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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA ITEM
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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for White
Slough Water Pollution Control Facility 2017 Irrigation System Improvements
Project
MEETING DATE: August 16, 2017
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve plans and specifications and authorize advertisement for
bids for White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility 2017 Irrigation
System Improvements Project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: During the irrigation season (generally April through September),
most of the City's treated municipal and industrial wastewater is
used to irrigate agricultural crops on 790 acres of City -owned
property around White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility (WSWPCF). In response to violations
associated with irrigation water inadvertently leaving WSWPCF, West Yost Associates was tasked with
evaluating the land application area irrigation system and to prepare design documents to address
portions of the existing irrigation system that are high-priority.
On May 3, 2017, Council authorized West Yost & Associates, Inc. to proceed with the design and
construction management services for the White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility 2017 Irrigation
System Improvements Project.
The 2017 Irrigation System Improvements Project will replace a concrete lined irrigation channel and
relocate an existing pipeline. Both facilities convey reclaimed wastewater used to irrigate crops on the
southern 400 acres of City -owned property at WSWPCF. Addressing these two elements of the irrigation
system are of high-priority because the existing concrete lined ditch is prone to leaking and has failed in
numerous places; the existing pipeline underlies a portion of an existing power plant.
The plans and specifications are on file in the Public Works Department. The planned bid opening date
is September 13, 2017. The project estimate is $700,000. In order to facilitate this work, construction
must be scheduled over the non -irrigation months and is expected to be completed by April 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT: The project is needed to avoid violations and more costly repairs or complete
replacement of the irrigation system in the future.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Funding will be identified at project award.
J
Charles E. Swimley, Jr
Public Works Director
CES/CES/tdb
cc: Lyman Chang, City Engineer / Deputy Public Works Director
Lance Roberts, Utility Manager
Karen Honer, Wastewater Treatment Superintendent
APPROVED:
jely) Schwabe City Manager
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