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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Bob Murray, Project Engineer
Rick Hixson, City Engineer Craig Woolard, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: KMART fire service line break – building structural investigation
MEETING DATE: October 8th, 2012
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize City Manager to sign the Professional Services Agreement with Morrison Maierle, Inc.
BACKGROUND: Attached is a copy of the partially executed Professional Services
Agreement with Morrison Maierle, Inc. to perform a structural investigation of the damage done
to the KMART building as a result of a break in their fire service line. The document is in the City’s standard format.
On August 10th, the fire service line for the KMART building broke near the face of the building.
Prior to July of 1999, the Municipal Code stated that the City owned and was responsible for the
first 60’ of any fire line between the main and the building. Unless the lines have been replaced,
buildings built prior to that date continue to be grandfathered under that code provision. The KMART building falls under that category. This break occurred right at the 60’ mark. The leak caused extensive damage to the building and the floor slab.
The owner of the building retained a structural engineer to assess the damage, and determine
what will need to be done to correct that damage. We had a representative of MMIA (Montana
Municipal Insurance Authority) on site and they requested that we get an independent structural engineer of our own to do a similar assessment. The City Attorney was also on site at the time, and he contacted the Finance Director to confirm that this was an emergency situation and we
could retain an engineer without getting the three quotes required by the City purchasing policy.
We first contacted Nishkian Monks since they routinely do review work for the Building
Department, but they could not have anyone on site for a least a week. The repair work was going to proceed as soon as possible, so that time frame did not work. We then contacted Morrison Maierle, and they could get someone out to the site that day, and agreed to do the
assessment without having a contract in place. They did complete the onsite investigation and
are in the process of preparing their report.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission
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FISCAL EFFECTS: The project will be paid on a time and materials basis not to exceed
$3,000.00 from the Water Fund.
Attachments: Professional Services Agreement
Report compiled on: 9/24/12
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