Staff is requesting that the City Council approve Amendment No. 2 to the City's contract with Morrison Maierle, Inc. (MMI) for WO 12-16, Integrated Water Plan Implementation (IWPI), Water Distribution System Study in the amount of $80,000.00.  The contract term would be extended to March 31, 2014.

The contract price increase would add a Water Master Planning effort to the current contract.  The plan would explore and develop specific improvement alternatives to the City's water system.  Work would include additional modeling, planning level cost estimates, technical analysis of alternatives, recommendations for and development of a 10-year CIP, and documenting all work performed in report format.

The proposed Master Planning effort will be closely guided and refined by City staff based on further evaluation of recommended improvement alternatives being produced by MMI under the current W.O. 12-16 contract work.

The Council may:

• Award Contract Amendment No. 2 to MMI; or
• Do not award the contract amendment to MMI.

If the contract amendment is not awarded, the City will be unable to follow-through on the important task of keeping its Water Master Plan current.  The last time the Master Plan was updated was 2006.

The Water Fund expense for this project was approved by City Council in the FY13 budget.  A summary of the funding is as follows:

Project Budget	$90,000.00
Previously Encumbered	$0
This Contract	$80,000.00
Budget Remaining	$10,000.00

Staff recommends that Council approve Amendment No. 2 to the City's contract with MMI for WO 12-16, IWPI, Water Distribution System Study in the amount of $80,000.00 and extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2014.