REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 28, 2014
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MARTIN A. QUERIN, PE, Assistant Director
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
BY: HENRY McLAUGHLIN, Management Analyst III
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
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* RESOLUTION of the Council of the City of Fresno Adopting the 2nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2014-95 to appropriate $900,000 in the 2010 Water Revenue Bond A-1 Fund for the Acquisition of Permanent Pipeline Right-of-Way Easement and Temporary Construction Easements for the Construction of the Raw Water Pipeline from the Friant-Kern Canal to the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the Council of the City of Fresno adopting the 2nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2014-95.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities, Water Division, is finalizing the design of the Friant-Kern Raw Water Pipeline to deliver raw water from the Friant-Kern Canal to the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (NESWTF). With bidding scheduled to begin in early 2015, acquisition of easements for this pipeline project is necessary. Funding for this expenditure was included as part of the FY 2014 Budget within the 2010 Water Revenue Bond A-1 Fund and it was estimated that the funds would be spent last fiscal year. However, no payments were made for the easements during FY 2014, so the funds are required to be carried over and appropriated for FY 2015.
BACKGROUND
Presently, the City's contracted delivery of surface water with the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) for Central Valley Project (CVP) travels nearly 55 miles in open canals from Friant Dam (Millerton Lake) to the NESWTF. This water is susceptible to contamination from environmental debris, and accidental or malicious ...
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