HomeMy WebLinkAbout19791 - RESOLUTIONS - 5/17/2000 RESOLUTION NO. 19791
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING
STAFF TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S
FILTER OPERATING SERVICES
CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
EXPANSION SCOPE OF WORK, INCLUDING
DENITRIFICATION, AND DIRECTING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO DEVELOP A LEGAL
OPINION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF
DESIGN/BUILD FOR THIS PROJECT.
WHEREAS the City's Wastewater Treatment Facility has been found to need expansion to
meet future growth of the City; and
WHEREAS the traditional masterplanning approach has been conducted revealing anywhere
from $13 million to $33 million worth of expansion; and
WHEREAS the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant privatization efforts revealed that a much
more cost-effective approach to expanding the plant would be a design-build contract; and
WHEREAS the Regional Water Quality Control Board for some time has been discussing the '
importance of mandating denitrification at Coachella Valley wastewater treatment plants,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
Section1. Thatthe Citystaff is hereby directed toworkwith US Filter Operating Services,
the City's Wastewater Treatment Operations and Maintenance Contractor,to
develop a "Scope of Need" report, including denitrification,for the expansion
of the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare a legal opinion on the
availability of the design-build approach for the expansion of the Wastewater
Treatment Plant.
ADOPTED this 17th day of May , 2000.
AYES: Members Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT:None 1 '
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Jones
And; CITY OF PAJLIVI SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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REVIEWED &APPROVED AS TO FORM_