DATE: February 23, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
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Water Pollution Control Facility Improvements - Phase II: Authorization for the City Manager to Execute Professional Services Agreement to prepare an Environmental Assessment
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with SMB Environmental to prepare an environmental assessment for the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) Improvements, in an amount not to exceed $70,000.
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BACKGROUND
The City's WPCF provides wastewater treatment to the residential and business community, currently treating an average of about eleven million gallons per day. Like most wastewater entities, Hayward utilizes a facilities master plan to identify system needs for reliable and efficient operation and to develop projects and operational adjustments to meet current and future system demands. A Master Plan was developed in 2001 and included recommendations for a substantial rehabilitation of the WPCF and construction of new process units to improve its performance and reliability and to meet regulatory requirements. Many of these recommended projects were constructed as part of the WPCF Phase I Improvement Project, a fifty-seven million dollar project completed in 2008, including construction of a second trickling filter, two final clarifiers, solids contact tanks and solids thickening facilities.
The WPCF Master Plan was updated in 2014 to verify the need for additional projects identified in the 2001 Plan, revise the layout of additional required facilities, assess the impact of the Russell City Energy Center on WPCF operations, and address sustainability issues such as energy efficiency. The updated Master Plan recommends near term and longer term projects to ensure r...
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