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Consent Item Indian River County, Florida Department of Utility Services Board Memorandum Date: January 30, 2025 To: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners Through: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services From: Howard G. Richards, PE, Manager - Capital Projects Subject: Amendment 1 to Work Order 6 to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for Cost -Benefit Analysis to Relocate Cell Carrier Equipment on Gifford Elevated Storage Tank, IRCDUS Project ID 13.23.538 Background: Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) owns and operates the Gifford Elevated Storage Tank (EST), a 0.4 million -gallon (MG) steel multi -leg supported tank that has a common inlet/outlet pipe, and an altitude valve. The tank has been isolated from the water distribution systems and is not in operational use. IRCDUS is currently leasing the tank to cellular carriers to mount antennas and ancillary equipment. To ensure structural integrity of the tank, modification/upgrade of the tank is required. On February 23, 2023, purchase order (PO) 95751 in the amount of $6,127.00, was issued to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) to perform a condition assessment and site plan for the Gifford EST facility. KHA delivered its technical memorandum on May 4, 2023, which outlined short-term improvements and recommendations for ultimately reconfiguring/repurposing the Gifford EST site. Because some of the short- term improvements/recommendations required near -immediate attention, KHA was issued PO 96358 on June 1, 2023, in the amount of $28,838.00 to develop work specifications for the maintenance and in-kind replacement of structural components. After issuing PO 96358, Indian River County (IRC) was notified by Verizon, T -Mobile, and Metro PCS, of plans to replace some existing and add additional equipment to the tank. It was determined that the tank, with just maintenance and in-kind component replacements, would still be structurally deficient to handle the increased load. Addressing the structural deficiency requires further analysis, rehabilitation, and structural upgrades to the tank's superstructure. On December 12, 2023, the BCC approved Work Order No. 6 (WO 6) to KHA, pursuant to the Continuing Contract Agreement for Consulting Engineering Services dated May 2, 2023, between IRC and KHA, to provide engineering, design, and construction phase services for the Gifford EST rehabilitation and structural upgrade ("Project"), in the amount of $65,396.00. KHA has completed the engineering and design under WO 6. On September 10, 2024, the BCC awarded Bid No. 2024047 to Viking Painting, LLC, for construction of the project. Construction will be done in two phases: Phase 1— Structural repairs and modifications, and Phase 2 — Sandblasting and recoating. Phase 1 is currently 119