HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2006-R0411 - Professional Services Agreement - HDR Engineering, Inc. - 08_24_2006Resolution No. 2006-RO411
August 24, 2006
RESOLUTION Item No. 6.10
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Second Amendment of
Professional Services Agreement by and between the City of Lubbock and HDR
Engineering, Inc., and all related documents. Said Second Amendment of Professional
Services Agreement is attached hereto and incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth herein and shall be included in the minutes of the Council.
Passed by the City Council this 24th day of August 2006.
ATTEST:
becca GaWa, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Thorn A ms, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Richard K. Casner, First Assistant City Attorney
ml/ccdocs/HDR- Prof. Services Agree.2nd Amend.res
August 14, 2006
CONTRACT NCL
Resolution-1� O.?006-R0411
SECOND AMENDMENT OF August 24, 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT Item No. 6.10
This Second Amendment of Professional Services Agreement (the "Amendment') is
dated the 24th day of August , 2006, by and between the City of Lubbock (the
"City"), a Texas home rule municipal corporation, and HDR Engineering, Inc. (the "Engineer"),
a professional services company.
WHEREAS, on or about November 18, 2005, the City and Engineer entered into that
certain Professional Services Agreement (the "Original Agreement"), Resolution No. 2005-
R0546, wherein the City contracted with Engineer to perform services regarding the analysis and
modeling of certain water rights;
WHEREAS, in connection with the analysis and modeling of water rights, the City filed
an application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the "TCEQ") to, among
other things, appropriate certain water rights (the "Application");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Application, the TCEQ issued a Request for
Information to the City in which additional services of the Engineer were required;
WHEREAS, on or about December 15, 2005, the City and Engineer amended the
Original Agreement (the "First Amendment") in certain respects, Resolution No. 2005-R0589,
including without limitation, the Scope of Services to be provided to City by Engineer;
WHEREAS, the City now desires to investigate additional water supply alternatives,
analyses for which are not accounted for in the original Scope of Services;
WHEREAS, the City and Engineer anticipate subsequent Requests for Information to the
City from the TCEQ related to technical review of the Application;
WHEREAS, the City also desires to enter into negotiations with the Brazos River
Authority ("the BRA") concerning the City's Application and the BRA's pending application
before the TCEQ for a "system operation permit" and the City requires ongoing technical
support during those negotiations; and
WHEREAS, the City and Engineer now desire to amend the Original Agreement, as
amended by the First Amendment, to provide for such additional services and compensation
therefore.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City and Engineer hereby amend the Original Agreement, as
amended by the First Amendment, as follows:
1. Section 2.01 of the Original Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
2.01 The consideration to be paid for Task 1, Task 2, Task 3, Task 4 and Task 5
of the Services to be provided to the City, as described in Article I and
Exhibit "A", attached hereto, shall be on a lump sum basis. The lump sum
due and payable to Engineer for such tasks shall be $198,700. The
consideration for Task 6 of the Services shall be payable on a time and
material basis as described on Exhibit "A", attached hereto. Consideration
for Task 6 shall not exceed $100,000, inclusive of all previous
compensation and consideration related to Task 6. The specific services to
be provided under Task 6 have not been fully defined, but are related to
addressing TCEQ concerns regarding the City's Application and assisting
the City in negotiations with other water right holders in the Brazos River
Basin regarding the Application. These services cannot be fully defined in
advance, and are contingent upon future TCEQ Requests for Information
and other issues that may arise during the permitting and negotiations
process. When and if the consideration of $100,000 is expended, Engineer
shall not continue providing Task 6 services until the City provides written
authorization and additional funding for Task 6. These amounts shall be
invoiced to the City on a monthly basis based upon percent complete of
each task, as regards Tasks 1 through 5, and as regards Task 6, upon the
time and material basis described on Exhibit "A", attached hereto. Each
invoice shall be payable by the City within thirty (30) days of receipt of
same.
SECOND AMENDMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Page 2
2. Exhibit "A" of the Original Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, is
hereby deleted in its entirety, and replaced with Exhibit "A", attached hereto.
3. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Original Agreement, as amended by the
First Amendment, shall remain valid and enforceable as originally provided.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment by duly authorized
representatives as of the date first written above.
HDR ENGINEERING, INC.
CITY OF LUBBOCK
DAVID A. MILLER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
OTe2cleMaG za, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
omas . d s
Deputy City anager
SECOND AMENDMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Page 3
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Richard K.Casner
First Assistant City Attorney
ml:RKC/Richard/HDR-2nd Amend of PSA
August 11, 2006
SECOND AMENDMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Page 4
Resolution No. 2006-RO411
August 24, 2006
Item No. 6.10
Exhibit A: Scope of Work
Water Rights Permitting Support
for the
City of Lubbock
HDR Engineering, Inc.
November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Project Background
The City of Lubbock, Texas has begun securing additional water rights and bed -and -
banks transfer permits to augment the City's existing water supplies. The City has filed a
bed -and -banks permit application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) to utilize "developed" water that is available as a result of the City's storm water
system creating flows in the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos
River (North Fork) that would have otherwise been captured by playa lakes and lost
through evaporation or percolation into the ground. This developed water and additional
unappropriated flows would be captured in, and diverted from, two proposed reservoirs
of the Jim Bertram Lake System Expansion, Lake 7 and Lake S. In addition, the City is
investigating obtaining a new appropriative water rights permit to divert flows from the
North Fork into Lake Alan Henry when flows in the river are higher than normal. This
type of water right is typically referred to as a "scalping" permit. Both initiatives will
require coordination with the Brazos River Authority (BRA) regarding their effects on
the BRA's water rights in Possum Kingdom Reservoir and the BRA's proposed system
operations permit.
TCEQ Brazos Water Availability Model
The TCEQ has developed water availability models (WAMs) for each river basin in
Texas. These models utilize the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP) model
developed at Texas A&M University and input data files developed specifically for each
river basin to compute water availability to existing and proposed water rights under the
doctrine of prior appropriation. The Brazos River Basin WAM (BWAM) includes a
period of record from 1940-1997, and simulates water available to each of the roughly
1,300 water rights in the basin on a monthly basis. Several different versions of the
BWAM have been developed by the TCEQ that reflect differing assumptions regarding
use of water rights, return flows and reservoir sedimentation conditions. The TCEQ
currently uses Run 3 of the BWAM to determine water available to existing and potential
water rights. Basic assumptions in Run 3 include full utilization of all perpetual water
rights, no term permits, zero return flows (no discharge of treated wastewater effluent),
and as -permitted reservoir *storage capacities. In addition, permitted diversions from
HDR Engineering, Inc. 1 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
BRA reservoirs are diverted lakeside; BRA contractual commitments are not modeled at
their actual diversion locations.
Uncertainties
Defining and treating stormwater as "developed" water is a novel approach. To our
knowledge, no other water right applicant has approached the TCEQ with such a request.
The results of any action by the TCEQ regarding this application could have statewide
implications for municipalities seeking additional surface water rights, and TCEQ staff is
certain to scrutinize the underlying hydrology very closely. As such, we cannot provide a
prediction as to how TCEQ staff and commissioners will react to this application. The
ultimate success of this effort will lie largely with being able to convince TCEQ staff of
the validity of the City's claim to its stormwater as "developed" water. Several levels of
analysis of differing complexity could be used to determine the quantity of water
available. The simplest is to assume that the majority of the stormwater discharged by
the City to the North Fork would not have been discharged, save for the City's
development of its stormwater system. This is the approach assumed here, which does
not attempt to quantitatively determine historical time series of "before and after"
volumes of water discharged, where "before" is a baseline natural condition existing prior
to the existence of Lubbock's stormwater system and "after" is the volumes discharged
over the period of record by the stormwater system as it developed over time. Additional
hydrologic analyses beyond those identified in the following scope of work could very
likely be required by the TCEQ in order for the agency to grant the City's request.
Based upon discussions with City staff and the City's outside legal counsel, HDR has
identified the following scope of work pursuant to the City's stated goals. This scope of
work was revised in August 2006 to reflect the City's stated directions.
Scope of Work
Task 1. Estimate Developed Water and Unappropriated Water Potentially
Available from the North Fork at Lakes 7 and 8 (Jim Bertram Lake
System Expansion).
1.A. Developed Water Availability. The City will provide to HDR estimates of water
generated and discharged to the North Fork due to the operation of the City's stormwater
system. It is HDR's understanding that these estimates will be developed by another
consultant to the City. These estimates will include total storm runoff volumes and peak
discharges for the 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-year 24-hour design storms. In addition,
the City will provide runoff volumes for three rainfall depths less than the 2-year design
storm in order to obtain an extended relationship between rainfall depth and volume of
runoff. It is anticipated that required depths will range from 0.25 inches to 2 inches. The
City will provide these volumes on two bases:
1. All flows from the City's stormwater system that reach the North Fork, and
HDR Engineering, Inc. 2 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
2. Those flows discharged from the City's stormwater system that would not have
reached the North Fork but for the development of the City and the City's
stormwater system.
The City will provide the location (latitude and longitude) of each discharge location, and
of Lakes 7 and 8. With parameters from the Brazos WAM, HDR will estimate channel
losses between defined stormwater outfalls and Lakes 7 and 8, and the portion of the
water generated by the City's stormwater system that could be captured by the proposed
dams.
For both of the stormwater volume bases identified above, HDR will develop a relation
between storm event runoff volume and rainfall depth, and use this relation and nearby
daily rainfall data to estimate monthly volumes of storm runoff from the "contributing"
and "noncontributing" areas of the Lubbock stormwater system. HDR will input these
monthly quantities into the Brazos WAM and determine flows in excess of the existing
naturalized flows that can be considered as "developed." The result of the analyses will
be volumes of water available assuming, alternatively, that 1. all stormwater discharged
by the City is developed water, and 2. only that stormwater discharged that would not
have been without the City's stormwater system can be considered as developed water.
LB. Unappropriated Water Availability. HDR will utilize the Brazos WAM to
determine the quantities of unappropriated flows available at Lake 7 and Lake 8,
assuming the diversions are a new appropriation with junior priority. As the Brazos
WAM streamflow data inherently include flows generated from the City's stormwater
system, positive differences in water availability between these flows and those identified
in Task LA as "developed" water (Task LB minus Task LA) represent additional flows
potentially available for appropriation on an interruptible basis. HDR will summarize
developed and interruptible flows identified in Tasks LA and LB with statistical and
graphical summaries.
All analyses will incorporate instream flow requirements that will likely apply to the
permit. These intream flow requirements will be estimated by HDR using both the
Modified Lyons Method, which is the current methodology employed by TCEQ, and the
Consensus Criteria for Environmental Flow Needs (CCEFN ), which has been adopted for
use by the Texas Water Development Board for use in regional water planning and has
been utilized by the TCEQ for some recent permits.
1.C. Determine Firm and Safe Yields of Lakes 7 and 8. HDR will utilize available
digital topography of the Lake 7 and Lake 8 sites to determine the elevation -area -capacity
relationship of both proposed reservoirs. HDR will utilize these data to determine the
firm and safe yields of Lakes 7 and 8 under the following configurations:
1. constructed and operated jointly,
2. construction and operation of Lake 7 only, and
3. construction and operation of Lake 8 only.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 3 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
All operations will be subject to the pass -through requirements estimated using the Lyons
and CCEFN methods. Added to the Brazos WAM data will be estimates of current and
future City wastewater discharges to the North Fork.
HDR will determine the contribution to the reservoir firm yields from the following
sources:
1. Unappropriated flows available at junior priority,
2. Unappropriated flows available assuming subordination of the BRA's Possum
Kingdom Reservoir water right,
3. Current and future reclaimed water discharged to the North Fork at the head of the
Jim Bertram Lake System, at the SE Wastewater Treatment Facility, and at the
existing East discharge point. Discharge volumes will be proportioned to these
three locations as coordinated with the City, and
4. Developed water from the City's stormwater system.
The City will provide estimates of current and future return flows from the City's current
reuse application submitted to the TCEQ.
I.D. Water Availability Report. HDR will present and summarize findings of Tasks
LA, LB, LC and Task 2 in a water availability report. The report will provide a
summary of flows in the North Fork, including naturalized flows, and those available
from natural runoff, the City's developed flows from its stormwater system, and the
City's existing and future groundwater and reclaimed water discharges. Flows will be
summarized at the following locations: (1) head of the Canyon Lake System, (2) location
of proposed Lake No. 7, (3) location of proposed Lake No. 8, (4) near the City of Post (in
conjunction with Task 2), and (5) near Lake Alan Henry (in conjunction with Task 2).
HDR will provide five (5) copies of the report in draft form for City review. HDR will
provide five (5) final copies of the report within two (2) weeks of receipt of City review
comments. HDR will also provide the report in electronic (PDF file) form.
I.E. Water Quality Considerations — Treatment and Use. The quality of the water to
be impounded in Lakes 7 and 8 is of concern, as it will be generated primarily from
stormwater and wastewater treatment plant effluent (reuse water), which are usually of a
quality not suitable for municipal use without innovative treatment. HDR will evaluate
the potential water quality in the reservoirs and the implications such quality might have
on use of the reservoirs for municipal water supply. HDR will utilize data from the
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) monitoring, wastewater
treatment plant discharge monitoring, and USGS water quality measurements to assess
the viability of those waters as part of a municipal water supply. HDR will prepare a
technical memorandum discussing issues related to treating and delivering water from the
reservoirs to the City of Lubbock and its customers, including blending with other
supplies. HDR will include in this memorandum suggested items for a scope of work
that would provide more detailed water quality information through additional data
analysis and modeling.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 4 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
Task 2. Determine Water Available to a New Diversion from the North
Fork into Lake Alan Henry.
Task 2.A. Water Availability Analysis. HDR will modify the BWAM as needed to
include a potential scalping water right for the City from the North Fork. HDR will
investigate alternative configurations of the following three potential project
configurations:
1. Lower North Fork Scalping. HDR will utilize the modified Brazos WAM to
determine the availability of water to a potential scalping permit for five (5)
diversion capacities at the potential diversion location near Lake Alan Henry
identified in the Llano -Estacado (Region O) Water Plan. HDR will investigate
the capability of such a permit to develop a firm and safe yield supply at Lake
Alan Henry in excess of the current reservoir yield. HDR will simulate flood
flow diversions from the North Fork into Lake Alan Henry to supplement the firm
and safe yields of the existing water rights in the reservoir. HDR will estimate
instream flow pass -through requirements using the Modified Lyons Method and
the CCEFN and incorporate those into the water availability analysis.
2. North Fork Scalping Operation near Post. HDR will utilize the modified Brazos
WAM to determine the availability of water to a potential scalping permit for five
(5) diversion capacities at a diversion point located near the town of Post. HDR
will investigate the capability of such a permit to develop a firm and safe yield
supply at Lake Alan Henry in excess of the current reservoir yield. HDR will
simulate flood flow diversions from the North Fork into Lake Alan Henry to
supplement the firm and safe yields of the existing water rights. HDR will
estimate instream flow pass -through requirements using the Modified Lyons
Method and the CCEFN and incorporate those into the water availability analysis.
3. Coordinated Operation of Lake Alan Henry and Post Reservoir. HDR will utilize
the modified Brazos WAM to determine the availability of water at the location of
the permitted but unconstructed Post Reservoir, for which water rights are held by
the White River MWD. The analysis will consider reservoir storage at two
reasonable storage capacities, one at the existing Post Reservoir authorized
storage and one smaller. HDR will investigate the feasibility of transferring flows
bi-directionally (two-way pipeline) between the new storage on the North Fork
and Lake Alan Henry so as to maximize the water supply that could be generated
by the project. HDR will investigate up to five (5) pipeline capacities, and will
estimate instream flow pass -through requirements using the Modified Lyons
Method and the CCEFN and incorporate those into the water availability analysis.
Analyses for all options will utilize unappropriated flows at the respective diversion
locations, developed water flows from the City's stormwater system (as determined in
Task 1), and reclaimed water flows. These analyses will be considered in two scenarios:
HDR Engineering, Inc. 5 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
1. as separate and distinct from those completed for Dams 7 and 8, i.e., it will be
assumed that either a scalping operation/Post Reservoir or the Jim Bertram Lake
System expansion will be pursued by the City, but not both, and
2. assuming either Lake 7 or Lake 8 is constructed.
Task 2.B. Planning -Level Cost Estimates. HDR will prepare a planning -level cost
estimate (capital and annual costs for diversion and transmission facilities, and for the
storage near Post) using a methodology consistent with those estimates used in the Senate
Bill 1 regional water planning efforts, for each of the alternatives considered feasible
from Task 2.A. HDR will include in this cost estimate capital and operational costs for a
pipeline to deliver water to the City from Lake Alan Henry and from the storage location
near Post. Costs to transfer water between Post and Lake Alan Henry will be included as
appropriate. These cost estimates will be developed in order for the City to rank and
select alternatives for further evaluation.
Task 2.C. Water Availability Report. HDR will summarize modeling results and the
planning -level cost estimates with text, graphs and statistical summaries in the water
availability report identified in Task I.D.
In order to facilitate the analyses, the HDR and the City will jointly select the locations
on the North Fork where the diversion/storage facilities will be located.
Task 3. Determine the Effects of the Proposed Permits on the BRA System
HDR will incorporate the two proposed permits (developed water and scalping into Lake
Alan Henry) into the Brazos WAM and perform simulations to determine the effects of
the permits on the BRA's water rights in Possum Kingdom Reservoir, and on the BRA's
proposed system operation permit. The two proposed permits will be analyzed
separately. Alternative analyses will be performed to estimate the effect of the City's
proposed permits on the following:
1. BRA's Possum Kingdom Reservoir water rights;
2. BRA system operations permit, as filed by the BRA with the TCEQ, for a total
firm supply of 421,449 acre-feet/year (acft/yr) diverted at the Gulf of Mexico;
3. BRA system operations permit, as filed by the BRA with the TCEQ, for a total
firm supply of 150,538 acft/yr diverted at the Glen Rose stream gage;
4. BRA system operations permit, as filed by the BRA with the TCEQ, for a total
firm supply of 60,538 acft/yr diverted at the Glen Rose stream gage, and an
additional'I 57,000 acft/yr of interruptible supply;
5. BRA system operations permit, as modeled by the Brazos G Regional Water
Planning Group, with estimated BRA contracts placed at actual diversion
locations; 63,510 acft/yr of system supply diverted in Region G; and 120,000
acft/yr of system supply diverted from the lower basin to Region H.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 6 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
Analysis for item 1 above will be performed assuming that a subordination agreement
would be reached with the BRA. Analyses for items 2 through 5 will be performed
assuming that the proposed City permits are senior in priority to the BRA's proposed
system permit or assigned no priority (i.e., "developed" water), in addition to
subordination of the BRA's Possum Kingdom rights. HDR and the City will jointly
select a single project configuration for the Jim Bertram Lake System expansion (Task 1)
a single project configuration from the North Fork Scalping Operation (Task 2) to
evaluate with respect to the projects' effects on the BRA System.
HDR will summarize the analyses with text, graphs and statistical summaries in a
summary memorandum.
Task 4. Meetings and Coordination
HDR will attend up to two (2) coordination meetings with City staff and the City's
outside legal counsel in Lubbock or Austin, as needed, to obtain direction and present the
results of analyses for Tasks 1, 2 and 3. The fee estimate provided below assumes one in
Lubbock and one in Austin. Additional meetings will be attended as additional services.
Task S. Data and Analysis for Region O Strategy Evaluations
The City has requested that the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group (Region
O) include in the 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water Plan the following as new,
recommended water management strategies:
1. Jim Bertram Lake System Expansion, and
2. Diversion of flows from the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the
Brazos River into Lake Alan Henry.
In order for the Texas Water Development Board to accept the evaluations of both
strategies, specific information needs to be developed concerning the supplies each
strategy will develop, as well as the environmental effects each will have on instream
flows, habitat, threatened and endangered species, and cultural/archeological resources.
Tasks 1 and 2 will address many of the information needs required for the regional water
plan. However, development of some of the information is outside the scope of those
two tasks. Based upon HDR's knowledge of TWDB requirements, HDR has identified
the following work items (Tasks 5.A and 5.B) to provide the additional information
required for the inclusion of the strategies in the 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water
Plan.
Task 5.A. Complete Region O Strategy Evaluation for Jim Bertram Lake System
Expansion. HDR will complete the following work items in order to provide an
evaluation of the Jim Bertram Lake System Expansion as a water management strategy to
be included in the 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water Plan.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 7 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
Hydrology. HDR will complete the hydrologic analysis described in Tasks IA through
1D to the extent required for the regional water planning process. The City will provide
to HDR preliminary estimates of the quantity of stormwater potentially available on an
average annual basis, and from the 100-year recurrence interval storm, as well as the
volumes potentially available from the City's effluent discharges (return flows) and
groundwater discharges. These estimates will not be to the level of detail required by the
Tasks IA through 1D, but will provide an estimate suitable for use in the regional water
plan. HDR will incorporate these flows into the Brazos Basin Water Availability Model
(Brazos WAM), and determine the yields of Lakes 7 and 8, subject to the Consensus
Criteria for Environmental Flow Needs (CCEFN). HDR will estimate the effects of the
operation of Lakes 7 and 8 on streamflow below the dams.
Environmental and Cultural Resources. HDR will review existing databases from the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to identify threatened and endangered species in
the vicinity of Lakes 7 and 8, and the potential pipeline route from Lake 8 to the City's
water treatment plant. HDR will estimate habitat types and extents affected by
inundation by the reservoirs and traversed by the pipeline. HDR will determine the
number of recorded cultural resource features potentially impacted using queries from the
following databases: the total number National Register Listed Properties (NRHP), State
Archeological Landmarks (SALs), Registered Texas Historic Landmarks (RHTLs), and
Official State Historical Markers (OSHMs). HDR will identify cemeteries known to
occur within the potential reservoir pools. Known archeological sites will also be
referenced in each reservoir area. The topographic maps of the Texas Archeological
Research Laboratory (TARL) will be consulted for numbers of archeological sites and
cemeteries for each reservoir area. Results will be compiled in tabular format and
summarized in text. No official hardcopy files of cultural resources will be accessed.
Documentation of Analyses in Region O Report Format. HDR will document the
results in text, tables and graphs for inclusion as a report section in the 2006 Llano
Estacado Regional Water Plan.
Task S.B. Complete Region O Strategy Evaluation for North Fork Diversions into Lake
Alan Henry. HDR will complete the following work items in order to provide an
evaluation of the North Fork Diversion into Lake Alan Henry as a water management
strategy to be included in the 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water Plan.
Hydrology. HDR will complete the hydrologic analysis described in Task 2A of the
current scope of work to the extent required by the regional water planning process.
HDR will estimate the effects of the diversion project on streamflows below the proposed
channel dam on the North Fork, and below Lake Alan Henry.
Environmental and Cultural Resources. HDR will review existing databases from the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to identify threatened and endangered species in
the vicinity of the channel dam, and the potential pipeline route from the channel dam to
Lake Alan Henry. HDR will estimate habitat types and extents affected by the project.
HDR will determine the number of recorded cultural resource features potentially
HDR Engineering, Inc. 8 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
impacted using queries from the following databases: the total number National Register
Listed Properties (NRHP), State Archeological Landmarks (SALs), Registered Texas
Historic Landmarks (RHTLs), and Official State Historical Markers (OSHMs). HDR will
identify cemeteries known to occur within the project location. Known archeological
sites will also be referenced in the project area. The topographic maps of the Texas
Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) will be consulted for numbers of
archeological sites and cemeteries near the project area. Results will be compiled in
tabular format and summarized in text. No official hardcopy files of cultural resources
will be accessed.
Documentation of Analyses in Region O Report Format. HDR will document the
results in text, tables and graphs for inclusion as a report section in the 2006 Llano
Estacado Regional Water Plan.
Task 5.C. Present Findings to the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group.
HDR will attend the scheduled December 15, 2005 meeting of the Llano Estacado
Regional Water Planning Group to present the analyses and report sections developed in
Tasks 5.A and 5.B.
Task 6. Additional Services — Water Rights Permitting and Other Support
HDR will assist the City as requested in developing permit applications to file with the
TCEQ, in coordinating with the City and its legal counsel in responding to requests for
information from the TCEQ, and in other efforts as requested by the City in regard to the
permit applications. Additional hydrologic, environmental or engineering analyses
beyond those described in Tasks 1 — 3 may be required in order to address TCEQ
questions or concerns. HDR may also be requested to attend additional coordination
meetings with City staff and legal counsel. In addition, HDR will assist the City as
needed by providing technical information related to negotiating agreements with the
BRA and other parties potentially opposing these permits. HDR will provide " all
additional services on a time and materials basis.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 9 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
Schedule
HDR will complete the above tasks according to the following schedule:
Tasks
Estimated Task Duration
1
2 months from receipt of required data from City
2
2 months following completion of Task 1
3
1 month after completion of Task 2C
4
As directed by City
5
As required by the Llano Estacado Regional Water
Planning Group and the Texas Water Development
Board (complete at the time of this revision)
6
As directed by City (considerable effort has been
expended at the time of this revision)
Payment for Services
Tasks 1 through 5 will be performed for a lump sum fee of $198,700. HDR will provide
monthly invoices based upon percentage complete for each task. HDR will provide a
summary progress report with each invoice describing progress on each task.
Fees for Additional Services under Task 6 will be negotiated as needed on a time and
materials basis. Tasks associated with water rights permitting are dependant upon TCEQ
comments and direction, and additional, or expansions of, work items are possible and
likely during the course of this effort. HDR will inform the City if any necessary work
items are identified during the course of this work that will require additional services
under Task 6.
Payment for additional services under Task 6 will be based upon the following schedule
of hourly rates for personnel classifications reasonably expected to be involved with the
project, plus reimbursable expenses. Reimbursable expenses include maps, photographs,
photocopies, telephone charges, printing, travel, and other expensed directly related to the
work described in this scope of work. The following schedule of hourly rates is in effect
through December 31, 2006. After December 31, 2006, invoices will reflect hourly rates
currently in effect at that date.
HDR Engineering, Inc. 10 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006
Exhibit A
Hourly Rates
(effective through December 31, 2006)
Classification
Hourly Rate
Project Principal
$
293.33
Project Manager
$
169.40
Senior Engineer
$
227.33
Project Engineer
$
129.25
Senior GIS Analyst
$
108.17
Senior Archeologist
$
99.00
Archeologist
$
58.67
Senior Aquatic Biologist
$
132.22
Aquatic Biologist
$
94.42
Botanist
$
65.56
Admin Asst./Clerical
$
66.00
Technology/Computer Charge
$
4.10
Reimbursable Expenses
At cost
HDR Engineering, Inc. 11 of 11 November 15, 2005
Revised August 4, 2006