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Home My WebLink About2011-019 Rates for Engineering Division Review and Inspection of Public Improvement Projects; YMC Addition 12.20ORDINANCE NO. 2011 -19 AN ORDINANCE establishing the rates to be charged by the City's Engineering Division to review the design documents for, and inspect the construction of, public works improvements in conjunction with subdivision, development and redevelopment of real property by private parties; and adding section 12.20 to the City of Yakima Municipal Code. WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (City) is authorized by Title 35 RCW to establish design and construction standards for public works improvements within the City limits; and WHEREAS, it is the City Engineer's responsibility to ensure that these standards are used for public work improvements performed by private parties; and WHEREAS, it is prudent that the City Engineer be compensated by the Owners /Developers for whom the review and inspections are performed; and WHEREAS, Section 12.01.050 of the Yakima Municipal Code states that a schedule of fees for such review and inspection should be developed and adopted; and WHEREAS, the City Council determines that the review and inspection fees contained in this Ordinance are fair, just and reasonable, Now, Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA Section 1. Section 12.20 is added to Title 12 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code (YMC), to read as follows: 12.20.010 Review and Inspection Fee for Public Work Improvements The review and inspection fee shall be based on the construction cost estimate obtained from the Public Works Improvement Bid Item Prices sheet provided in YMC 12.20.030. For items that are not included in YMC 12.20.030, the Consulting Engineer shall provide the per unit cost to be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. The review and inspection fees shall be calculated as follows: ♦ 7% of the calculated construction cost up to $25,000, plus 6% of the calculated construction cost between $25,000 and $50,000, plus 5% of the calculated construction cost, for costs in excess of $50,000. 12.20.020 Payment Payment of the review and inspection fees shall be as follows: ♦ $250.00 or 10% of the calculated review and inspection fee, whichever is greater, shall be paid at the time of plans are submitted to the City Engineer and shall be a non- refundable charge. ♦ Remainder of fee balance shall be paid following review and prior to approved plans released to the Consulting Engineer /Owner /Developer. 12.20.030: Public Works Improvement Bid Item Prices ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT QNTY UNIT PRICE AMOUNT Clearing and Gradin' Half Street Improvement LF $6.00 Full Street Improvement LF $12.00 OTHER Clearing and Grading Total: Street Saw Cut (per inch depth) LF $1.00 Crushed Surfacing Top Course TON $15.00 Crushed Surfacing Base Course TON $14.00 Asphalt Treated Base TON $60.00 Hot Mix Asphalt TON $70.00 Pavement Repair SY $40.00 Porous Asphalt Pavement SF $4.00 Porous Concrete Pavement SF $5.00 Cement Conc. Traffic Curb and Gutter LF $9.00 Cement Conc. Sidewalk, 4 inch depth SY $27.00 Cement Conc. Sidewalk, 6. inch depth , SY $30.00 Handicap Ram (Separate of Commercial Approach) EA $750.00 Commercial Approach EA $3,500.00 OTHER Street Total: Storm Drainage System 8 Inch Pie LF $22.00 10 Inch Pie LF $25.00 12 Inch Pie LF $30.00 18 Inch Pie LF $35.00 24 Inch Pie LF $40.00 Type 1 Catch Basin EA $750.00 Type 1L Catch Basin EA $1,000.00 Curb Inlet EA $650.00 Connection to Existing Catch Basin /Manhole EA $1,600.00 Retention System LF $70.00 Infiltration Swale LF $6.00 Pollution Control EA $200.00 OTHER Storm Drainage Total: Sanitaq Sewer System 8 Inch Pie LF $30.00 10 Inch Pie LF $35.00 12 Inch Pie LF $40.00 48 Inch Manhole EA $1,700.00 72 Inch Manhole EA $3,000.00 Extra Depth Excavation (per foot depth! over 12' deep) LF $2.00 Extra Depth Manhole (per foot over 12' depth) FT $110.00 OTHER Sanitary Sewer System Total: 12.20.030: Public Works Improvement Bid Item Prices (Cont.) ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT QNTY UNIT PRICE AMOUNT Water System 4 Inch Pie LF $15.00 6 Inch Pie LF $20.00 8 Inch Pie LF $25.00 10 Inch Pie LF $30.00 12 Inch Pie LF $40.00 4 Inch Gate Valve EA $550.00 6 Inch Gate Valve EA $725.00 8 Inch Gate Valve EA $1,000.00 10 Inch Gate Valve EA $1,250.00 12 Inch Gate Valve EA $1,500.00 Fire Hydrant Assembl EA $1,800.00 Blow Off Assembly EA $850.00 Air and Vacuum Assembly EA $1,000.00 Water Valve Box EA $65.00 OTHER Water System Total: Street Lighting Aluminum Street Light EA $3,000.00 Service Meter EA $300.00 Electrical Junction Box EA $150.00 Electrical Conduit LF $3.00 OTHER Street Lighting Total: Miscellaneous Monument EA $300.00 Street Sin EA $200.00 Pavement Marking LF $1.00 Control Density Fill CY $80.00 Adjust Existing Utilities EA $220.00 Sod Installation Sy $17.00 OTHER Miscellaneous Total: Project Total: LEGEND LF = Linear Foot SY = Square Yard SF = Square Foot EA = Each FT = Foot CY = Cubic Yard Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 19th day of March, 2011. I/L� (9-4 Micah Cawl y, Mayor ATTEST: Publication Date: April 22, 20111 Effective Date: May 22, 2011 is is BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. '� 2-7 For Meeting of: April 19, 2011 ITEM TITLE: Request for Council to A) adopt, by resolution, the proposed update to the Procedures Manual for Construction of Public Improvement Projects Under Private Contracts, and to B) enact, by ordinance, the rates to be charged by the Engineering Division to review and inspect public improvement projects. SUBMITTED BY: Joan Davenport, Acting Director of Community & Economic Development . CONTACT PERSONITELEPHONE: Doug Mayo, P.E., City Engineer- 576 -6678 SUMMARY EXPLANATION: In response to City Council's 2011 Major Policy Issue titled, "Engineering Review and Inspection Fee Increase ", the Engineering Division proposes the following: 1. Charge Owners /Developers a portion of the engineering review and inspection fee at the time of plans submittal. 2. Update the unit bid price worksheet from which the engineering review and inspection fee is calculated. Currently a fee is not paid until a developer picks up the approved plans. There are times that plans are reviewed and approved by the City, but not picked up by the developer. In these instances, the City is not compensated for any review expenses. It is proposed that the Resolution XX Ordinance XX Contract Other (Specify) Funding S APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: .�� --'A, -U City Manager continued on Paqe Two STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff respectfully requests Council to: A) Adopt, by resolution, the Procedures Manual for Construction of Public Improvement Projects Under Private Contracts; and, B) Enact, by ordinance (YMC 12.20), the timing of collection and rates to be charged by the Engineering Division for review and inspection fees for public improvement projects performed by private parties. BOARD /COMMITTEE /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: The Community and Economic Development Committee on March 2, 2011 requested that this information be presented to the CWHBA, and then be brought to full Council for approval. COUNCIL ACTION: Page Two Owner /Developer pay a fee of $250 or 10% of the calculated fee, whichever is greater, to partially reimburse review costs. The remainder of the fee would be paid when the approved plans are picked up. Of the 26 project submitted in 2010, fees were never received for 10 of them. Using this new, proposed method of payment would have resulted in the City receiving an additional $3,627.13 _in revenue. It is also proposed that Engineering's Public Works Improvement Bid Item Prices Worksheet be updated to reflect recent bidding trends. Since private parties are not required to pay prevailing wage rates, the bid item prices were set at 80% of the cost for recent publicly- funded projects. The proposed cost adjustments increase some of the bid item prices, while decreasing others. When compared with two large projects for which a review and inspection fee was collected in 2010, the proposed bid item price changes resulted in a 1% increase in fee on one project ( +$48.59), and a 6% decrease (- $790.01) on the other. At the same time, staff proposes to update the Procedures Manual for Public Improvements Constructed by Private Parties. YMC Chapter 12.01.050 states, "the City Engineer shall establish and maintain a manual describing procedures for the City Engineer's review, permitting and inspection of public improvements constructed by private parties. This manual shall include a schedule of fees for such review, permitting and inspection approved by the City Council." The proposed update would clarify certain elements of the Procedures Manual, and provide Council with an opportunity to adopt it. Staff feels that it is important, at this time, to. upgrade the Procedures Manual, along with the engineering review and inspection fee. Updating the Public Works Improvement 'Bid Item Prices Worksheet will ensure a more accurate engineering review and inspection fee, to better reflect the current bidding environment. Collection of a small fee up front will ensure that the City's General Fund is compensated for a portion of the review. The proposed updates were presented to the Community and Economic Development Council Subcommittee on March 2, 2011. They supported our proposals, but requested that the proposed updates be presented to the Central Washington Home Builder's Association. The information was presented to the Central Washington Home Builder's Association on March 24th. No comments or concerns have been received regarding the proposed changes. L-A