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F-5. CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES Award Contract FCD 2008C041, Powerline, Vineyard Road, and Rittenhouse Flood Retarding Structures (PVR FRS) Rehabilitation or Replacement Project to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for professional engineering services. This contract amount is $ 2,000,000. The contract performance is 730 calendar days effective the date of the Notice to Proceed. This is a qualification-based selection in accordance with Maricopa County Procurement Code, Article 5, Paragraph 504. The PVR FRS are three flood control dams that were all designed and built by the Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service – NRCS). The PVR FRS are located in northwest Pinal County, south of Apache Junction. They lie on the east side of the Central Arizona Project canal (CAP), and extend south from approximately Baseline Road to the Ocotillo Road alignment, which is a distance of approximately 12 miles. The structures were built from 1967 to 1969 with federal assistance under the PL-566 Watershed Protection & Flood Protection Act. The Flood Control District (District) currently operates and maintains the dams and associated facilities under operating agreements with NRCS: Powerline IGA FCD 90002, Vineyard Road IGA FCD 89008, Rittenhouse IGA was signed July 14, 1970 (no IGA number was associated with it). These structures provide flood protection for residential, commercial and agricultural areas as well as critical public facilities and infrastructure such as: Williams Gateway Airport, San Tan Freeway (SR-202L), other public roadways, railroads and the CAP Canal. The ability of the PVR FRS to maintain the current level of protection in the long-term for the benefit of the public in an increasingly urbanized environment is in question due to significant concerns regarding aging infrastructure, land subsidence, earth fissuring, urbanization encroachment and inability to meet current dam safety standards. These dam safety issues have led the District to initiate this project for the rehabilitation or replacement of the dams. This agenda item impacts Supervisory District 1. (C-69-10-001-5-00)