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Board green-lights program management support, authorizes 90% plans and bid for McCluskey/Biota work; Washburn BRIC response looks favorable
Summary
The LAWA board accepted TAC and FACT recommendations to approve program management task order 16-10 and to authorize bidding of 90% plans for the McCluskey Canal and Biota Water Treatment Plant; Steve Birney reported a favorable FEMA request-for-information response for a potential $7.1 million Washburn grant.
The LAWA board approved committee recommendations to proceed with program management support and to advance the McCluskey Canal and Biota Water Treatment Plant 90% plans to bid.
Al Grasser (TAC) told the board the TAC recommended approval of the biennium work plan and task order 16-10, which covers 2025'027 program management support and shows a biennium amount of $886,000. Grasser said committee members were comfortable that the task order and its fee were appropriate for the project's scale and complexity. The board moved to approve the items and carried the motion by roll call.
In project updates, construction staff reported 2.2 miles of pipe in the ground this spring, with Contracts 6b/c expected to start pipe deliveries mid-June and Contract 7a in July. Paul (PMIS presenter) summarized project financials: a roughly $1.4 billion project total with $565 million contracted and $324 million invoiced to date.
Separately, Steve Birney reported on Washburn's need for a replacement intake and a successful response to FEMA's request for information for a potential $7.1 million BRIC-type grant. Birney described the Washburn package: a smaller pump station tied to a 12-inch pipeline into the Washburn Water Treatment Plant capable of meeting Washburn's needs and providing some sale capacity to nearby systems. He said the 300-page response addressed FEMA's 15 items and that none appeared to be deal killers.
What happens next: the board authorized bidding of the 90% plans (including early-out work for access roads), the program management task order moves forward for the biennium, and staff will continue coordination with federal partners (Reclamation, WAPA, Central Power) on NDAs and environmental reviews.
