It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Adopt the attached Resolution Expressing Official Intent to Reimburse Expenditures with Proceeds of
Future Debt for the Crowley Relief Interceptor M-325 for Village Creek Basin, Part 3 Project;

2.  Adopt the attached Appropriation Ordinance decreasing unallocated appropriations in the amount of
$3,775,087.00 and increasing appropriations by the same amount in the Crowley SS Relief Line Project
in the Water and Sewer Commercial Paper Fund; and

3.  Authorize the execution of a contract with William J. Schultz, Inc. d/b/a Circle C Construction Company,
in the amount of $3,420,821.00 for Crowley Relief Interceptor M-325 for Village Creek Basin, Part 3
(City Project No. 100276).

This Mayor and Council Communication provides for the construction of the Crowley Relief Interceptor M-325 for Village Creek Basin, Part 3, a segment of a three part project that will provide additional capacity to convey anticipated flows from proposed development within the Upper Village Creek and Clear Fork Drainage Basins.

The project was advertised for bid on October 18, 2018 and October 25, 2018 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. On November 15, 2018 the following bids were received:

BIDDER	AMOUNT	TIME OF COMPETION
William J. Schultz dba Circle C Construction Company	$3,420,821.00	365 Calendar Days
Mountain Cascade Holding Company, Inc.	$3,661,090.00
S. J. Louis Construction of Texas, Ltd.	$3,706,569.00
Jackson Construction, Ltd	$3,847,100.00

In addition to the contract cost, $251,641.00 is required for project management, inspection and material testing and $102,625.00 is provided for project contingency.

In accordance with the terms of the amendment of the Agreement between the Cities of Crowley and Fort Worth, Crowley will reimburse Fort Worth for its share of the total project cost upon completion of the entire project.

This project is anticipated to be included in a future revenue bond issue for the Water and Sewer Fund. Available ash within the Water and Sewer portfolio and the City's portfolio along with the appropriation authority authorized under the Callable Commercial Paper Program (CP) will be used to provide interim financing for this project until debt is issued. To the extent resources other than the Water and Sewer portfolio are used to provide interim financing, the Water and Sewer Fund will be charged interest that is equivalent to the overall rate of return being earned by the City portfolio (currently approximately one-percent annually). Should the City's portfolio not support the liquidity needed to provide an interim short-term financing source, another funding source will be required, which could mean issuance of securities under the CP Program or earlier issuance of Water and Sewer revenue bonds than is currently planned. Once debt associated with this project is sold, bond proceeds will be used to reimburse the Water and Sewer portfolio and the City's portfolio in accordance with the attached Reimbursement Resolution.

The City Council adopted the Water Department's Fiscal Year 2018-2022 Five Year Capital Improvement Plan on September 26, 2017. This City Council adopted plan includes this specific project, with funding identified through the CP program to be reimbursed with future revenue bonds. In accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Policy Statement, Staff anticipates presenting revenue-supported debt issuances to the City Council for consideration within the next three years. This debt must be issued within approximately three years to provide reimbursement for these expenses. If that does not occur, the costs will no longer be reimbursable by issuing tax-exempt debt and the funding source will have to be made whole through budgetary methods. Adoption of this resolution does not obligate the City to sell bonds, but preserves the ability to reimburse the City from tax-exempt bond proceeds.

Construction for Part 3, is anticipated to commence in February, 2019 and be completed by February, 2020. This project is part of the Water Department's Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative Program. This project will have no impact on the Water Department's Operating Budget when complete.

M/WBE Office – William J. Schultz, Inc., d/b/a Circle C Construction Company, is in compliance with the City's BDE Ordinance by committing to 0.00 percent MBE participation and documenting good faith effort. William J. Schultz, Inc., d/b/a Circle C Construction Company identified several subcontracting and supplier opportunities. However, the firms contacted in the areas identified did not respond or did not submit the lowest bids. The City's MBE goal on this project is 6 percent.

The project is located in COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 and within Tarrant County and the City of Crowley.