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10. Replace the prassure reducing station at Coast
Meridian Road and the Lougheed Highway. .

Except for the last two ftems all of the above are elther
in the ten year Capital Program for 1987 or have been pre-
approved by Council. The last two Items are necessary and are
being submitted for the 1987 Capital Budget.

One of the problems In providing estimates for the budget
has been that the design for the projects Is never complete
prior to the estimate belng done. We therefore have no basis
for providing accurate estimates. Although we have been
attempting to get designs done In advance, as we have become
more efficient In the last few years, we have also had a
tremendous increase In the number of development proposals to
be processed in this department. We have therefore never been
able to get on top of the design program. In an attempt to
solve this problem and to also assist us with the very heavy
design workload for 1987, the Committee Is recommending that we
do most of the design program In 1987 by consultants. This
would then leave us free to start the design for the 1988
program which would allow us to provide Council! with proper
estimates when budget time rolls around next year.

We would propose that three of the projects tn the fist,
the comoletion of Mary Hill Road, the Reeve Street watermain,
and the Harbour Avenue sewer, be completed by our own design
staff as part of the work has already been donee The remainder
could then be packaged and offered to consultants elther as a
package or on a individual basis. The call for proposals would
be written in such a way that each consu!'tant has the cholce.

The method of calling for proposals as recommended by the
Consultant Engineers of 8.C. Is to pre-select a short list of
four or five consultants that you know have the qualifications
and then to ask these on the short lis? for proposals. The use
of a short IIst Increases the chances of getting quality
proposals because the consultants know that they have a fair
chance of getting the job. !n a general proposal call the
consultants are competing with so many others that they feel It
ts not worth while to prepare proposals. The short list as
selected by the Committee consists of the following: Triffo

Engineering, AESL, Willls Conllffe Tait, Dayton & Knight, Aplin
& Martin.
Counc!it needs to be aware that If this recommendation Is

adopted, there will be some engineering costs associated with
each of these projects which otherwise would not be a part of
the budget. On the other hand, the alternative of doling the

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