Title
Approval of Cost Sharing Agreement for 14 Mile Transmission Project (CIP # 122013) with City of Novi for Construction on 11 Mile, Meadowbrook, and 13 Mile Roads
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Agenda of: September 23, 2020
Item No.: 2020-319
Amount: NA
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: September 14, 2020
RE: Approval of Cost Sharing Agreement for 14 Mile Transmission Project (CIP # 122013) with City of Novi for Construction on 11 Mile, Meadowbrook, and 13 Mile Roads
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water and Field Services, and Randal M. Brown, General Counsel, the Board of Directors for the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) approves the cost sharing agreement between GLWA and the City of Novi for construction along 11 Mile, Meadowbrook, and 13 Mile Roads as part of Phase 2 of 14 Mile Transmission Main loop project (CIP #122013); and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The GLWA 14 Mile Road transmission main supplies water to Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Walled Lake, and Wixom. Currently, the 14 Mile Transmission Main is not looped within the GLWA transmission system and is susceptible to unplanned outages due to main breaks. The 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop project (CIP # 122013) is being constructed in two phases to add redundancy to the customers along 14 Mile. The first phase is approximately 1 mile of 24-inch parallel pipeline that will run west from M-5 to Novi Road. The second phase is approximately 8 miles of 54-inch watermain that will be constructed from 8 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road along an alignment generally following the I-275 bike path to 11 Mile to Meadowbrook to 13 Mile to the M-5 bike path and along 14 Mile to a connection with the Haggerty Pump Station reservoirs. The second phase of the 14 Mile Tr...
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