REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Drought Grant Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) for Receipt and Administration of State Grant Funds for the Sunnyvale Continuous Recycled Water Production Facilities and Wolfe Road Pipeline project and approval of Budget Modification No. 24
Report
BACKGROUND
The Proposition 84 Chapter 2 Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) 2014 Grant Program, administered through the Department of Water Resources (DWR), provides funding to drought-affected communities for projects and programs that assist local public agencies to meet long term water needs of the state, including the delivery of safe drinking water and the protection of water quality and the environment.
On July 15, 2014, City Council adopted the Bay Area IRWMP as a required condition for receipt of the subject grant funding (Report to Council 14-0593) and authorized staff to complete the grant application process.
In October 2014, the DWR awarded approximately $221 million to fund projects statewide. As part of a $32,178,423 Bay Area Drought Relief Program grant award, the City of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) project team will receive $4,000,000 in grant funding for the Sunnyvale Continuous Recycled Water Production Facilities and Wolfe Road Pipeline. The Sunnyvale component of this project, the Continuous Recycled Water Production Facilities, is earmarked to receive $1,500,000. The remaining $2,500,000 will partially reimburse the projects costs of the Wolfe Road Recycled Water Pipeline being built by the SCVWD.
The Continuous Recycled Water Production Facilities project that is being constructed as a component of Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 829430, WPCP Chlorine Conversion, will rehabilitate the plant production facilities to allow for production of recycled water while concurrently discharging to the San Francisco Bay which will impr...
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