SUBJECT: Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Houston and Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC, for 30-inch Wastewater Line – SH 3/Galveston Road, WBS No. R-000267-0102-4.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing a Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Houston and Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC and appropriate funds.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project shall remove the conflicting gas pipe along a new proposed 30 inch gravity sanitary sewer line. This unforeseen conflict was observed during the construction phase of the project. Both Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC and the City of Houston (City) agreed to remove this abandoned pipe.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: The scope of this project shall remove approximately 290-feet of an existing 12-inch Enterprise "P103 to Dow Hwy 3 Valve Site" pipeline across State Highway 3/Galveston Road located between Dixie Farm Road and Clear Lake City Boulevard.
LOCATION: The project area is generally bounded by Bay Star Boulevard on the north, Clear Lake City Boulevard on the south, Galveston Road on the east, Interstate 45 on the west. The project is located in Key Map Grid 617C.
SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT: Under the terms of this reimbursement agreement, the City will be responsible to pay to Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC the actual costs of material, contract labor and equipment, and company labor and miscellaneous expenses, incurred in the work provided.
Under the terms of the reimbursement agreement, the City’s funding responsibility shall not exceed $276,000.00. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriate funds in the amount of $317,400.00 which includes $41,400.00 for CIP Cost Recovery.
ACTION RECOMMENDED: It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing a Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Houston and Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC and appropriate funds.