BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve the Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc. for Consulting Services, for the Water Treatment Plant Implementation Project, Project No. 93044001, CAS File No. 5144, for a Not-to-Exceed Fee of $6,461,429.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc. for consulting services, for the Water Treatment Plant Implementation Project, for a Not-to-Exceed Fee of $6,461,429.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is undertaking a comprehensive capital projects implementation planning effort for existing water utility treatment and distribution infrastructure with three distinct implementation projects: Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Implementation Project; Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Implementation project, and the Distribution System Implementation Project (DSIP). The WTP Implementation Project is the first of these three projects and will develop a 30-year WTP Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with a suite of capital improvement projects along with a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Board's consideration. Staff recommends Board approval of the consultant services agreement for the WTP Implementation Project.
Background:
On January 14, 2020, staff presented three new CIP projects for the Board's consideration to address the infrastructure needs of existing water treatment and distribution infrastructure. These three infrastructure implementation projects (WTP, Distribution System and SCADA Implementation Projects) are aimed at a comprehensive evaluation of the existing infrastructure under the lens of future needs with respect to demand and regulatory compliance and will define the capital projects needed to ensure the reliability of Valley Water's water supply infrastructure. The Board approved the three projects, and they were subsequently adopted as part of Valley Water's FY 2021-25 five-year CIP. The WTP I...
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