Finance Committee — 01/19/2022 Page 9
STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $98,366. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARMENT: 186 TRANSPORTATION;
FUND: ACCOUNT 81200 BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS/FTA GRAND FUNDS, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Camille Correa, Transit Administrator
This one is for Schroeder Construction. The second one has to do with the retrofit project.
Mayor Donchess
Well anyway go ahead and explain this please.
Camille Correa, Transit Administrator
Good evening Mr. Mayor and members of the Committee. I’m Camille Correa the Transit Administrator for Nashua
Transit system. Just a little bit of background. We have a transit center located at 30 Elm Street which is between the
garage and City Hall. You'll see the buses pull in and out right next door. The facility that we’re speaking about this
evening is our admin. facility located at 11 Riverside Street. On the same property, we also have a maintenance facility
which is across the parking lot. The admin. building was retrofitted approximately 2007 and shortly after it was retrofitted,
they started having problems with the waste line. |
It’s gotten to the point in the last couple of years that the cleanout is used regularly to unstop the toilets. There’s four
toilets and approximately at any time you could have 30 people on our side of the building. DPW is on the other side of
the building. They have a similar problem as well on a different internal sewer line tied into the external sewer line. What
we're finding is it’s becoming more and more regular. So we did secure a grant to assist to pay for the replacement of the
waste line which is internal. It is in the middle of the building. It goes through the kitchen and then outside it ties into the
sewer line.
We are requesting the Finance Committee to approve a grant funded contract. It is paid for by the federal transit
administration. It is an 80/20 grant. Eighty percent federal transit administration under capital and twenty percent is local
funds which we already have secured in the NTS budget with Schroeder Construction Management in the amount of
$98,366 to perform the replacement of the waste line. As part of this project, they would also go into a portion of the wall
and the wall itself will remain intact. They would repair the wall if they go into the wall. They will repair the concrete
because they have to cut into it because it is part of the kitchen and the hallway and also in the bathroom. They will also
replace the tile in the hallway, the kitchen, and then the laminate flooring in the bathrooms as all part of this price. We did
go out to bid. We did receive one bid from Schroeder and we did reach out to the other companies that one did come to
the pre-construction meeting and we did reach out to them to find out why they did not bid on this project. They said
number one -— it was because it was too large. Number two company said they didn’t have enough time. It wasn't
anything in particular in regards to the bid process. I’m happy to entertain any questions that you might have regarding
this project.
Alderman Klee
Thank you. Just for clarification when you said the 80/20, that means of the $98,000 about $19,600 will be paid by the
city and the rest would be paid by the grant. Is that correct?
Camille Correa, Transit Administrator
To be about $20,000, yes.
Alderman Klee
You said that that’s already in the approved budget for this.
Camille Correa, Transit Administrator
Yes for NTS operating reserve. Yes.
