Res 2140 5/16/1978RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT WITH CORLETT,
PROBST & BOYD FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
SOUTHWEST PARKWAY DRAINAGE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
That certain contract, a copy of which is attached
hereto, between the City of Wichita Falls and Corlett,
Probst & Boyd, for engineering services for a feasibility
study concerning Southwest Parkway drainage,is hereby
approved, and the City Manager is authorized to execute
the same for the City of Wichita Falls.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of May, 1978.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
THE STATE OF TEXAS X.
COUNTY OF WICHITA X
CONTRACT FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY
This contract made and entered into this the 16th
day of May, 1978 , by and between the City of Wichita Falls,
hereinafter called City, and Corlett,Probst & Boyd, herein-
after called Engineers ,
WITNESSETH:
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS
HEREIN CONTAINED, the parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows :
1. Engineers shall study the feasibility of divert-
ing a major portion of the water carried by the concrete
drainage ditch along the north side of Southwest Parkway
into Holliday Creek before it reaches McGrath Creek. The
scope of the study is as follows:
A. Calculate the present 25 year, 50 year and
100 year runoff into the Southwest Parkway channel. Esti-
mate the future increase when the contributing area is
fully developed.
B. Investigate the routing of the relief facil-
ity to include the following routes :
1) From Southwest Parkway down abandoned
railroad right-of-way (now owned by TESCO) to old Holliday
Creek channel.
2) Down K-Mart Drive -- thence easterly to
abandoned railroad; thence down railroad to old Holliday
Creek channel.
3) Down west side of Midwestern Farms to
north side of Lake Wichita Dam; thence southeasterly to
old Holliday Creek channel.
C. Select most feasible route. Include exist-
ing underground utilities , right-of-way restrictions, and
location of existing aboveground facilities in the report.
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Estimate depth to groundwater and note general soil char-
acteristics.
D. Indicate probable relief to be experienced
on McGrath Creek if the recommended improvements are built.
E. Estimate costs of recommended improvements.
2. The feasibility study will be completed within
120 days of receipt of authorization to proceed from the
City' s Director of Public Works.
3. One preliminary copy of the report will be sub-
mitted to City' s Director of Public Works for his comments
and review. Five copies of the final report will be fur-
nished City when the study is completed.
4. City shall pay to Engineers for their services
hereunder the sum of $4 , 890, which shall be payable upon
the completion of the study.
5. In the event City' s Board of Aldermen decide to
construct the project, and in the event Engineers are given
a contract for the engineering design of the project, the
full amount of the fee paid for this feasibility study
will be credited on the fee for the engineering design.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this instrument to be executed as of the day and year
first set out above.
City of Wichita Falls
By:
ATTEST: City Manager
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Corlett, Probst & Boyd
City Attorney By:
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