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Committee backs PUC contract amendment to finish groundwater and storage projects
Summary
The committee recommended approval of an SFPUC amendment to a Kennedy/Jenks engineering contract, adding $2 million and extending the term to complete regional groundwater storage and San Francisco groundwater projects; staff said WSIP is a $4.8 billion program and roughly 92% complete.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted Sept. 21 to forward to the full Board a resolution authorizing the SFPUC general manager to execute Amendment No. 4 to a professional services agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants. The amendment would increase the not-to-exceed amount by $2,000,000 for a total not to exceed $18,500,000 and extend the contract term three years to Dec. 6, 2019 to support design and construction services for two water-system projects.
Dan Wade, director of the SFPUC’s Water System Improvement Program (WSIP), described WSIP as an 87-project, $4.8 billion program that began in February 2003 and is approximately 92 percent complete overall. He said Amendment No. 4 is needed to continue engineering-design and construction-support work on the Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery Project (a conjunctive-use project that will include up to 15 wells on the Peninsula and provide up to 7,200,000 gallons per day during extended drought) and the San Francisco Groundwater Project (installation of new wells and improvements to irrigation wells).
Wade noted the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant long-term improvements project is complete and that the regional projects would improve drought resiliency and provide stored supply, describing features including an underground reservoir equivalent to roughly 60,000 acre-feet of storage in recharge capacity. The committee’s budget analyst reported the requested $2,000,000 increase would be allocated with $830,000 to the San Francisco Groundwater Supply Project and $1,170,000 to the Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery Project.
Supervisor Katie Tang moved to send the resolution forward with a positive recommendation; the motion was seconded as transcribed and the committee approved the motion without objection. The item will proceed to the full Board for further action and any required approvals under city procurement rules.
