REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Adopt Resolution Enabling the City Manager to Execute and Deliver an Installment Sale Agreement, for up to $50,000,000 in Clean Water State Revolving Funds, Between the City of Sunnyvale and the State Water Resources Control Board, and to Execute All Implementing Documents for Financial Assistance in Connection with the City's Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrade Project
Report
BACKGROUND
The City has embarked 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 sewage from all of Sunnyvale and a small area within the Cities of Cupertino and San Jose. The WPCP Master Plan was developed as a long-term guide for replacing facilities at the WPCP and was adopted by the City Council on August 23, 2016 (see RTC No. 16-0663). Named the "Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program" ("Program"), current cost estimates for all phases of this program are approximately $1.3 billion over twenty years.
During Phase 1 of the Program, staff identified that favorable financing was available for the Headworks and Primary Treatment Project through the State of California Clean Water State Revolving Fund ("CWSRF").
Currently, the Program is progressing through Phase 2 and implementing several projects, including construction of the Existing Plant Rehabilitation Project (Project), which will rehabilitate the WPCP's existing secondary, tertiary, and disinfection facilities to provide reliable treatment for the remainder of their planned service life, including the integration of the existing plant control system.
The Council adopted a resolution enabling the submittal of the CWSRF application. The City initially applied for the CWSRF for the Project first in December 2020 and again in December 2021 (see RTC No. 20-0952). In June 2024, the City was notified that the Project was selected for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 CWSRF Fundable List. To secure t...
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