Consideration and Approval of Contract: Contract for Rio de Flag channel maintenance in the Cheshire neighborhood to J. Banicki Construction for the amount of $463,886.50.
 

1. Award the contract to J. Banicki Construction for Rio de Flag channel maintenance in the Cheshire neighborhood for the amount of $463,886.50; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.

The Rio de Flag resides within a constructed/engineered channel through the Cheshire neighborhood. The original design for the channel was a 25-foot width with 2:1 side slopes and an adjacent maintenance road. This channel experienced flooding in 2021 resulting in property damage. The purpose of this maintenance contract is to dredge the channel from near Boldt Drive to Cheshire Park to regain most of the original design capacity.

Project Name: Rio de Flag dredge in the Cheshire neighborhood
Cost: $463,886.50
Account Number Budgeted: 206-08-331-1257-0-4237 and 206-08-385-3597-0-4422
FY Budgeted Amount: Only $66,408 is available in account 206-08-331-1257-0-4237 and the remaining balance will be pulled from 206-08-385-3597-0-4422.
Grant Funded: No
Funding Source: Stormwater Utility

No previous City Council decision, this directly addresses previous community discussion about monsoon flood preparedness, pre-wildfire preparedness, and climate action.

1. Approve the Construction Contract with J. Banicki Construction for the maintenance item; or
2. Deny the contract and allow the channel to continue to function in its current state.

Stormwater staff first solicited bids from the City's Horizontal Construction Job Order Contractor (JOCs) firms in early spring 2025. All four Horizontal Construction JOCs indicated that they would not have the capacity in the near-term to complete the project. Stormwater staff were then instructed to contact the Water Services JOCs, which was done in late spring 2025. All three Water Services JOCs declined to bid. This Construction Contract with J. Banicki Construction is through a cooperative contract, and at an appropriate cost following a procurement process, after exhausting the JOC route. The public relations for this work will be coordinated with Beta PR through a separate contract and land surveying and staking was conducted by Ardurra Engineering in spring 2025.

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• Safe and Healthy Community: Provide public safety services with resources, staff, and training responsive to the community’s needs.
• Sustainable and Innovative Infrastructure: Deliver outstanding services to residents through a healthy well-maintained infrastructure system.
• Environmental Stewardship: Strengthen Flagstaff's resilience to to climate change impacts on the built, natural, economic, health and social systems.

Goal E&C.3.

• Policy E&C 3.1 Increase the region's preparedness for extreme climate events.

Goal WR.5.

• Policy WR.5.1. Preserve and restore existing natural watercourse corridors, including the 100-year floodplain, escarpments, wildlife corridors, natural vegetation, and other natural features using methods that result in a clear legal obligation to preserve corridors in perpetuity, where feasible.
• Policy WR.5.4. Develop any necessary stormwater infrastructure improvements consistent with City of Flagstaff stormwater master plans or studies as adopted by the City.
• Policy WR.5.5. Give preference to regional detention facilities that are designed in conjunction with smaller low-impact development features, rather than numerous smaller dispersed basins. Encourage regional detention basins to incorporate natural watershed characteristics as well as offering recreational components.

Goal PF.1.

• Policy PF.1.2. Allocate available public resources necessary for the City and County to prepare and adapt for natural and human-caused hazards so that all government operations support community resiliency.
• Policy PF.1.4. Build, sustain, and leverage partnerships with local and regional stakeholders for collective investment, efficient action, and shared responsibility in the building of local resiliency.

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Maintenance is a key part of the 2028 Stormwater Section Strategic Plan and the 2025 Water Services Division Strategic Plan