REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Primary Treatment Facility Project at the Water Pollution Control Plant; Provide an Update on Equipment Purchasing; and Approval to Proceed with the Project
Report
BACKGROUND
In May of 2013, Carollo Engineers was selected to perform services related to master planning of the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and the design of the Primary Treatment Facility project (RTC 13-108). The design of the primary treatment facility, which takes the raw sewage from the conveyance pipelines and removes solids and sediments before sending it to the secondary treatment process, will be the first major project under the plant reconstruction program.
The Primary Treatment Facility project replaces existing, aging facilities at the WPCP, including replacements of the headworks facility, primary treatment facilities, switchgear building, standby generator, and heat recovery system at the power generation facility. Access roadway and fencing is also being altered or replaced, and sludge dewatering is being relocated within the WPCP site. These replacements are needed at the WPCP in order to update seismically-deficient facilities, and comply with permit requirements. A stormwater channel along the southeastern perimeter of the WPCP is being filled and replaced with a box culvert or pipe to accommodate proposed facilities and access roads. The proposed facilities will operate in a similar fashion as the existing facilities and will be designed and constructed in three separate bid packages:
* Bid Package 1 - The site preparation package will clear the site, install a new drainage system, resolve any utility conflicts, and grade the site.
* Bid Package 2 - The construction package which will include building concrete tanks, installing pumps, electrical systems, automation systems and controls.
* Bid Package 3 - The final package is fo...
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