TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Lou Vargas, Utilities Manager
Nicholle Petroff, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Three-year General Services Agreement with Waterline Technologies, Inc. for Water Treatment Disinfection Products and Services at a Cost Not-to-Exceed $900,000 (Public Works Director Lee).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 23-0015
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a three-year General Services Agreement with Waterline Technologies, Inc. for water treatment disinfection products and services at a cost not-to-exceed $900,000.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The three-year agreement under consideration is for a total not-to-exceed amount of $900,000, with the first year of the agreement estimated to cost $286,000. Sufficient funding for this agreement is available in the current Public Works budget in the form of anticipated savings from contract services within the Water Fund. Future years will be budgeted accordingly for this agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
The City currently operates and maintains two groundwater Wells (Well 11A & Well 15) and two Reservoirs (Block 35 and Peck Reservoir). Under the 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), public water systems are required to use treatment techniques (TT) for filtered and unfiltered systems to protect against adverse health effects of exposure to pathogens. The City of Manhattan Beach uses Sodium Hypochlorite as a part of TT to protect the water distribution system against pathogens. The City's local groundwater production has recently increased, which produces a corollary increase in disinfectant demands. Additionally, Peck Reservoir will be back in service this spring and will further increase the need for disinfection products and services. Therefore, staff issue...
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