BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve Amendment No. 6 to Agreement No. A3741G, with Errol L. Montgomery & Associates, Inc., for Professional Consultant Services Related to a Groundwater Charge Zone Study (Groundwater Benefit Zone Study), Project No. 91041018, Increasing the Fee by $50,000 for a Total Revised Not-To-Exceed Fee of $613,547.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Amendment No. 6 to Agreement No. A3741G, with Errol L. Montgomery & Associates, Inc., for Professional Consultant Services Related to a Groundwater Charge Zone Study (Groundwater Benefit Zone Study), Increasing the Fee by $50,000 for a Total Revised Not-To-Exceed Fee of $613,547.
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SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) has sustainably managed local groundwater resources for many decades. The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act authorizes the Board of Directors to establish zones encompassing areas where groundwater pumpers benefit from Valley Water activities to protect and augment water supplies. Valley Water established the two primary groundwater benefit zones (Zones W-2 and W-5) in 1963 and 1977, respectively. Valley Water last modified Zone W-2 in 1971 and Zone W-5 in 2008.
Valley Water initiated the science-based Groundwater Benefit Zone Study to assess existing zones and recommend changes needed to ensure that ratepayers are grouped in a way that reflects the most recent and relevant data regarding the services and benefits received by well users. Errol L. Montgomery & Associates, Inc. (Montgomery & Associates; formerly Hydrometrics Water Resources Inc.) was retained to perform the study.
Consultant Work Performed to Date
Montgomery & Associates has completed approximately 90% of the project, including data evaluation, stakeholder outreach, and the preliminary report with related findings and recommendations. On October 8, 2019, the Board directed staff to prepare metes and bounds for modified groundwater benefit Zones W-2 and...
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