BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Update on the Condition of the Almaden Valley Pipeline Inspection and Rehabilitation Project (San Jose, Los Gatos, Unincorporated Santa Clara County) (Districts 4 and 7) and Determination that the Condition of the Almaden Valley Pipeline Continues to Constitute an Emergency.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Receive an update on the Almaden Valley Pipeline Inspection and Rehabilitation Project; and
B. Determine by a four-fifths vote of the Board, that there is a need to continue the emergency action declared by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on December 5, 2017, pursuant to California Public Contract Code ?22050, to repair the Almaden Valley Pipeline (San Jose, Los Gatos, Unincorporated Santa Clara County) (Districts 4 and 7).
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SUMMARY:
According to Public Contract Code ?22050, in order for the emergency action to remain in place, the Board must determine, by four-fifths vote at every regularly scheduled Board meeting until the emergency action is terminated, that there is a need to continue the emergency action; this agenda item recommends the Board make such a finding.
On December 5, 2017, the CEO declared that the condition of the Almaden Valley Pipeline (AVP) constituted an emergency condition pursuant to California Public Contract Code ?22050, and that District staff may repair such pipeline, take any directly related and immediate action required by that emergency, and procure the necessary equipment, services, and supplies for those purposes, without giving notice for bids to let contracts. The emergency condition continues to exist as the repairs to the Almaden Valley Pipeline are not yet underway.
The AVP consists of approximately 12 miles of 72-inch to 78-inch diameter Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) and welded steel pipe (WSP). The pipeline was constructed in two major segments: AVP Unit 1 was constructed in the 1960's, and AVP Unit 2 was constructed in the 1980's. The AVP is u...
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