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The IPRC will be responsible for managing the design and construction of community facilities on behalf of the city to ensure the community facilities comply with the city's policies and specifications. The IPRC is comprised of a team of professional engineers and administrative staff. The professional engineers serve as project managers for their assigned projects. The IPRC, in conjunction with city staff responsible for public infrastructure, will review and provide comments on engineering plans, contract documents, and other documents necessary for the construction of public infrastructure. The IPRC will accept final plans for construction, assist with public bidding, and coordinate with the developer, the design engineer, the construction inspector, and city staff during construction of community facilities. Developers and design engineers must comply with the processes established by the IPRC for the submission, review, and approval of construction plans and related information by the IPRC.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
(a) To schedule a pre-submittal conference, a complete set of engineering plans and all detailed checklists must be fully completed, executed, and delivered to the IPRC in the form and manner specified by the IPRC.
(b) City staff will review the engineering plans and provide the design engineer with comments on the plans before the pre-submittal conference. Engineering plans shall be discussed by city staff and the design engineer during the mandatory pre-submittal conference before the design engineer will be allowed to submit the applicable submittal package to IPRC for the first formal review.
(c) A project manager will be assigned to the project before the pre-submittal conference.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
(a) To be eligible for an express CFA review the following criteria must be met:
(1) Eight hundred feet or less of total street and alley paving;
(2) Eight hundred feet or less of either water or sewer infrastructure;
(3) Minor stormwater infrastructure, such as lateral and inlet reconstruction as determined by the IPRC engineering manager;
(4) Approximately, 800 feet or less of streetlights; and
(5) All required studies have been accepted and approved by the city.
(b) To be considered for an express CFA review, the design engineer must have a meeting with the IPRC engineering manager prior to submitting plans for the pre-submittal conference. At the meeting, the engineering manager will determine if the project is eligible for express CFA review based upon the criteria in this section.
(c) The intent of the city is for this section to be interpreted broadly to allow express CFA review for as many projects as possible, while providing staff with the discretion to determine which projects meet the criteria in this section required for express CFA review. The city will make the final determination on whether a project will need a standard review or express CFA review.
(d) A project that does not meet the requirements for an express CFA review will have a standard review.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
(a) All IPRC engineering plan review fees and the CFA application fee specified in § 2-321 of the city code shall be paid to the city:
(1) Before a standard review project will be scheduled by IPRC for a first review; or
(2) Before an express CFA review project will be scheduled by IPRC for a pre-submittal conference.
(b) For purposes of calculating the IPRC engineering plan review fee, all detail sheets, regardless of the number of pages, will be considered one page.
(c) The IRPC engineering plan review fee will not apply to the following engineering sheets:
(1) Cover sheet;
(2) Plat notes; and
(3) General notes.
(d) When there is city participation in the design of a project, the IPRC engineering plan review fees will not be charged to the developer for the portion of the design that is attributable to the city participation in the design of the project as outlined in the written agreement between the city and the developer.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
(a) The city's signing of the cover sheet for the plans and specifications shall not constitute or be deemed to be a release of the responsibility and liability of the developer, the design engineer, or the developer and design engineer's officers, agents, employees, and subcontractors, for the accuracy and competency of the plans and specifications, including but not limited to surveys, location of subsurface investigations, design, working drawings and specifications, and other engineering documents.
(b) The city's signing of the cover sheet for the plans and specifications shall not be deemed to be an assumption of such responsibility and liability by the city for any negligent act, error or omission in the conduct or preparation of the subsurface investigation, surveys, designs, working drawings and specifications, and other engineering documents by the developer, the design engineer, or the developer and design engineer's officers, agents, employees, and subcontractors, it being the intent of the developer, design engineer and the city that acceptance by the city of the plans, contracts between the developer and the developer's contractors, payment, performance, and maintenance bonds, insurance certificates, and other documents signifies the city's acceptance only of the format of the documents and the general design concept of the community facilities.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
(a) The contracts between the developer and the developer's contractors must incorporate the city's standard conditions.
(b) The insurance policy from the developer's contractor must be in the amounts required by the standard conditions and must name the city as an additional insured under all insurance policies.
(c) The payment, performance, and maintenance bonds must be in the total amount of the construction contract between the developer and the contractor. The bonds must meet the requirements of the city's standard conditions, Tex. Government Code Chapter 2253, and the Texas Insurance Code. The maintenance bond must cover the community facilities to be constructed against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years after completion and final acceptance of the community facilities by the city.
(Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)
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