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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES2025-108 CRW Engineering - Disinfection EngineeringSponsored by: Sorensen CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2025-108 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL WITH CRW ENGINEERING GROUP TO ENGINEER AND DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $665,600 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS WHEREAS, on July 14, 2025, the City of Seward City Council approved resolution 2025- 064 to accept the Alaska DEC Clean Water Fund loan of $665,600 with loan forgiveness of $665,600 for planning and design of disinfection equipment at Lowell Point and Spring Creek wastewater treatment plants; and WHEREAS, an RFP for engineering services was advertised and completed, resulting in one bid submission from a qualified firm, CRW Engineering Group Inc; and WHEREAS, the proposal was evaluated based on the criteria established in the RFP documents; and WHEREAS, CRW Engineering Group provided engineering and construction management services in past projects, which included bidding services, "engineering, on -site inspections, record drawings, construction close-out forms, and the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Manual to satisfy ADEC requirements; and WHEREAS, the selection committee has reviewed the recommendation and found that the proposal from CRW Engineering Group Inc best meets the needs and technical requirements of the project for a fair and reasonable price. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that: Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept the proposal with CRW Engineering Group for engineering and bid support services for the planning and design of the Lowell Point and Spring Creek Wastewater Lagoons effluent disinfection infrastructure. Section 2. Funding in the amount of $665,600 is hereby appropriated from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek Wastewater account 18325-0000-7010. Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska this 17th day of November 2025. CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2025-108 Page 2 of 2 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA Sue McClure, Mayor Barnwell, Crites, Osenga, Calhoon, Draper, McClure None Warner None Kris Peck City Clerk (City Seal) 0111111,1,. .14 • SEAL • ##''T�TFOF A�-P •�`• tdi'1111111%° 1 mai 1 City Council Agenda Statement Meeting Date: November 17, 2025 To: City Council Through: Kat Sorensen, City Manager From: Doug Schoessler, Public Works Director Subject: Resolution 2025-108: Authorizing the City Manager to Accept the Proposal with CRW Engineering Group to Engineer and Design Infrastructure to Disinfect Effluents from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek Wastewater Treatment Facilities in an Amount Not to Exceed $665,600 and Appropriating Funds Background and justification: On July 14, 2025, the City of Seward City Council approved Resolution 2025-064 accepting the Alaska DEC Clean Water Fund loan of $665,600 with loan forgiveness of $665,600 for planning and design to disinfect effluents from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek treatment plants. On September 19, 2025, the Public Works Department issued a Request for Proposals for professional engineering services for the project, in accordance with all applicable procurement procedures. CRW Engineering Group submitted a proposal for the Planning and Design to Disinfect Effluent from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek Wastewater Facilities Project in the amount of $642,890 as quantified in scope of work. The whole loan amount is being appropriated to cover potential contingencies that could increase cost. CRW Engineering's experience with the City and understanding of the wastewater facilities brings further value to the project. They can begin the design work immediately. Comprehensive and Strategic Plan Consistency Information This legislation is consistent with (citation listed): Comprehensive Plan: 13.2 Wastewater Strategic Plan: Other: AK -DEC Wastewater Facility Permits Total amount of funds listed in this legislation: $ 665,600 This legislation (✓): Creates revenue in the amount of: $ Creates expenditure in the amount of: $ Creates a savings in the amount of: $ Has no fiscal impact Funds are (✓): Budgeted Line item(s): Not budgeted Not applicable Affected Fund (✓): General Boat Harbor Motor Pool Available Fund Balance SMIC Parking Other Yes Electric Water Attorney Signature: Not applicable Comments: Wastewater Healthcare Note: amounts are unaudited Finance Director Signature: Attorney Review Administration Recommendation Adopt Resolution Other: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS This Agreement, between the City of Seward, an Alaska home rule municipal corporation ("City"), and CRW Engineering Group, INC, a corporation ("Engineer"), is effective November 4, 2025 for the provision of professional engineering services. Notice shall be given to the Designated Representative of the contracting parties as follows: Kat Sorensen, City Manager City of Seward, Alaska P. O. Box 167 Seward, Alaska 99664 Pete Bellezza, P.E. Principal/Civil Engineer CRW Engineering Group, INC 3940 Arctic Blvd, Ste 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 1. SCOPE OF WORK 1.1 PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT. The City seeks to retain engineering services related to the following project: Engineering Design of Facilities to Disinfect Effluents from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek Wastewater Lagoons The services provided by the Engineer will consist of planning, providing specifications, permitting, and preparing contract documents to bid the construction for the facilities to disinfect effluents from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek wastewater lagoons, and project management support. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1.2 DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meanings as defined below. 1.2.1 "Agreement" means this Agreement, including all amendments, modifications, and supplements hereto and any appendices, exhibits, or schedules to same, and refers to this Agreement as it may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative. Together the documents form an agreement which represents the PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 1 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 entire and integrated agreement between the parties hereto, and supersedes prior negotiations or agreements, either written or oral. This Agreement is entered into solely for the purpose of the Project. 1.2.2 "Contract Documents" means and consists of (i) this Agreement signed by City and Engineer; (ii) all exhibits and schedules to this Agreement; and (iii) all change orders for changes in the Work issued after the execution of this Agreement. 1.2.3 "City's Representative" means Mr. Doug Schoessler, Public Works Director; or the City Manager; or the City Manager's designee. 1.2.4 "Project" shall mean design, developing bid documents, bid support services, and construction management services for construction of the facilities to disinfect effluents from the Lowell Point and Spring Creek wastewater lagoons, as further described in Exhibit A. 2. ENGINEER'S RESPONSIBILTIES 2.1 ENGINEERING SERVICES. Engineer shall be responsible for procuring engineering, planning, consulting, and design (collectively "Engineering") of the Work described in the Task Orders and Contract Documents. Engineer shall exercise reasonable skill and judgment in the performance of the Work. 2.1.1 Engineer shall be responsible for taking and verifying field dimensions, providing tests, ordering materials, and all other actions as required to perform this Agreement. 2.1.2 Engineer shall submit for City's written approval Drawings and Specifications based on the Contract Documents. Drawings and Specifications shall set forth in detail the requirements for construction of the Work, and shall be based upon codes, laws or regulations enacted at the time of their preparation. 2.2 SAFETY, LEGAL COMPLIANCE, AND RECORDKEEPING. Engineer shall take necessary precautions for the safety of its employees on the Project. Engineer shall not, however, be responsible for the elimination or abatement of safety hazards created or otherwise resulting from the work of City or its agents. 2.2.1 Engineer shall give adequate notices to authorities pertaining to its Work, and shall secure and pay for all permits, fees, assessments, inspections, and taxes necessary to complete the Work. Engineer shall comply with all laws and ordinances legally enacted at the date of execution of the Agreement which govern proper performance of the Work. 2.2.2 Engineer shall maintain insurance policies as described in Article 7. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 2 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 2.2.3 Engineer shall keep such full and detailed accounts as may be necessary for proper financial management under this Agreement. City shall be afforded access to all Engineer's records, books, correspondence, instructions, drawings, schedules, receipts, vouchers, memoranda, and similar data relating to Change Order work performed on the basis of actual cost. Engineer shall preserve all such records for a period of three years following final payment. 3. CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES 3.1 INFORMATION. City shall provide information in a timely manner regarding requirements for the Project. Engineer shall be entitled to rely on the completeness and accuracy of information provided by City. City shall provide all necessary information describing the physical characteristics of the site, including surveys, site evaluations, legal descriptions, existing conditions, subsurface and environmental studies, reports, and investigations. 3.2 RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE WORK 3.2.1 City shall review and approve further development of the drawings and specifications as set forth in Article 1. 3.2.2 City shall review the Schedule of Work and timely respond to City's obligations. 3.2.3 If City becomes aware of any error, omission, or failure to meet the requirements of the Contract Documents, or any fault or defect in the Work, City shall give prompt notice to Engineer. 3.2.4 City shall have no contractual obligations to any Subcontractors or suppliers. 3.2.5 Where the Engineer's work involves a project for construction, City shall provide insurance for the project as provided in Article 7. 3.3 CITY'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. City's Designated Representative shall be fully acquainted with the Project, shall furnish information and services required of City pursuant to Paragraph 3.1 so as not to delay Engineer's Work, and shall have authority to bind City in all matters requiring City's approval, authorization, or written notice. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 3 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 4. CONTRACT TIME 4.1 COMMENCEMENT. The Work shall commence upon the date of receipt of a written Notice to Proceed by the City. 4.2 CONTRACT TERM. The term of this Agreement shall be until completed or otherwise legally terminated. 4.3 Time is of the essence in this agreement. 4.3.1 If Engineer is delayed at any time in the progress of the Work by changes ordered in the Work, or by labor disputes, fire, unusual delay in deliveries, unavoidable casualties or other causes beyond Engineer's control, the Contract Time will be extended by Change Order to the extent that: (1) the delay will prevent Engineer from achieving Substantial Completion within the Contract Time, and (2) the performance of the Work is not delayed by any other cause for which Engineer is not entitled to an extension in the Contract Time under the Contract Documents. Adjustments to the Contract Time will be permitted for a delay only to the extent such delay (1) is not caused, or could not have been anticipated, by Engineer, (2) could not be limited or avoided by Engineer's timely notice to City of the delay, and (3) is of a duration not less than one day. 4.3.2 Final inspection and acceptance by City's Representative will not be made until all Work under this Agreement is completed. If unforeseeable causes beyond Engineer's control, and without Engineer's fault or negligence, delay progress of the Work, then Task Order Price and/or date of Task Order Completion shall be modified by Change Order as appropriate in accordance with the provisions of Article 6. 5. COMPENSATION OF ENGINEER 5.1 CONTRACT SUM; PAYMENT. The total fees shall not exceed $642,890 on a time and expenses basis. Engineer shall submit monthly invoices for work performed to the City's satisfaction City's payment obligation will be subject to: 5.1.1 A reduction by any amount owed by Engineer to City at the time payment of the Contract Sum is due; or 5.1.2 Additions and/or deletions by Change Order. 5.2 ENGINEER'S INVOICES. Engineer will submit a single final invoice within thirty (30) days of the completion of Work. 5.3 REVIEW OF ENGINEER'S INVOICES. City's Representative will, within thirty (30) days after receipt of any Engineer's invoice, approve payment for such amount as City's Representative determines is properly due, and notify Engineer in writing of the reasons for any withholding of payment in whole or in part. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 4 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 5.4 FINAL COMPLETION AND FINAL PAYMENT. Upon receipt of a final Application for Payment, City's Representative will determine whether the final work is acceptable to City. City may withhold from the final payment to Engineer any amount that City determines is necessary to render the Work acceptable to City under the Contract Documents. 6. CHANGES IN THE WORK 6.1 CHANGE ORDERS. Changes in the Work which are within the general scope of this Agreement will be accomplished by Change Order, signed by both City and Engineer and stating the change and any adjustment in Project Price, Project Completion Date, and/or date of Substantial Completion. 6.2 UNILATERAL CHANGE ORDER. In the event City and Engineer cannot agree as to the amount of adjustment in Project Price, City shall issue a written order adjusting the Project Price determined by the reasonable expense and/or savings in the performance of the Work resulting from the Change. If such a change results in a net increase in Project Price, City shall make a reasonable adjustment in Engineer's overhead and profit. In the case of a net decrease in Project Price, City shall not make a reduction in overhead and profit. In the event of a disagreement between City and Engineer as to the amount of adjustment in Project Price, Engineer shall nonetheless continue to prosecute the Work. 6.3 CHANGED CONDITIONS. If in the performance of the Work Engineer finds latent, concealed, or subsurface physical conditions which differ from the conditions Engineer reasonably anticipated, or if physical conditions are materially different from those normally encountered and generally recognized as inherent in the kind of work provided for in this Agreement, Engineer shall immediately notify City in writing of such changed condition. 6.3.1 No adjustment in Project Price and/or Project Completion Date shall be claimed by Engineer due to changed conditions unless Engineer shall have timely notified City of the condition and made written request for such adjustment within three (3) days after such condition was encountered. 6.3.2 Adjustments to the Project Price and/or Project Completion Date, if any, resulting from changed conditions shall be set forth in a Change Order pursuant to this Article. No such adjustments shall be made for any changes performed by Engineer that have not been ordered by City in writing. Engineer expressly agrees that this requirement cannot be waived. 6.4 NOTICE REQUIREMENT. For any request for an adjustment of Project Price, Project Completion Date, and/or date of Substantial Completion, Engineer shall give City written notice of the request within twenty-one (21) days after the occurrence PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 5 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 giving rise to the request or twenty-one (21) days after Engineer first recognized the condition giving rise to the claim, whichever is later. 6.5 EMERGENCIES. In any emergency affecting the safety of persons and/or property, Engineer shall act, at its discretion, to prevent threatened damage, injury, or loss. If such an emergency is anticipated to result in a request for an increase in Project Price, Project Completion Date, and/or date of Substantial Completion, notice shall be given to City before proceeding with the Work. 7. INDEMNITY, INSURANCE, AND WAIVER OF SUBROGATION The Engineer understands that no City insurance coverage, including Workers' Compensation, is extended to the Engineer while completing the terms of this Agreement. The Engineer shall carry adequate insurance covering Workers' Compensation, general public liability, automobile, professional liability including errors and omissions, and property damage including a contractual liability endorsement covering the liability created or assumed under this Agreement. The Engineer shall not commence work under this Agreement or any work on any phase of the Project until the Engineer provides the City with certificates of insurance evidencing that all required insurance has been obtained. These insurance policies and any extension or renewals thereof must contain the following provisions or endorsements: a. City is an additional insured thereunder as respects to liability arising out of or from the work performed by Engineer of City of Seward. b. City will be given notice of cancellation or material alteration of any of the insurance policies specified in the certificate. c. Insurer waives all rights of subrogation against City of Seward and its employees or elected officials. d. The Engineer shall provide commercially reasonable coverage levels, which must meet or exceed the minimums, as listed below: 7.1 Commercial General Liability Insurance: The Engineer must maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance in an amount sufficient to cover any suit that may be brought against the Engineer. This amount must be at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) per occurrence, and two million dollars ($2,000,000) general aggregate and Products -Complete Operations aggregate. The Engineer must assume all insurable risks and bear any loss or injury to property or persons occasioned by neglect or accident during the term of the contract, except for negligence entirely attributable the City. 7.2 Professional Liability Insurance: The Engineer must maintain Professional Liability Insurance in an amount not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate to protect the Engineer from any claims or damages for any error, omission, or negligent act of the Engineer, the Engineer's Firm, employees or subcontractors which results in a PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 6 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 financial loss to the City. The Engineer must provide proof of professional liability coverage to include errors and omissions. 7.3 Workers' Compensation Insurance: The Engineer must maintain Workers' Compensation Insurance to protect the Engineer from any claims or damages for any personal injury or death which may arise from services performed under this contract. Statutory limits apply to Workers' Compensation Insurance. This requirement applies to the Engineer's Firm, subcontractors and assignees, and anyone directly or indirectly employed to perform work under this contract. The Engineer must notify the City as well as the State Division of Workers' Compensation immediately when changes in the Engineer's business operation affect the Engineer's insurance status. The policy must include employer's liability coverage of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per personnel, and one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence. 7.4 Vehicle and Equipment Insurance: The coverage shall include all owned, hired, and non -owned vehicles to a one million dollar ($1,000,000) each occurrence combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage. 8.0 GOVERNING LAW. The laws of Alaska will determine the interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement. 9.0 OWNERSHIP OF WORK PRODUCTS. Payment to the Engineer for services hereunder include full compensation for all work products and other materials produced by the Engineer and its subcontractors pertaining to this Agreement. The originals of all material prepared or developed by the Engineer or its employees, agents, or representatives hereunder, including documents, drawings, designs, calculations, maps, sketches, notes, reports, data, models, computer tapes, and samples shall become the property of the City when prepared, whether delivered or not, and shall, together with any materials furnished the Engineer and its employees, agents, or representatives by the City hereunder, be delivered to the City upon request and, upon termination or completion of this Agreement. Materials previously created and copyrighted by the Engineer included in this project will remain property of the Engineer. Copies will be made available to the City upon request. Materials purchased from and copyrighted by third parties are not included in this provision. 10.0 PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS. The Engineer agrees to defend, indemnify, and save the City harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, royalties, damages and expenses of any kind of nature whatsoever (including attorneys' fees) which may arise out of or result from or be reasonably incurred in contesting any claim that the methods, processes, or acts PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 7 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 employed by the Engineer or its employees in connection with the performance of services hereunder infringes or contributes to the infringement of any letter patent, trademark, or copyright. In case such methods, processes, or acts are in suit held to constitute infringement and use is enjoined, the Engineer, within reasonable time and at its own expense, will either secure a suspension of the injunction by procuring for the City a license or otherwise, or replace such method, process, etc., with one of equal efficiency. 11.0 NONWAIVER. No failure of the City or Engineer to insist upon the strict performance by the other of any of the terms of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy herein conferred shall constitute a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of its rights to rely upon such terms or rights on any future occasion. Each and every term, right, or remedy of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 12.0 SAFETY/PERFORMANCE. The Engineer shall perform the work in a safe and workmanlike manner. The Engineer shall comply with all federal and state statues, ordinances, orders, rules, and regulations pertaining to the protection of workers and the public from injury or damage, and shall take all other reasonable precautions to protect workers and the public from injury or damage. 13.0 SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. 13.1 Fault Termination or Suspension. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon ten (10) days written notice if the other party fails substantially to perform in accordance with its terms. If the City terminates this Agreement, it will pay the Engineer a sum equal to the percentage of work completed and accepted by the City that can be substantiated by the Engineer and the City, offset by any amounts owed to the City. However, within the ten (10) day Notice of Intent to terminate, the party in default shall be given an opportunity to present a plan to correct its failure. 13.2 Convenience Suspension or Termination. The City may at any time terminate or suspend this Agreement for any reason including its own needs or convenience. In the event of a convenience termination or suspension for more than six (6) months, the Engineer will be compensated for authorized services and authorized expenditures performed to the date of receipt of written notice of termination or suspension. No fee or other compensation for the uncompleted portion of the services will be paid, except for already incurred indirect costs which the Engineer can establish and which would have been compensated but because of the termination or suspension would have to be absorbed by the Engineer without further compensation. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 8 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 13.3 Activities Subsequent to Receipt of Notice of Termination or Suspension. Immediately upon receipt of a Notice of Termination or suspension and except as otherwise directed by the City, the Engineer shall: a. stop work performed under this Agreement on the date and to the extent specified in the Notice; and b. transfer title to the City (to the extent that title has not already been transferred) and deliver in the manner, at the times, and to the extent directed by the City's representative, work in progress, completed work, supplies, and other material produced as a part of, or acquired in respect of the performance of the work terminated or suspended by the Notice. 14.0 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. The Engineer shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical handicap, sex, marital status, change in marital status, pregnancy, or parenthood; provided, when the reasonable demands of the position do not require distinction on the basis of age, physical handicap, sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, or parenthood. The Engineer shall take affirmative action required by law to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, or marital status. 15.0 NO ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION. The Engineer may not assign, subcontract, or delegate this Agreement, or any part of it, or any right to any of the money to be paid under it without written consent of the City. 16.0 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The Engineer shall be an independent contractor in the performance of the work under this Agreement and shall not be an employee or agent of the City. 17.0 PAYMENT OF TAXES. As a condition of performance of this Agreement, the Engineer shall pay all federal, state and local taxes incurred by the Engineer and shall require their payment by any other persons in the performance of this Agreement. 18.0 PRECEDENCE AND DIVISIBILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall fully govern the services performed by the Engineer. If any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement is declared void or PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 9 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 unenforceable, or limited in its application or effect, such event shall not affect any other provisions hereof and all other provisions shall remain fully enforceable. 19.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties as to the services to be rendered by the Engineer. All previous or concurrent agreements, representations, warranties, promises, and conditions relating to the subject matter of this Agreement are superseded by this Agreement. 20.0 COMPLETION OF WORK, TERM OF AGREEMENT. The Engineer shall perform all work in a timely fashion, and in accordance with the schedules included in this Agreement and Exhibit A. 21.0 CLAIMS AND DISPUTES. Venue for all claims and disputes under this Agreement, if not otherwise resolved by the parties, shall be filed and resolved in the appropriate Alaska State court in Anchorage, Alaska. 22.0 CHANGES IN SCOPE OF WORK. 22.1 General. No claim for additional services not specifically provided in this Agreement will be allowed, nor may the Engineer do any work or furnish any materials not covered by the Agreement unless the work or material is ordered in writing by the Contracting Officer. Preparation of Change Orders and design changes, due to errors and/or omissions by the Engineer, will be done at the sole expense of the Engineer. 22.2 Changes in Scope of Work. The City may, at any time, by a written Change Order delivered to the Engineer, make changes to the scope of work or authorize additional work outside the scope of work. 22.3 Compensation to the Engineer. If any Change Order for which compensation is allowed under this Article causes an increase or decrease in the estimated cost of, or time required for, the performance of any part of the work under this Agreement, or if such change otherwise affects other provisions of this Agreement, an equitable adjustment will be negotiated. Such an adjustment may be: a. in the estimated cost or completion schedule, or both; and b. in the amount of fee to be paid; and PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 10 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 c. in such other provisions of the Agreement as may be affected, and the Agreement shall be modified in writing accordingly. 22.4 Any claim by the Engineer for adjustment under this section must be asserted within fifteen (15) days from the day of receipt by the Engineer of the notification of change; provided, however, that the City or its representative, deciding that the facts justify such action, may receive and act upon any such claim asserted at any time prior to final payment under this Agreement. Failure to agree to any adjustment shall be a dispute within the meaning of Section 21.0 of this Agreement. 23.0 LIMITATION OF FUNDS. 23.1 At no time will any provision of this Agreement make the City or its representative liable for payment for performance of work under this Agreement in excess of the amount that has been appropriated by the City Council and obligated for expenditure for purposes of this Agreement. 23.2 Change orders issued pursuant to Section 22 of this Agreement shall not be considered an authorization to the Engineer to exceed the amount allotted in the absence of a statement in the change order, or other modification increasing the amount allotted. 23.3 Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of the City under Section 13 to terminate this Agreement. 24.0 PRIOR WORK. For the purposes of this Agreement, work done at the request of the City or its representative before execution of this Agreement shall be deemed to be work done after its execution and shall be subject to all the conditions contained herein. 25.0 NOTICES. Any notices, bills, invoices, or reports required by the Agreement shall be sufficient if sent by the parties in the United States mail, postage paid, to the address noted below: City of Seward Attn: City Manager PO Box 167 Seward, Alaska 99664-0167 Pete Bellezza, PE CRW Engineering Group, Inc. 3940 Arctic Blvd., Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99503 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 11 of 12 507486\1002\00629277 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above. CITY OF SEWARD CRW Engineering Group, INC By: By: Kat Sorensen, City Manager Date: Attest: Kris Peck, MMC, City Clerk Pete Bellezza, PE Date: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FACILITIES TO DISINFECT EFFLUENTS FROM THE LOWELL POINT AND SPRING CREEK WASTEWATER LAGOONS Page 12 of 12 507486\1002\00629277