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Sandy authorizes IGA with Portland Water Bureau to share pipeline, pump-station work
Summary
Council authorized the city manager to execute a substantially similar intergovernmental agreement with the Portland Water Bureau that formalizes shared design and construction of a pump station and pipeline to meet a cryptosporidium compliance timeline and to share costs and assets where efficient.
The Sandy City Council authorized the city manager to execute an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Portland Water Bureau to collaboratively design and construct drinking-water facilities needed to meet the city's bilateral compliance obligations for cryptosporidium.
Staff said the IGA formalizes prior cooperative work between Sandy and Portland, documents who will build and pay for specific pipeline sections, and identifies cost-saving measures such as upsizing pipeline segments that Portland is already installing. Staff also noted that Portland will provide some land and that the city will pre-purchase certain pump-station equipment to improve schedule and cost outcomes.
"There are two elements where we're looking at saving money for Sandy," a staff presenter said, describing the shared pipeline and the potential to dedicate storage in Sandy's Revenue Avenue reservoir to provide gravity fire flow that reduces Portland's need for generators and other infrastructure. Staff recommended authorizing execution of an IGA that is "substantially similar" to the draft attached to the packet to allow minor edits while preserving the agreement's intent.
The city attorney and staff reviewed the draft and concluded that minor changes would not substantially change the IGA. Council voted to authorize the city manager to execute a substantially similar agreement; the motion passed unanimously.
The IGA is the first of two expected intergovernmental agreements; staff said a second IGA will follow when cost-sharing and construction responsibilities are further refined.
