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Approval of Professional Services Agreement with Wrangell Mountain Technical Services in the Amount of $46,695 for the Record of Improvements Survey of Aleutian Village Trailer Park
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SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Von Bargen, CEDD Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $46,695
Unencumbered Balance: $115,723
Funding Source: 001-5500-43200 Community Development Professional Services
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Approve Professional Services Agreement with Wrangell Mountain Technical Services in the Amount of $46,695 for the Record of Improvements Survey of Aleutian Village Trailer Park.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Following the Aleutian Village Trailer Park (AVTP) Report at the September 20th meeting the Council gave direction for staff to move forward with the Record of Improvements Survey at the Park. Although it is the intent to keep the residents of AVTP in their existing locations we are aware there a spacing/setback violations. The degree to which these violations exist is unknown. Under any scenario for the property it is necessary to have this information. If a new operator takes over responsibility of the Park, or if the City purchases the land and subdivides individual lots, these spacing/setback issues need to be corrected. The Record of Improvements Survey accomplishes this. Additionally this survey will obtain topographical data at 1' contour intervals, and the underground utilities will also be surveyed.
A Request for Proposals was issued on October 4, 2016 (this was reported at the 10/4 Council meeting). In addition to posting the RFP on the City website, invitations to propose were sent via email to five different survey companies; three of whom conduct the vast majority of survey work in Valdez, and two Anchorage-based firms that have had survey crews working in Valdez on other jobs in the past few weeks. A pre-proposal meeting was held on October 10. Four firms attended the pre-proposal meeting; three by phone and one in person. Ques...
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