REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager, or Designee, to (1) Execute the Cost Share Agreement by and between the City of Sunnyvale and the Santa Clara Valley Water District for the Construction of a Joint Wall for the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program's Perimeter Wall, and (2) Execute the West Channel Joint Wall Project: Operation and Maintenance Agreement Between the City of Sunnyvale and the Santa Clara Valley Water District for the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program's Perimeter Wall
Report
BACKGROUND
The City is currently working on the most significant single public works program in its history: the rebuild of its aging Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), which is responsible for treating wastewater from all of Sunnyvale and small areas within the cities of Cupertino and San Jose. Named the "Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program" (SCWP), the total budgeted cost is approximately $1.4 billion.
As a part of the SCWP, the City is constructing a perimeter wall around the WPCP, with construction divided into two project packages. The perimeter wall around the eastern half of the WPCP was completed as part of Project 824771-SCWP Primary Process Design and Construction. The perimeter wall around the northern and western sides of the WPCP is included in Project 833150-SCWP Existing Plant Rehabilitation. The wall surrounding the southern portion of the WPCP is also part of the SCWP Existing Plant Rehabilitation Project, but it is not included in the proposed agreements with the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water). The three segments of perimeter walls are currently in the design phase.
Valley Water is responsible for flood protection along the Sunnyvale East and West Channels and is designing additional flood control features to prevent 100-year storm-related flooding. These features parallel the City's planned perimeter wall along the west and a portion of the north side of the WPCP.
As portions of the City's wall and Valley Water's wall would be...
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