The 2020 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) includes a project to upgrade the automated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. As part of this project, a feasibility study was prepared by AE2S that evaluated the telemetry needs for the current and future sanitary and storm sewer systems within the city. As a result, SCADA system improvements have been further detailed and are proposed as part of the 2021 CIP (see attached updated proposed CIP sheet Sewer-19-005). The proposed 2021 project includes the design and construction of a SCADA system for Lift Station L16, the Stagecoach Road low-pressure sanitary sewer system, and four manhole locations located along the Minnesota River.

City staff needs assistance from a design consultant to complete the design and bidding phase. City staff have worked with AE2S to develop a scope of work and professional services agreement needed to deliver the plans and specifications. AE2S have the experience, technical skill and capacity to provide the needed services and is part of the city's approved consultant pool. The attached Professional Services Agreement authorizes and describes the scope and fees for their work on this project.