DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Approving the Plans and Specifications and Call for Bids for the Water Resource Recovery Facility’s (WRRF) New Administration and Laboratory Project, Project No. 07786
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolutions (Attachments II and Attachment III)
1) Approving the plans and specifications for the Water Resource Recovery Facility’s (WRRF) New Administration Building and Laboratory Project, Project No. 07786, and calling for construction bids to be received on January 28, 2025; and
2) Approving the use of certain sole source products in the plans and specifications for the WRRF New Administration Building and Laboratory Project
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SUMMARY
The Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) treats an average flow of approximately eleven million gallons per day (MGD) and meets current requirements to discharge treated effluent to the deep waters of the San Francisco Bay. The existing Administration and Laboratory Building at the WRRF is obsolete and is no longer adequate to house WRRF staff. In June of 2020, the Phase II Facilities Plan Recommended Replacement of the Existing Administration Building and Laboratory. The deficiencies of the existing building are expected to be further exacerbated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s issuance in July 2024 of the Regional Watershed Permit, which is projected to eventually trigger further increases in staffing needs at the WRRF.
The WRRF New Administration Building and Laboratory Project includes the construction of a two-story operations and laboratory building with a solar carport parking lot in the footprint of the old administration building and parking lot. Design is currently at 100% and ready to be advertised for bidding. To comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) was prepared that outlines mitigations which have been incorporated into the bid documents.
The IS/MND and Site Plan Review were Approved by the Planning Director on September 30, 2024.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution for Plans and Specifications
Attachment III Resolution for Sole Source Products