REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 1, 2018
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Planning Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning and Engineering
BY: GLENN A. KNAPP, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning and Engineering
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a Consultant Services Agreement in the amount of $595,894 with Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc., to provide Phase I schematic design services for the City of Fresno's Airport Wastewater Reclamation Facility (Council District 4)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve a Consultant Services Agreement in the amount of $595,894 with Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc., to provide Phase I schematic design services for the City of Fresno's Airport Wastewater Reclamation Facility (Facility); and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign the Agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc. (Parsons), entered into a consultant services agreement on July 2, 2015, to provide feasibility studies related to investigating the need, benefits and location of a future wastewater reclamation facility in the vicinity of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The proposed Facility would provide treatment load relief for existing and future wastewater system demands by including design process provisions to meet Title 22 water quality regulatory requirements for discharge and reuse of recycled water in landscape areas and groundwater recharge facilities. The Facility would aid the City in meeting its water resource management and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act goals. The studies revealed a preferred Facility site location south of Shields Avenue between Airways Golf Course and Clovis Avenue that would relieve treatment load and system capacity issues while providing opportunity for reuse of recycled water. The property has been secu...
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