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<br />. <br /> <br />Project Review <br /> <br />As a result of the outlet works problems that have arisen <br />since March, 1984, the Board has asked the District to require <br />the contractor to extend its performance bond on the project <br />through December, 1986, which has been done. The Board also <br />asked the District to retain a new engineering firm specializing <br />in gate rehabilitation to assess the problems which have arisen <br />and to recommend solutions thereto. The new engineers have made <br />field inspections for such an assessment and have informed the <br />District of their findings. The information furnished by the new <br />engineers is the basis for recommendations on this project. <br /> <br />The Board and the District have also had under investigation <br />the circumstances concerning the problems which have been <br />encountered. The Board has advised the District that it must <br />take any and all steps necessary to protect all avenues of <br />possible recovery which the District may have against the <br />original engineer, the contractor, and the issuers of the surety <br />bonds taken out by the contractor pending the results of the <br />investigation. The District has expressed its willingness to do <br />so and the Board has asked the Attorney General to work with the <br />District's attorneys to assist in determining what steps should <br />be taken to protect possible avenues of recovery against the <br />original engineer and/or the contractor. <br /> <br />. Prop6sed project <br /> <br />Unfortunately, the final determination of required work can <br />only be made after a thorough inspection of the outlet works has <br />been conducted under dry conditions, which will require <br />dewatering the reservoir and constructing a cofferdam. It has <br />not yet been possible to do this. Thus, the new engineer, based <br />upon the inspections that he has been able to make, has addressed <br />a range of possible corrective measures, from a temporary "fix" <br />to an all inclusive permanent "fix" which would replace all of <br />the gates (6) and their operating mechanisms with new gates and <br />mechanisms. <br /> <br />It has been concluded that it would not be prudent or safe <br />to operate on a long-term basis with only minor, temporary <br />repairs. Of the remaining alternatives, the District's new <br />engineer is of the opinion that, at a minimum, three of the six <br />gates and their operating mechanisms must be replaced at an <br />estimated cost of $700,000. This work would be done in the <br />winter of 1986-87, at which time the reservoir would also be <br />dewatered and a final determination as to the needed corrective <br />measures made. Appropriate claims, if any, against the first <br />engineer and/or the contractor will continue to be evaluated. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br />