DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2
SUBJECT: Contract Award: Rigsby Bulky Residential Waste Drop-Off Center
SUMMARY: An ordinance accepting the lowest qualified responsive bid and awarding a construction contract in the amount of $1,953,635.00, authorized payable to Vertex Corporation, for construction of the City's Solid Waste Services Rigsby Bulky Waste Residential Drop-Off Center located at 2755 Rigsby Road, a Solid Waste Contingency Fund funded project located in Council District 2.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
In FY 2013, Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) constructed two Bulky Waste Residential Drop-Off Centers to help reduce illegal dumping and provide a convenient way for customers to dispose of bulky waste at no cost. City Council approved the construction of two additional Bulky Waste Residential Drop-Off Centers for FY 2014. These new centers will be constructed in the western and eastern sections of the City. Upon completion, a total of four Bulky Waste Residential Drop-Off Centers, one in each quadrant of the City, will be open to residents.
This project will construct a new 2,800 square-foot crew quarters building, located at 2755 Rigsby Road, using existing City owned property to house offices, a common area, a custodian room, an IT/Security room, a women's toilet/locker room, a men's toilet/locker room.
The Rigsby property located at 2755 Rigsby Road operated as a landfill from 1976 to 1982. After the landfill was closed, the property was purchased by the City in 1986. Since it's de-commissioning the existing site has been under utilized and unsightly to the local residents and surrounding community. SWMD capitalized on a great opportunity to repurpose this landfill to better enhance the quality of life for the nearby residents by constructing a new Bulky Waste Drop-Off Center. This facility wil...
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