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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE AN APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT TO RECOGNIZE <br />FEDERAL CLEAN WATER PROTECTION <br />ENTERPRISE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT <br />OF $225,000 AND AN INCREASE IN <br />CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR AN <br />EXISTING CONTRACT WITH LONEROCK, <br />INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO <br />PERFORM ADDITIONAL DEWATERING <br />OPERATIONS FOR THE SANTA ANA <br />DELHI CHANNEL DIVERSION PROJECT, <br />FOR AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT <br />DELIVERY COST OF $6,886,775 <br />(PROJECT 16-6467) <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing <br />For <br />CONTINUED <br />TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $225,000 in Federal Clean Water <br />Protection Enterprise, Prior Year Fund Balance and appropriating same into the Federal <br />Clean Water Protection Enterprise, Improvements Other Than Building expenditure <br />account. <br />2. Approve an increase to existing contract contingencies in the amount of $500,000 to perform <br />additional dewatering operations for the Santa Ana Delhi Channel Diversion Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On December 6, 2016, the City Council awarded a contract to Lonerock, Inc. in the amount of <br />$4,593,375, with a contingency of $1,024,800, for the Santa Ana -Delhi Channel Diversion Project. <br />The goal of the project is to improve water quality and increase regional groundwater supplies. The <br />City of Santa Ana is the lead agency in this multi -agency regional effort, and Santa Ana greatly <br />benefits from this project because it helps the City meet federal storm water program requirement <br />mandates by California State Water Resources Control Board. The project is located south of SR- <br />73 and east of SR-55 in the Newport Beach Golf Course (Exhibit 1). <br />During construction, it was discovered that water from the existing channel was seeping into the <br />diversion structure. To avoid stagnant water affecting the diversion structure, staff directed the <br />20A-1 <br />