BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
Public/Private Partnership Implementation Approach and Staffing Plan for Purified Water Projects.
End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Approve the proposed Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain procedures for procurement under a Public-Private Partnership (P3) structure of the necessary facilities and services to accomplish purification and delivery to groundwater recharge ponds of the product water;
B. Direct staff to launch a P3 procurement plan as soon as the necessary elements for a proposed project, including (a) agreement for long-term supply of treated wastewater, (b) agreement enabling management of reverse osmosis concentrate, and (c) agreement for siting of the purification facilities, are sufficiently secured for the proposed project;
C. Encourage the current short-listed P3 entities to participate in the new Request for Qualifications;
D. Review a schedule for implementation of the P3 procurement process; and
E. Receive information on the P3 staffing plan.
Body
SUMMARY:
Recommendations A, B and C constitute the set of recommendations approved by the Board's Recycled Water Committee (Committee) at its August 6, 2020 meeting. In addition, Recommendations D and E carry forward for the Board's review a schedule and staffing plan that were reviewed by the Committee at the same meeting.
BACKGROUND:
In December 2019, Valley Water reached agreement with the Cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View for a long-term supply (option) for a minimum of 9 million gallons per day (MGD) of treated wastewater. The Palo Alto/Mountain View agreement included general provisions for management of reverse osmosis concentrate as well as identification of at least one site for a purification plant on City of Palo Alto lands. Further work and an agreement are needed to secure a site for the proposed plant if the option is exercised.
Recently, staff initiated discussions with the City of San Jose (and with the City of Santa Clara e...
Click here for full text