AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
DCM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: March 21, 2017
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with DEH Consulting, LTD for Engineering Services related to the Downtown Storm Sewer Improvements Trunk Line, South Bell, and Oak Street Systems project; and establishing an effective date (File 6399 in the not-to-exceed amount of $113,280).
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The Downtown Storm Sewer Improvements Trunk Line, South Bell, and Oak Street Systems project is a follow-through project based on the recently created Denton Downtown Drainage Master Plan. The Denton Downtown Drainage Master Plan was finalized in June of 2013 and was created by the consulting team of Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc. and Halff Associates. The primary objectives of the plan were to evaluate the existing drainage systems, identify problem areas and develop improvement alternatives. In order to evaluate the drainage patterns in a comprehensive manner, a dynamic analysis was performed using specialized software. The analysis looked at the subsurface drainage system using a one dimensional model and the overland flow patterns using a two dimensional model in a simultaneous and interactive manner. The dynamic modeling allowed for an enhanced understanding of the existing drainage patterns and facilitated a more detailed evaluation of the proposed mitigation alternatives.
The purpose of the Denton Downtown Drainage Master Plan is to guide the City's storm drain improvements that will take place as development and re-development occur and as capital projects are implemented. Five groups of projects are recommended by the plan. This Downtown Storm Sewer Improvements Trunk Line, South Bell, and Oak Street Systems Project represents three of them. This project consists of design of the Trunk Line System along the west side of the Union P...
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