R-13-09-26-H9 - 9/26/2013RESOLUTION NO. R -13-09-26-H9
WHEREAS, this past summer, a large and dangerous sinkhole suddenly appeared in Gattis
School Road between Surrey Dr. and Lawnmont Dr.; and
WHEREAS, this sinkhole required immediate action on the part of the City to procure
Ramming Paving Company to perform emergency repairs to Gattis School Road; and
WHEREAS, the procurement of Ramming was required to relieve the necessity of the City's
residents and to preserve the property of the City; and
WHEREAS, the procurement of Ramming was necessary to preserve or protect the public
health or safety of the City's residents; and
WHEREAS, the procurement of Ramming was necessary because of unforeseen damage to
public machinery, equipment, or other property; and
WHEREAS, because of all of the foregoing facts, it was not necessary for the City to comply
with the competitive bidding requirements of the Local Government Code; Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to issue a purchase order to Ramming
Paving Company in the amount of $166,640 for the emergency repair work on Gattis School Road.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and
subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter
hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
0112.1304; 00282587/sls
RESOLVED this 26th day of September, 2013.
ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
ATTEST:
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
ROUND ROCK TEXAS
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Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Number: H.9
Title: Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to issue a Purchase
Order to Ramming Paving Company for the emergency storm sewer repair
work on Gattis School Road.
Type: Resolution
Governing Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 9/26/2013
Dept Director: Gary Hudder, Transportation Director
Cost: $166,640.00
Indexes: General Self -Financed Construction
Attachments: Resolution, Purchase Request
Text of Legislative File 13-732
Item Summary:
An area in the eastbound lanes of Gattis School Rd. between the streets of Surrey Drive
and Lawnmont Drive has continued to deteriorate and sink over the course of several years.
Ongoing efforts to make pavement repairs proved temporary, as a sink hole in the roadway
would reappear soon thereafter.
As a component of our current pavement repair contract, this section was included for
surface repairs, however during the paving operations, the subsurface began to fail once
again, indicating a more serious concern. A temporary road repair was performed to
minimize the impact the motoring public as an interim solution, while an investigation was
performed to better determine the cause of the sink hole. It was discovered that a break in
the storm sewer system was causing the roadway structure to collapse into the storm sewer
system. Due to the concern for public safety, city management determined that we should
do a more permanent repair of the storm sewer and roadway, thereby eliminating the
hazard and any risks associated with it.
Since we already had a local contractor under active contract, performing similar pavement
repairs, it was determined that utilizing this contractor to make the emergency repairs would
be the most cost effective, by eliminating costly mobilization to the area, and would allow
the work to be performed much more quickly. The fullscale repairs were completed over a
weekend, prior to the new school year beginning. We were also able make a much better
and more detailed inspection of the storm sewer line to confirm the we were correctly
addressing the problem.
City of Round Rock Page 1 Printed on 9/23/2013
Agenda item Summary Continued (13-732)
Cost: $166, 640.00
Source of Funds: General Self -Financed Construction
Staff recommends approval
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