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Staff Report for a Resolution Appropriating $453,000 from the Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise Fund Unrestricted Fund Balance to the Water Pollution Control Plant Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 08-593-52-239
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff estimates that current funding will be insufficient to complete the Water Pollution Control Plant Rehabilitation (WPCP) project due to delays that have increased the construction time from three (3) to four (4) years. This resolution will appropriate funds needed to administer the construction project due to the delay.
Staff recommends appropriating $453,000 from the WPCP Enterprise Funds Unrestricted Fund Balance to the WPCP Rehabilitation Project.
BACKGROUND
In August 2011, purchase order #51492 was issued to S.J. Amoroso in the amount of $40,127,000 for construction work on the WPCP Rehabilitation project that was scheduled to be completed in three (3) years. The nature of the work is such that certain items must be done during the dry season when the volume of water to be treated is lowest. Delays in the work prevented construction scheduled for the summer of 2014 and postponed said work until the spring of 2015, after the wet season. As a result, the estimated completion date of the project is now September 2015. Currently, the WPCP rehabilitation project is 97% complete.
The current delay in completion is likely the result of the following four items:
* PG&E power,
* Cogeneration facility connection,
* Generator installation, and
* Primary clarifier #2 construction.
An analysis to determine causes of the delay and assign delay time to each cause is in progress. Responsibility for the delay hasn't yet been determined but will likely not rest solely with one party, as we anticipate that both the City and Contractor will share delay costs in some proportion. Attributable proportions for each party will not be determined until after construction is complete...
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