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a. Receive a project report on the San Lucas Water Supply Replacement Project;
b. Support staff initiating Amendment No. 3 to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SDWSRF) Funding Agreement No. SRF13P116 with the State Water Resources Control Board to extend the term and amend the scope to include additional feasibility study for treated groundwater;
c. Support amending the Professional Services Agreement No. A-12648 with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. to extend the term and include the additional feasibility study in the scope, with no change to the not to exceed amount of $440,000; and
d. Provide direction to staff.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Capital Improvement Committee:
a. Receive a project report on the San Lucas Water Supply Replacement Project;
b. Support staff initiating Amendment No. 3 to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SDWSRF) Funding Agreement No. SRF13P116 with the State Water Resources Control Board to extend the term and amend the scope to include additional feasibility study for treated groundwater;
c. Support amending the Professional Services Agreement No. A-12648 with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. to extend the term and include the additional feasibility study in the scope, with no change to the not to exceed amount of $440,000; and
d. Provide direction to staff.
SUMMARY:
The San Lucas Water District, in collaboration with the County of Monterey, has been working diligently since 2003 to upgrade its public water system. The San Lucas Water District had been without a reliable permanent source of potable water for nearly six years, when on March 15, 2011 the Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau first imposed a "Do Not Drink" on the community due to nitrate contamination of its well attributed to the agricultural operations surrounding the well. That order remained in effect for over three years, until November 2014 when an in...
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