ESSENCE.

SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THREE COMPONENTS.

IT IS THE REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OPERATIONS BUILDING.

IT IS TO CONVERT THE LIFT STATION FROM WHAT IS WHAT WE CALL DRY PIT TO A WET WELL WITH SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS.

SO THOSE PUMPS WERE VERY HEAVILY DAMAGED AND YOU CAN HEAR THE DAMAGE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM.

SO THEY WILL FUNCTION, BUT THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING REAL GREAT.

UH, THE THIRD COMPONENT IS THE SCADA SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO MONITOR ON SITE AND REMOTELY.

AND THIS SYSTEM WAS NOT, UM, WELL IT'S NOT REALLY FUNCTIONAL NOW AND IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MONITOR THAT IN OTHER RAIN EVENTS.

SO STERLING AND HIS STAFF ARE CHALLENGED.

UH, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF MANUAL WORK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S HEAVY DUTY ON THE MAN HOURS AND HEAVY DUTY ON, YOU KNOW, JUST THE STRESS LEVEL OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S WORKING.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE ISSUED AN RFQ LATE IN MAY, AND THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A SUMMARY SHOT OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS, AND THEN THE FUNDING AMOUNT.

SO THE C-D-B-G-D-R PROGRAM COMES THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY IN THIS CASE, AND WE ARE THE SUB-RECIPIENT.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A RECOMMENDATION.

IT IS CONTINGENT UPON HARRIS COUNTY APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT CONCURRENCE LETTER.

WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO THEM, WE'RE WAITING ON THEIR CONCURRENCE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO FIVE FIRMS HAVE RESPONDED.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAD FIVE RESPONDENTS, FIVE ENGINEERING, OUR DURA GROUP, COROLLA, ENGINEERING, KAY FRIES AND ASSOCIATES, AND KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES.

THESE ARE ALL FIRMS WITH DEEP BENCH.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME IS OUR DURA GROUP AND THEY HAVE A QUALIFIED, A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEAM IN WASTEWATER DESIGN.

AND LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT THEY PROVIDED IN THE RFQ, THEY DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THE PROJECT.

THEY HAVE PREVIOUS WORK WITH THE CITY ON THE BOWEL PLANT.

THEY HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS IN REVIEW WITH THE TCEQ.

RIGHT NOW IT'S OUR FILTER SCOUR PROJECT.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT THEY PROVIDED ON THAT PROJECT, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT.

WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THEY PRESENTED AN A VERY EXTENSIVE, UM, BOOK OF EXPERIENCE WITH CDBG PROJECTS, BOTH DISASTER, UM, OF ALL SORTS, AND ALSO WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT DISASTER DESIGN.

UM, THEY HAVE HAD VERY TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH US AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTINGENT UPON CONCURRENCE WITH HARRIS COUNTY.

WE DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ANY ISSUES THERE.

UM, WE'VE EVALUATED TOGETHER, ACTUALLY WITH HARRIS COUNTY.

THEY HAD THEIR PROCESS IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY HAVE TO, UM, REP BE REPRESENTED ON THE REVIEW PANEL AS WELL.

SO WE JUST COMPLETED THAT AND WE ALL DID OUR SCORES AND WE ALL, UH, SENT THEM IN.

AND SO THAT IS NOW BEEN DEPOSITED WITH, WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO GO THROUGH THEIR CDBG FEDERAL COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION REVIEW.

SO ALL THE FIVE FIRMS HAVE SUBMITTED COMPLETE DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HAD A COMPLETE PROCESS.

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SAME PLANT, NEXT PHASE.

SO THIS IS THE LARGER KIND OF ENDEAVOR.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT ANYTHING.

THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE AT THAT PLANT.

IT IS EXTENSIVE.

IT IS A PLANT THAT NEEDS ATTENTION.

UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO THAT FLOOD SCENARIO.

THIS PHASE REALLY WOULD SEEK TO ADDRESS THE, UM, RESILIENCY COMPONENT.

AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT SEVERAL, SEVERAL ITEMS. SORRY, I'VE BEEN TALKING AND NOT EMAILING.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT THE PRE-FUNDING SERVICES ON THE, ON THE FIRST PART OF THIS.

SO THIS CDBG MITIGATION PROGRAM IS MANY, MANY MILLIONS, AND MIGHT EVEN BE BILLIONS.

SO IT'S COMING THROUGH FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATE.

AND THEN IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THROUGH THE GLO.

SO WE ARE ENTERING A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM WITH A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE OF OUR PAST HISTORY IN TERMS OF ALREADY HAVING DOCUMENTED THE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT REALLY QUALIFY FOR THE CDBG PROGRAM, WE'VE SELECTED SOME PROJECTS, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM THAT QUALIFIES AND WE FEEL LIKE HAS VERY GOOD CHANCE TO BE, UH, SELECTED.

SO LET'S GO THROUGH THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS IS IF WE APPLY NOW, WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT NOMINAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR FIRMS CAN APPLY FOR US.

WE DO NEED AN ENGINEERING FIRM FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.

SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL? WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR A SELECTION BECAUSE THAT DESIGN FIRM CAN CONTINUE ON.

THAT IS A TIME SAVINGS FOR US BECAUSE IT'LL BE, TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE AT THAT POINT.

SO THAT WAY I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

SO IF WE SELECT NOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE VERY WELL SET TO KEEP ON GOING ON THE SAME TRACK.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S 14 COMPONENTS HERE.

AND YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU NOT TOUCHING AT THE PLANT? AND THE TRUTH IS WE'VE GOTTA TOUCH A LOT THAT, THAT THE, THE PLANT ITSELF IS, IS BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED.

THE BELT PRESS BUILDING, WE'VE GOT TWO BELT PRESSES.

THOSE BELT PRESSES ARE ABOUT HALF A MILLION, $750,000 A PIECE.

THE BUILDING THAT IS HOUSING IT AND PROTECTING THE EQUIPMENT PROBABLY IS NOT MORE THAN A QUARTER OR LESS THAN THAT IN VALUE.

IT'S HEAVILY CORRODED, ELECTRICAL'S DAMAGED.

WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES AND PROTECTS THAT EQUIPMENT.

THE CHEMICAL FEED BUILDING ALSO NEEDS ATTENTION.

WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, THE CHEMICALS THAT WE TREAT THERE.

IT'S PARTIAL OPEN AIR.

UH, WE DO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE BRINGING IT UP TO THE NEW STANDARD FOR, UM, FOR FACILITIES THAT ARE, UH, HOUSING THAT I BELIEVE IT'S CHLORINE GAS, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO THAT IS A SYSTEM.

ALSO, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT IT.

ALL THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS HAVE HAD SITE VISITS AND, UM, THE SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR, WE HAVEN'T DEFINED.

WE JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT.

THE GRIT PUMPS.

SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE WE, WE REMOVE THAT GRIT AND THEN WE TREAT THAT EFFLUENT.

UM, THE GRIT PUMPS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE 11 FEET OF WATER, EVERYTHING THAT WAS UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT JUST SAT THERE AND GOT COMPLETELY SATURATED.

SO THOSE PUMPS NEED ATTENTION.

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

SO ALL THE CONDUIT THAT WAS UNDERWATER, ALL OF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, UM, IT'S ARCING AND IT'S VERY UNSAFE.

WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME SHORTS IN THE AIR BLOWER SYSTEM BECAUSE OF SOME ELECTRICAL DAMAGE.

SO WE HAVE SOME WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY NOW WITH OUR OPERATION STAFF, BUT IT IS, UM, A SITUATION THAT'S NOT JUST LIKE A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, IT'S REALLY A CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS ISSUE.

SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.

UH, THE BLOWER BUILDING IS ALSO, UM, WAS VERY LOW, AND WE'VE GOTTA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE BLOWERS.

WE'RE DOING THE OPERATIONS BUILDING AND WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT FIT ON THE SITE.

UM, SORRY, I'VE MISSED OVER THE, THE OTHER LIFT STATION.

SO THE FIRST PHASE ADDRESSES ONE LIFT STATION.

THIS NEXT PHASE WILL ADDRESS THE OTHER LIFT STATION.

AND SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT, DO WE WANNA COMBINE THEM OR ARE THE, IS IT, DOES IT BENEFIT US TO STAY WITH TWO SLUDGE PUMPS, MOTORS, THE CLARIFIER RETURN PUMPS? THESE ARE ALL PUMPS THAT WERE FLOODED OUT AND THEY NEED TO BE, UH, REPAIRED AND REPLACED.

AND THEN ITEMS 10 THROUGH 14, UM, REALLY ARE A SITUATION

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AND SO WE REALLY HAVE SOME DAMAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT MORE CLOSELY AND REPAIR.

SO WE'VE GOT PIPE AT THE CEDAR BAYOU OUTFALL THAT'S KIND OF LIKE COME DISCONNECTED.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF JUST HANGING OUT THERE BY ITSELF.

UH, WE'VE GOTTA REALLY DO SOMETHING TO REPAIR THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, TO REESTABLISH OUR PERIMETER SECURITY.

SO PER HOMELAND SECURITY, WE'VE GOTTA REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE FENCE THAT IT'S AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT, ALL OF THAT STUFF.

OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE HAD SIX FIRMS, UM, SUBMIT ON THIS AND NOT ALL THE SAME FIRMS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN PHASE ONE.

SO, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING, UM, OCCURRENCE.

AND SO WE HAVE FIVE ENGINEERING, OUR DURA BANK, BARFIELD GARVER, WE HAVE KIMLEY HORN AND Z KE ENGINEERING.

AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE SAME FIRM AS PHASE ONE FOR CONTINUITY'S SAKE.

SO WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROPOSALS.

THERE WERE SOME VERY INTRIGUING, UH, COMPONENTS.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT HOW WOULD WE NEED TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THINK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

AND SO, UM, WE HAD SOME CHOICES TO MAKE AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT, AGAIN, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR A LARGER VIEW, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS PRETTY ISOLATED, THE LARGER VIEW FOR, UH, REDESIGN.

AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE COST ESTIMATE.

WE'RE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING THAT WE APPLY FOR THE RIGHT FUNDING.

SOME THOUGHTS EXPRESSED IN THE PROPOSAL.

UM, AGAIN, THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK AND THEY WANTED TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF THINGS RELATED TO IDEAS ABOUT RESILIENCY AND MAKING THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THE PLANT OR REEVALUATING WHAT WE DO WITH THE FOOTPRINT WHERE IT'S AT TODAY.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALIGN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WITH THIS, UM, APPROACH.

OKAY, THE NEXT SET OF PROJECTS ARE ALL DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

JULIANNE VILLA AND LINCOLN CEDARS ARE IN THE CHAMBERS COMMONS, OR PARDON ME, CHAMBERS COUNTY.

NOT CHAMBERS COMMONS, BUT CHAMBERS COUNTY AREA.

AND THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT I THINK YOU HEARD ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE THE, UH, FUNDING ALSO IN HAND.

THEY ARE SMALLER PROJECTS.

THIS PARTICULAR, UM, FUNDING, THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER.

SO THE DESIGN OF EACH, WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR ONE AND ABOUT 50,000 FOR THE OTHER.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, KIND OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WE COMBINED THE TWO AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO CDBG, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET BOTH DESIGNED AND EXECUTED TOGETHER.

SO THE SCOPE HERE IS, UM, I WISH THAT WE WEREN'T SO WASHED OUT HERE, BUT I THINK IT SHOWS THAT PRETTY GOOD ON YOUR, ON YOUR HANDOUT, THAT IT'S, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS GONNA GET A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM FOR UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE AND THE STREETS WILL BE REDONE AS WELL, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT, BUT EVERY, ALMOST EVERY BIT OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS GOING TO GET REDONE, UM, MADE LARGER.

AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE OUTFALL AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THE SCOPE FOR THE LINCOLN CEDARS, I MEAN, PARDON ME, THE JULIANNE VILLA RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS AT THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERYTHING KIND OF DRAINS TO THAT AREA.

WE'RE GONNA REGRADE A DITCH, REDO A HEAD WALL, UH, FOR THE OUTFALL STRUCTURE AND THEN REDO SOME OF THE, UH, DRAINAGE.

WHEN I SAY THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING.

UH, WE WISH WE COULD DO EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT'S REALLY CALLED FOR, I BELIEVE IS WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHOKE POINT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, DOING HEAVY DUTY WORK IN THIS, THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE U.

SO WE HAD NINE FIRMS SUBMIT ON THIS.

AMANI, BLACKLINE COP FAILING ASSOCIATES, COSTELLO, GUNDA, L-J-A-R-P-S, STEWART CONSULTING GROUP WARD GETS AND ASSOCIATES, SORRY, I WAS KIND OF QUICK.

ALRIGHT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS COSTELLO.

THEY PRESENTED, UH, VERY WELL.

UM, THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE ALSO, UH, ENGAGING IN.

WE, UH, IT WAS SOMETHING I I PROBABLY

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COSTELLO IS NEW, UH, RELATIVELY TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY BRINGING IN, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANNA ALWAYS GO WITH A SMALL SET OF FIRMS, SO WE WANNA BRING, UH, A NEW, UH, FIRM IN OR JUST REINTRODUCE A FIRM.

MAYBE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

SO SOME OF THE ENGINEERING, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING, WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN FIRMS DO A LOT OF PRIVATE WORK, BUT NOT SO MUCH WORKING DIRECTLY FOR THE CITY.

SO WE HAVE HERE THE, UH, COMPLETENESS OF APPROACH THEIR PROJECT MANAGER AND THEIR, UM, HYDRAULICS ENGINEER.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD, UM, SMART FOLKS WORKING ON THE HYDRAULICS.

SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

AND, UM, THEIR PREVIOUS WORK THEY HAD, UM, SOME OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON CDBG PROJECTS FOR THAT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PRETTY WELL, SO THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THEM.

AND, UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

OKAY.

AGAIN, CDBG MITIGATION.

SO SWITCHING GEARS KIND OF BACK TO THE COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.

THESE TWO NEXT DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, THEY'RE LARGER AREAS.

THEY ARE IN OUR STUDY IN THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

THEY'RE KIND OF EARLY OUT PROJECTS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN MEET THE CDBG REQUIREMENT.

UM, WE THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN, AS YOU KNOW THIS, I THINK THE MAP KIND OF SHOWS THE IMPACT FROM HARVEY.

THIS IS THE, UM, LAYER IN OUR GIS THAT SHOWS THE INUNDATION FROM HARVEY AND, UM, SPEAKS KIND OF VOLUMES HERE.

THIS PICTURE IS QUITE, UM, DRAMATIC.

SO WE CALL THIS THE DANINA AREA, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT.

AND IT'S REALLY, DANINA STREET IS ALONG, UH, THE KIND OF THE SPINE ON THE, ON THE FAR LEFT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WATER KIND OF ENCROACHED UP THAT WAY.

WE HAVE A, A WATERWAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THAT PARALLELS JAMES AND GO TO THE NEXT, THIS IS A LITTLE SCREENSHOT FROM OUR, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT.

ALRIGHT, SO OUR SCOPE AGAIN IS PRE-FUNDING SERVICES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE IMMEDIATELY CONTRACTING WITH AND HOPING TO GET SELECTED FOR THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL ONLY PURSUE THE DESIGN AT THAT TIME OF SELECTION.

SO THE SCOPE HERE, I JUST LISTED THE STREETS FOR YOU.

UM, SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.

WHERE DOES THE DRAINAGE PROJECT STOP? RIGHT? WHERE IS THE SCOPE? SO WE JUST TRIED TO ENUMERATE ALL THE STREETS.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THE WATER'S COMING AND NEEDS TO DRAIN TWO CEDAR BY YOU.

IT'S COMING, ENCROACHING UP, COMING FROM, AND THEN WE NEED TO JUST DRAIN IT.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE WATER OUT QUICKLY AND DON'T LET THE WATER BACK UP AND STAY.

THE NAME OF THE GAME HERE IS TO ELIMINATE THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

SO WE HAD SEVEN FIRMS SUBMIT ON PROJECT FIVE, ENGINEERING, AMANI GROUP, DANEN, BAUM ENGINEERING, GC ENGINEERING, GUNDA CORPORATION, KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES, AND ER KE ENGINEERING.

SO A LOT OF THESE FIRMS DO, UM, THE PUMPING OR THEY DO THE HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, FIRMS WANTING TO KIND OF GO AFTER ANY AND ALL.

SO THAT'S ALSO INTERESTING.

UH, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DAN BAUM ENGINEERING.

WE HAVE, UH, ENGAGED THEM IN THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AND MATT OVERSEES THAT.

THEY'VE GOT, UM, I BELIEVE 50% SCHEMATIC COMING IN.

IS IT SCHEMATIC OR THE PLAN? THE REPORT, THE REPORTS COMING IN.

SO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF COMING INTO THE FINAL STAGES AND THE CONCEPT PRESENTED, UH, THEY DID A LOT OF WORK TO KIND OF STUDY THIS FURTHER, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE, THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, BUT THEY WENT A COUPLE STEPS FURTHER TO, TO KIND OF INVESTIGATE IT.

AND THEY HAVE A GOOD HYDRAULICS UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GLO OR THE, THE CDBG PROGRAM.

THE OTHER, UH, PROJECT, IT'S HAD A COUPLE OF NAMES, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE NAME THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU SAW IN THE, UM, BUDGET PRESENTATION, THE WEST BAYTOWN AREA.

UM, THIS IS THE AREA, WELL LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE.

THERE WE GO.

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SO WE HAVE MISSOURI STREET, YOU HAVE CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, UM, OKLAHOMA, MISSISSIPPI.

SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I THINK IT KIND OF SHOWS THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THE STATE STREETS HERE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE COVERING IN THIS PARTICULAR DRAINAGE PROJECT.

AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL FLOODING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT.

SO WE WANT TO GET THAT WATER TO BLACK DUCK BAY AND .

ALRIGHT, AGAIN, PRE-FUNDING SERVICES IS WHAT WE WOULD BE CONTRACTING WITH AT THIS TIME.

AND WE HAD SEVEN FIRMS SUBMIT ON THIS PROJECT.

FIVE ENGINEERING, GROUP, DAN BAUM, GC, ENGINEERING VENDOR CORPORATION, KIMLEY, HORN, AND Z AND K.

OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES.

UH, THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE STREETS AND DRAINAGE.

UM, THEY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WHAT I BELIEVE IS COMMON SENSE DESIGN.

UH, NOT TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST EXPENSIVE DECISION, BUT TRYING TO HAVE COMMON SENSE APPROACH BETWEEN STORM BOX AND, AND, UM, NOT UNDER PAVEMENT, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH THIS FIRM AND THEY ALSO HAVE HAD SOME CDBG EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.

SO THAT KIND OF BRINGS US TO OUR SUMMARY SLIDE.

WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS SUMMARIZED, AND THEN WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDED FIRMS LISTED ON THAT SUMMARY SHEET.

YOU WANNA SEND YOUR EMAIL? YES.

REAL QUICK TOO.

SO THE, THE SECOND PROJECT, THE SECOND, UH, SECOND PROJECT THAT THE EAST DISTRICT IN THE LAST TWO DRAINAGE ONES, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE THE WORK WE'RE DOING NOW MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNDER $50,000.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE IT WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN COME TO COUNCIL, BUT KNOWING THAT THEY COULD DO FUTURE ENGINEERING WORK THAT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE, IT'LL BE OVER A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING ALL THESE TO YOU NOW.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS, AS YOU SEND THAT EMAIL, I, I KNOW COSTELLO CAME UP, YOU KNOW, ON TWO OR THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT DEALS THAT WE LOOKED AT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THEY GOT ONE OF 'EM.

AND, UH, DAN AND BAUM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY UH, DID SOME APPARENTLY SOME SORT OF COMPLIMENTARY, UH, PRELIMINARY WORK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR THE CITY AND, AND, UH, I THINK THEY ACT, THEY ACTUALLY CONTACTED I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE OF US ONLY AND A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THEY GOT SOMETHING.

WE'RE DOING THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH, WITH THE CITY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WE'VE EVER ENGAGED OUR, OUR DURA.

YES, YES.

OKAY.

THEY WOULD BE NEW TO THE CITY.

OKAY.

UM, THEY, WELL HOLD ON.

THEY'RE NOT NEW TO BUA THOUGH.

THEY'VE DONE THE, UH, FILTER SCOUR THE ENGINEER THAT HAS DONE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED ON THIS TEAM.

SO WE'RE AT LEAST FAMILIAR WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE, LIKE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE WORK RELATED TO FOLLOW, BUT YOU'VE TAKEN A CLOSE LOOK AT THOSE PLANS.

YEAH, SO THEY, THEY, UM, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD TO WORK WITH THUS FAR.

UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH US.

UM, SO IT WAS A FULL DESIGN OF PUTTING IN, UM, AN AIR SC SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US TO BECOME BETTER, UH, OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT.

UM, AND IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR TCQ IF YOU DO SOME, UH, MAINTENANCE TO YOUR FILTER, YOUR FILTRATION SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT THIS SYSTEM IN.

UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN, UH, WORK WITH US REAL WELL, COLLABORATED WITH US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAW, UH, WHAT DO WE FEEL THAT WE NEED, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, FACED WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

SO, UM, AND, AND THE DESIGN IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WANTED.

UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS WHERE THEY WERE KIND OF DESIGNED TO THE BUDGET.

SO, UM, THEY DID A GOOD JOB WITH BEING ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT WE NEEDED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRACK RECORD THERE.

YEAH.

WITH THE CITY OF GOOD TRACK RECORD.

OKAY, GOOD.

I'M SURPRISED.

KIT DIDN'T, DIDN'T SUBMIT ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

THEY, UH, THEY

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UM, THEY, THEY ARE WORKING ON, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON ONE OF OUR PROJECTS.

UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS, UM, KAY FREEZE IS NEW.

SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT USED TO BE AT KIT HAD JOINED A NEW FIRM.

OH, REALLY? SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU SAW THE INTEREST THERE.

UM, SAME WITH FIVE ENGINEERING.

THEY HAD SOME KITP.

OKAY.

OH, THAT'S TRUE.

THEY, THEY HAD SOME THAT, THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE AROUND AND OH, I KNOW THOSE GUYS HAVE .

UM, THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE.

NOW I KNOW OF OUR DURA GROUP FROM MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE, UM, THEY HAD DONE SOME WORK.

UH, AND SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEIR CAPABILITIES AND I, I DO FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.

UM, I, I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SPREAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH, I MEAN, THESE DRAINAGE PROJECTS ARE HEAVY DUTY PROJECTS.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE EAST DISTRICT IS A HEAVY DUTY PROJECT.

IT, IT, IT COULD BE YEOMAN'S WORK TO KIND OF COME IN IN A SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF EFFORT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE SMALL COMPONENT.

IF WE GET THIS LARGER FUNDING IS FOR CDBG, THIS WOULD BE GREAT, BUT DO WE NEED TO DO THE WORK AND DO WE NEED TO PLAN AND DO WE NEED TO RECAPITALIZE THAT FACILITY? ABSOLUTELY.

SO REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE STAND ON FUNDING, WE WOULD BE TRYING TO MAKE OUR WAY FORWARD TO DO SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO TREAT, UH, WASTEWATER AT THAT FACILITY.

SO, UH, IN ONE WAY, SHAPE OR ANOTHER, WE WOULD BE COMING FORWARD BECAUSE THE, THE TWO PHASES ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR CIP.

SO THAT SECOND PHASE IS IN A FUTURE YEAR, IF WE CAN GET THE FUNDING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SOONER, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL STRATEGY, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT FACILITY.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL BE VALUABLE IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO SECURE SAME TERM FOR ONE AND TWO.

UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT POP UP THEN WE MAY NEED TO ADDRESS.

UM, AND JUST THEM HAVING THAT INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE WITH WORKING ON PHASE ONE, I THINK WILL REALLY HELP WITH PHASE TWO.

SO ANDREA, DO WE HAVE A, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE USED TO MAKE THE SELECTIONS, WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE KIND OF A RUNNER UP JUST IN CASE THE, THE SELECTED FIRM THREW US A CHANGE UP OR A CURVE BALL, SO TO SPEAK.

SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE A BACKUP ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS? WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE NEXT SELECTED, HIGHEST QUALIFIED, I GUESS WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT SELECTED.

SO IN THE NUMBERING, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET, UH, PRINTED OFF FOR YOU.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE TO GO.

THE, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE WAY THAT WE WORK, AND THIS IS FOLLOWING TEXAS, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE CODES, STATE LAW, WE, WE RECOMMEND WE RATE AND WE RECOMMEND WE OPEN UP NEGOTIATIONS.

IF THAT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WRITING SEND THEM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO, TO KIND OF MOVE ON OR, OR CEASE NEGOTIATIONS CLOSE SHOP ON THAT AND THEN OPEN WITH ANOTHER.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT.

UM, DO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE, THAT WE COULD WORK WITH? ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE HAVE VERY GOOD FIRMS. I MEAN, WE, WE, WE STRUGGLED, UM, , WE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME ARM WRESTLING.

UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DO I FEEL LIKE WE HAD ATTENTION FROM GOOD FIRMS? ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S NOT A SINGLE FIRM ON HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD RUN FROM IT.

IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT FIRMS WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN GET THE BEST MINDS TO WORK ON OUR PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THESE, THESE VERY STICKY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE IS, IS NUMBER ONE IT SEEMS LIKE IN TERMS OF ALL THE HARDSHIP THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YES, THERE'S WASTEWATER, BUT YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE DRAINAGE ON TOP OF THAT.

SO BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ADDED KIND OF, UM, IMPORTANCE THAT WE HAVE TO NOT JUST, NOT JUST CAN YOU TREAT WASTEWATER, BUT CAN YOU TREAT AND SHOULD IT BE HERE? AND WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT KEEPING IT SAFE? SO I THINK LINDA SHOULD HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THEM NOW.

SHE HASN'T COME BACK IN.

SO I, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.

OKAY.

IS THAT IT? YES.

ANY LAUREN, ANYTHING COMMENTS? UM, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS REALLY.

I WENT THROUGH THE PACKAGE, UM, BEFOREHAND AND I WAS JUST HAPPY TO SEE SOME THE FIRMS YEAH.

IN HERE.

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NO, THEY, NO, THERE'S ONE MORE.

I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING I LOOKED AT.

SO THANK YOU.

HOLD ON.

YEAH, THIS SHOULD BE ALL.

OKAY.

I'VE GOT THREE.

YEAH, I'M GONNA MAKE SECTION, TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT ONE, SO.

OH, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THIS ALL PRINTED OUT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE EAST DISTRICT PHASE ONE, UM, OH, THAT CAME IN A SEPARATE EMAIL.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

SO THAT'LL COME TO YOU IN A SECOND HERE.

THAT INCLUDED TWO PEOPLE FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND THREE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY.

AND THEY WERE FOLKS FROM THEIR HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION OR DEPARTMENT.

SOME OF THESE HAVE VERY LOW RATING, JUST, UH, OVERLOOKING SOMETHING HERE.

SO DANEN BOMB ENGINEERING WAS SELECTED ON, UH, THE DANINA DRAINAGE DEAL.

MM-HMM .

SO I LOOKED ON THE SCORECARDS.

DANON BAUM HAD A TOTAL SCORE OF 74 FROM KIMLEY HORN AT A 79.

SO THAT WE SELECT THE SECOND HIGHEST SCORE ON THE DANINA INSTEAD THE HIGHEST.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

EITHER THAT OR THERE WAS TRANSPO.

SEE YOU NICK KIM ON DANINA DRAINAGE.

KIMLEY HORN HAS A 79.

DANEN BAUM HAD HIS 54.

OH, WE DID.

WE WE SELECTED DANEN BAUM.

THIS WAS ONE SELECTION.

WE TOOK THE TOP TWO FIRMS AND WE ASSIGNED THEM OF ROGER PROJECT.

THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.

SO IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEY SHOULD BE IDENTICAL.

YOU DID THAT ON OH, THANK YOU.

WEST MAYTOWN.

KIMBERLY MOORE HAS 78.

DANA BOMB HAD A 75 COMING ON.

YOU WHAT I'M SAYING.

I KNOW.

I JUST THOUGHT DOWN SCORES.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA PICK ANOTHER FIRM THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE HIGH SCORE NOW.

SO, OH, SO THAT'S, SO GO AHEAD AND SHARE WHAT YOU JUST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NICK, UM, IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

DANEN BAUM SUBMITTED ONE SOQ FOR BOTH PROJECTS.

KIMLEY HORN SUBMITTED ONE FOR EACH.

AND SO THE, UM, THE SCORING IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THAT DENTICAL.

UM, AND THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ONE FIRM ALL THE WORK.

AND SO DAN AND BAUM BEING SO CLOSE TO KIMLEY HORN AND MATT, WE BELIEVE THAT IT MADE SENSE TO GIVE ANOTHER FIRM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME WORK, ESPECIALLY SINCE DAN BAUM IS DOING THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR US.

AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE.

THEY'VE ALREADY MODELED IT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE DAN BINA THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED IS THE CURRENT HARRIS COUNTY WATERSHED, UM, ACTUALLY CUTS INTO THE DAN IMAGE DRAINAGE, UM, SYSTEM.

AND SO THE GOOSE CREEK WATERSHED AND THE DAN AND THE, UH, THE CEDAR BAYOU WATERSHED ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT THERE'S WATER COMING FROM THE GOOSE CREEK WATERSHED INTO GOOSE CREEK, UH, I'M SORRY, INTO CEDAR BAYOU.

AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE WEIRD THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT, UM, DAN BOMB IS PROBABLY GONNA BE REALLY WELL VERSED IN SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY MODELING IN LOOKING AT TAKE OF SITUATIONS.

THOSE ARE THE OCTOBER TIMELINE OF, I UNDERSTAND.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE COMMENT HERE, DICK.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SCUTTLED THE A AND E COMMITTEE FOR ALL PRACTICAL, ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES TO GO WITH STRICTLY THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM.

AND THAT WAS THE NEW MODEL THAT WE SCUTTLED FOR WORKING A AND E COMMITTEE FOR IN FAVOR OF, AND NOW IT KIND OF, MAN, WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, PICKING AND CHOOSING IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ONE FIRM ALL THE WORK WHEN THEY SCORE THE HIGHEST.

SO IT'S A LITTLE COUNTERINTUITIVE OF

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AND IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE SUBJECTIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXERCISING A LITTLE BIT OF SUBJECTIVITY NOW IN ORDER WHEN WE GIVE ALL THE WORK TO KIMBERLY HORN.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

WELL, WE DON'T WANNA GIVE ALL THE WORK TO JUST DAN BAUM OR JUST KIMBERLY HORN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WE WANT DO.

EVEN IF THEY'RE THE HIGHEST SCORE OR THE MOST QUALIFIED.

WHAT WHAT WE, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE'VE GOT FIRMS THAT GO AFTER EVERYTHING AND THEN I KNOW.

YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FAULT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY FROM, YOU KNOW, TERMS OF, AND THAT'S TRUE.

WE, WE DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE THE THAT DUE TO GOOD WORK.

UM, WHAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF POINT OUT THAT MATT'S TRYING TO KIND OF AMPLIFY IS WE, WE SCORE AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE TYPE OF WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY THAT PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOW IS IT BEST.

SO COULD THEY BE FLIPPED? THEY COULD, COULD THEY BE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE LOOK AT WHO'S GOING AFTER WHAT WORKED TOO, RIGHT? SO DID DAN BAUM GO AFTER BOTH? THEY DIDN'T.

SO WELL, HOLD ON.

THEY DID.

THEY DID.

SO HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT JUST ONE AREA, YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT JUST THE OTHER AREA.

SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY WHO WOULD HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OR WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO BE CAPABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE.

AND SO INSTEAD OF SAYING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO BOTH PROJECTS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO US GETTING THE BEST RESOURCES FROM THAT FIRM AND THE BEST EFFORT PUT FORTH BY THAT FIRM IS DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME THEY COULD BE DOING BOTH PROJECTS.

THAT, THAT'S HUGE.

SO LOOKING AT WHERE DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, IF THERE'S GOOD EFFORT PUT FORTH BY BOTH FIRMS, AND WE HAVE A DECISION POINT TO MAKE OF WHICH DO YOU SAY THEY WENT AFTER HARDER, YOU KNOW, OR WHICH DO YOU TAILOR? WHICH DO YOU SAY GO FOR, YOU KNOW, ATTACHING ONE FIRM TO THIS AND ATTACH THE OTHER OR ASSIGN THE WORK THAT WAY? YEAH, YEAH.

SO THAT'S, THAT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CAPABILITIES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY, OKAY, WELL WE'VE GOTTA MAKE, THIS IS THE FIRM THAT PUTS THE BEST FORTH, PUT FORTH THE BEST EFFORT.

THEY, THEY HAVE VERY, I WOULD SAY THEY, THEY WENT AFTER THIS PRETTY HARD.

THEY, THEY, BOTH FIRMS DID STUDY THE AREA.

THEY PRESENTED A LOT OF VERY GOOD INFORMATION AND QUALIFICATIONS.

SO THEY HAVEN'T DONE DESIGN ON IT.

OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THEIR APPROACH AND THEIR STATEMENT OF, UM, STATEMENT OF WORK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME FIRMS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF SITE SPECIFIC REVIEW AND SOME FIRMS DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SAY THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU.

BUT SOME FIRMS WILL THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND SAY, OKAY, WE'D LIKE TO REALLY DIG IN.

AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE APPROACH IT AS WELL.

WE, WE LOOK AT, DID, DID YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT BAYTOWN? DID YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? AND THESE FIRM FOLKS I THINK STOOD OUT FOR DOING THAT.

THEY HAVE HISTORY, UM, AND DOING THAT.

OKAY, THERE'S ONE MORE SHEET COMING AT YOU AND IT'S THE EAST DISTRICT, UH, PHASE TWO SHEET.

UM, IN CASE YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THE, IT'S THE D THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF FIRMS HERE.

IT IS.

GOOD.

SORRY, THIS ONE MESSED UP THE PRINTER.

SORRY.

AS WE'RE GETTING THOSE, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, IF, IF WE'RE SAYING THAT DATA BOMB BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING WITH THE WATERSHED AND EVERYTHING, UM, ON UNDER THE DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF POINTS LOWER THAN LEY.

SO IF, IF THEY WOULD BE BETTER AT IT, HOW ARE WE STILL PUTTING THEM LOWER? SO IT'S KINDA LIKE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE RESULT OF A RUBRIC.

AND THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE PROPOSAL IN THE SOQ ITSELF.

AND IT'S KINDA LIKE IS DID THEY, UM, ACTUALLY ADDRESS THEIR, UH, THEIR WORKLOAD LEVEL? WELL, IF THEY DIDN'T, THEN THEY DON'T GET ALL THE POINTS.

IF THEY ADDRESS IT

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UM, THE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE WAS IN THERE.

IT'S JUST A NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT, UM, KIMLEY HORNE DID.

AND ALSO REMEMBER ON THESE, WE WERE REVIEWING SEVEN DIFFERENT PROPOSALS.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, TRYING TO GET THINGS MOVED THROUGH.

AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT I HAD A MILKSHAKE ONE NIGHT AND A DIET COKE THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I'M REVIEWING THESE.

SO I'M FEELING HAPPIER WHEN I'M REVIEWING IT.

IT'S SOMETIMES THE, THE REVIEW COMES A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

SO IT, THE SCORES CAN FLUCTUATE.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCORES THAT GO INTO THE TOTAL.

UM, SOME, SOME VARIANTS.

I THINK NORMAL WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE SCORES, I DON'T WANNA MAKE PEOPLE THINK LIKE A BIG GROUP THING, RIGHT? LIKE A BOARD.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT INTERPRET DIFFERENT, DIFFERENTLY, DIFFERENTLY OR THEY FOCUS ON ONE AREA VERSUS THE OTHER.

AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS I THINK THE STRENGTH TO THE COMMITTEE.

THERE'S PEOPLE WITH FIELD EXPERIENCE, THERE'S PEOPLE WITH OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ENGINEERING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL CALL IT THE, THE DESIGN AND MATHEMATICAL KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT MAKES THE WIDE BREADTH OF QUALIFICATIONS TO LOOK AT THE REVIEWS.

AND SOMETIMES I ALSO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND GO, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THOUGHT SO DIFFERENTLY THAN ME.

YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE? WELL, WE DISCUSS THAT AND I FIND THAT THE LENS THAT THEY LOOK AT THINGS WITH IS JUST A DIFFERENT LENS THAN WHAT I WOULD APPROACH IT AS.

AND SOMETIMES THE AVERAGE WILL BRING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU AVERAGE IT, IT BRINGS THAT NUMBER DOWN A BIT.

SO THE NUMBERS YOU ARE LOOKING AT ARE THE AVERAGES OF THE FIVE FOR VIEWERS.

MM-HMM .

PUT TOGETHER.

SO DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITIES CAN CHANGE IT.

DO WE KEEP THESE OR PROCESS? NICK, YOU WANT US TO YEAH, WE DO THEM BACK.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL DEBRIEF WITH THE FIRMS THOUGH.

IF AFTER COUNSEL, UH, MAKES THE DECISION, BUT WE HAVE THE CHOICE, YOU KNOW, THE CHANCE TO DEBRIEF AND HELP FOLKS IMPROVE, UM, IN AREAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO DO THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE RELY BACK ON THESE, THESE NUMBERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALK QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY ABOUT THAT, THAT LOOK SARAH AND KE FOR INSTANCE, KIND OF SCORED, YOU KNOW? YEAH.