RIC is currently under contract with the City of Kansas City, MO to provide On-Call services for the Water Services Department Stormwater Division. As part of this contract, RIC was assigned two PIAC stormwater projects. PIAC is KCMO’s Public Improvements Advisory Committee, which holds public hearings to determine which projects should receive KCMO Capital Improvements budget funding. PIAC uses a scoring system to prioritize projects, and the highest priority projects that can be completed with the available funds moves on to the design phase.

The first project RIC was assigned is 5624 Rinker Road. This project includes the design of an open channel and grading in order to minimize structural flooding and erosion in the back yards of several residents. RIC is working with the City and homeowners in order to minimize the effects of stormwater on the residents of this neighborhood.

The second project is 9812 Blue Ridge. This project includes rerouting of an existing storm sewer system in order to alleviate scour and deposition of debris at the existing outlet. The proposed design removes the existing outlet and re-routes the enclosed system to the south and west along 99th Street where we connect to an existing enclosed system. This will eliminate the issues associated with the existing outlet and bring an existing system from back yards, into City Right of Way which makes long-term maintenance simpler.

The third assignment RIC received under this On-Call contract was development of conceptual solutions for PIAC projects that had been submitted to the committee, and developed the associated cost estimate. KCMO had 51 concepts and estimates which needed to be completed within one week of contacting RIC. RIC personnel went to KCMO WSD’s office the next morning and spent a week there, working together with KCMO personnel in order to complete the concepts and estimates. All project concepts and estimates were successfully completed prior to the deadline.

RIC is preparing to begin a fourth assignment under this On-Call contract to review the design guidelines used by KCMO Water Services. Water Services is currently using the 2006 version of the Kansas City Metropolitan Chapter American Public Works Association Standard Specifications and Design Criteria Section 5600 – “Storm Drainage Systems and Facilities”. As part of this task order, RIC will review revisions, amendments, and supplements that Water Services would like to make to the 2011 version of APWA 5600 and verify that these changes are appropriate. RIC will also provide any additional recommendations regarding the proposed revisions to APWA 5600.