REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 25, 2019
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: DEJAN PAVIC, PE, Public Utilities Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
BY: PATRICIA DIEP, Supervising Engineering Technician
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
Title
Award a consultant services agreement to Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers in an amount of not to exceed $131,700 for the design of Recycled Water Extension to West Creek Village/Martin Luther King Activity Center (Council District 3 and Fresno County)
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council award a consultant services agreement in an amount of not to exceed $131,700, including a contingency of $2,000, to Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers, a California Corporation, for the design of Recycled Water Extension to West Creek Village/Martin Luther King Activity Center (Project) and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign the agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities seeks City Council award of a professional consultant services agreement to Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers in an amount of not to exceed $131,700, including a contingency of $2,000, for the project. The new recycled water main extension will support the delivery of recycled water to a school, right-of-way landscaping, future satellite college campus, and residential and commercial landscaping within future West Creek Village/Martin Luther King Activity Center.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the State of California adopted a recycled water policy establishing a mandate to increase the use of recycled water in California by 200,000 acre-feet per year by 2020 and an additional 300,000 acre-feet per year by 2030. The Recycled Water Master Plan prepared by the Department of Public Utilities identifies opportunities to ass...
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