DATE: March 22, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
SUBJECT
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Recycled Water Storage and Distribution Project: Authorization for the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with West Yost Associates, Inc., for design of the Recycled Water Storage and Distribution Project and engineering services during construction, in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000.
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BACKGROUND
The City prepared a Recycled Water Feasibility Study in 2007 that provided a conceptual overview of the potential for delivering highly treated wastewater for irrigation and other industrial uses. Based on the results of the Feasibility Study, a Recycled Water Facility Plan (Plan), partially funded by a grant from the SWRCB and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), was completed in 2009 and updated in September 2013.
The Plan identifies potential sites where recycled water may be used for irrigation or industrial purposes. The Plan also includes a conceptual treatment and distribution system, and estimates project costs based on an assessment of prevailing conditions. The Plan envisioned the City receiving excess recycled water from the Russell City Energy Center (RCEC), operated by Calpine, which receives secondary treated wastewater from the City and utilizes its own facilities to treat the wastewater to tertiary level for use in its cooling process. Staff continues to have discussions with Calpine representatives to this end; however, a final determination in this regard is yet to be made. This is at best an interim measure so that a limited quantity of water can be available more expeditiously compared with the City having to design and build its own facility. However, the quantity of wat...
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