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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 20, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />AWARD AGREEMENT TO T.R. HOLLIMAN <br />AND ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR A RECYCLED <br />WATER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN <br />(NONGENERAL FUND) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 2) <br />CITY M IJAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with T.R. Holliman <br />and Associates, Inc., to provide water systems controls services for the three-year period <br />beginning February 20, 2018, and expiring February 19, 2021, with provisions for a two-year <br />renewal option exercisable by the City Manager and City Attorney, in an amount not to exceed <br />$200,000, including a $176,300 project fee and a contingency of $23,700, for the term of the <br />agreement, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana receives recycled water from the Orange County Water District (OCWD) <br />recycled water system called the Green Acres Project (GAP). GAP is a water reuse effort that <br />provides recycled water for landscape irrigation at parks, schools, and golf courses; industrial <br />uses, such as carpet dying; toilet flushing; and cooling for power generation. Currently, recycled <br />water use in Santa Ana is limited but includes the irrigation of some City parks, schools, street <br />medians, green belts, and commercial -industrial uses. Only about one percent of the City's total <br />water demand (350 acre-feet) is supplied by recycled water. The recycled water consumed <br />directly supplants potable water use, which reduces the demand on the groundwater basin and <br />preserves potable supplies for other uses. <br />The existing recycled water distribution system exists in only a small portion of the City and is <br />wholly owned and operated by OCWD. In order for the availability and use of recycled water to <br />expand in the community, the City would need to build and operate its own recycled water <br />system. There are many environmental and economic benefits of expanding recycled water use <br />throughout the community, including providing a source of lower-cost water, saving local <br />resources, and the ability to irrigate landscapes in times of drought. <br />25A-1 <br />