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| Tri-Valley Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 2001 |
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| MOUNTAIN HOUSE READY TO RAISE ROOF - Firm will inspect work on site of future homes |
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TRACY—County supervisors today will consider hiring a firm to oversee some of the first construction activities at Mountain House, the planned town west of Tracy.
West Yost & Associates of Davis is proposing to provide engineering management and inspection services for the community at a cost of up to $1.2 million. This is related to the construction of the wastewater and water treatment plants.
The Mountain House community services district needs to oversee the work of the contractors who will build the plants, said Paul Sensibaugh, general manager of the district. The contractors will he hired by Trimark Communities, the major developer in Mountain House.
West Yost & Associates would verify the contractors are building the plants to specifications and costs, Sensibaugh said. The firm helped review the initial plans for the two plants, he added. The plants would be built as part of the construction of the town’s first subdivision, Neighborhood F.
Mountain House, which has been in the planning stages for 10 years, is expected to be home to 16,000 people within 20 to 30 years. Construction at the wastewater and water treatment plants is scheduled to begin by midyear and could take 15 months to complete, according to a project summary report.
Besides standard management and cost-control activities, West Yost & Associates is proposing to issue monthly status reports to the district and establish and maintain a Web page that will provide access to project documents. The company would also be responsible for making a detailed final inspection of the project.
The district will be billed hourly rates for the length of the project ranging from $33 per hour for office assistants to $145 per hour for the company vice president. Rates will rise by at least $1 per hour per employee in June. County supervisors today will also consider agreements to partly reimburse Trimark for costs related to the construction of the wastewater and water treatment plants, as well as streets, a public park and a fire station.
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