SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve work orders to Engineers of Record Tetra Tech, Inc. of Tampa, FL in the amount of $2,797,900 for engineering services, and Leggette, Brashears and Graham (LBG), Inc. of Tampa, FL in the amount of $227,158 for hydrogeologic services associated with the City of Clearwater Groundwater Replenishment Project Phase 3 (15-0010-UT); approve the Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) (District ID N665), which provides reimbursement of project costs up to $14,340,000; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
This agenda item provides for engineering and hydrogeologic services associated with Groundwater Replenishment Project Phase 3 (15-0010-UT). The feasibility study (Phase 1) of this project was completed in March of 2011, and the pilot test or Phase 2 of the project was completed in September 2014. Phase 3 will proceed with design, permitting, and construction of a full scale water purification plant with associated recharge wells and injection wells.
The goal of this project is to utilize reclaimed water or effluent from the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility to replenish the groundwater aquifer. The water would be highly treated through a water purification plant with multiple safety barriers to remove all contaminants before introduction to the groundwater aquifer. The benefits would be two-fold: the City would reduce its discharge of effluent to Tampa Bay; and the groundwater levels in the Floridan Aquifer would be enhanced.
The scope of the Tetra Tech work order will focus on design and permitting of the full scale purification plant consisting of pretreatment, membrane, advanced oxidation, oxygen removal, and purified water stabilization. LBG will be responsible for design and permitting of the recharge wells system and a test injection well. Construction contracts will be brought forward to Council once the City has received bids for different construction efforts.
At 30% design completion, the project will have a third party review as required in the pending Cooperative Funding Agreement with SWFMWD to confirm the derived design criteria and engineering estimate of construction.
The schedule is multi-year with anticipated start of January 2016 and total project completion by December 31, 2018.
Tetra Tech and LBG are both Engineers-of-record for the City of Clearwater, and these work orders were negotiated in accordance with the Consultants Competitive Negotiations Act.
The Cooperative Funding Agreement between the City and SWFWMD includes reimbursement of up to 50% of the cost of design, permitting and construction costs of the full scale water purification plant and test injection wells up to a maximum of $14,340,000. There is no cost associated with accepting the Cooperative Funding Agreement.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0315-96773-561300-533 $2,797,900
0315-96773-561300-533 $ 227,158
A first quarter amendment will increase budget only by $1,554,000 of SWFWMD grant funding in Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project 0315-96773, Groundwater Replenishment Facility.
Sufficient funding is available in CIP project 0315-96773, Groundwater Replenishment Facility, in the amount of $3,025,058 to fund current work orders.
As new funding becomes available by the District the City will provide the match.