BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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SUBJECT:
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Approve a Budget Adjustment for the Desalination Project No. 91441003 and Approve the Agreement No. A5050A With Black & Veatch Corporation, to Provide a Desalination Engineering Feasibility Study, Project No. 91441003, PlanetBids File No. VW0379, for a Total Not-to-Exceed fee of $1,717,738.
(*Previously listed as Item 6.1)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $1,717,738 to Fiscal Year 2025 for the Desalination Engineering Feasibility Study Project; and
B. Approve the Standard Consultant Agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation, to provide a Desalination Engineering Feasibility Study, Project No. 91441003, PlanetBids File No. VW0379, for a total not-to-exceed fee of $1,717,738.
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SUMMARY:
Staff seeks Board approval and authorization to execute a consultant agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation (Black & Veatch) to conduct a Desalination Engineering Feasibility Study (Project).
At the October 27, 2023, Recycled Water Committee (Committee) meeting staff presented an update on the completion of an Environmental Feasibility Study for the development of a desalination project in Santa Clara County. The completion of this preliminary study was the first phase in evaluating the potential for design and construction of a desalination facility in the County. As recommended by the Committee, staff has proceeded to implement the second phase to evaluate the engineering feasibility, costs, and regulatory permitting requirements associated with a desalination project in the South San Francisco Bay (South Bay). This is the first time Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is evaluating a desalination facility in the South Bay as an alternative water supply. A desalination project will be evaluated in the Water Supply Master Plan 2050 update.
Approval of the Stan...
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