HomeMy WebLinkAbout19946 - RESOLUTIONS - 12/6/2000 RESOLUTION NO. 19946
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS , CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING U.S. FILTER OPERATING
SERVICES, SUBJECT TO FINAL SCOPE AND
COST ACCEPTANCE, TO CARRY OUT
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO
BRING HYDRAULIC CAPACITY TO 12 MGD,
AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THESE
IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE RESERVES OF
THE WASTEWATER FUND, AND
AUTHORIZING $33,000 DENITRIFICATION
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS BY U.S. FILTER
OPERATING SERVICES.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs,via a competitive process, selected U.S. Filter Operating
Services (USFOS) as the firm to operate and maintain the Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS the contract with USFOS contemplates that equipment upgrades and efficiency
improvements to the plant may be carried by USFOS on behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS after ten (10) months of operating the plant, USFOS has determined that certain
equipment upgrades and plant efficiency improvements can be made which will result in a
hydraulic capacity enhancement to 12 MGD and odor control enhancements; and
WHEREAS these improvements have been estimated at below$3 million which can be paid
from plant reserves and still allow for a reserve in excess of$3 million, well above the City
Council established $2.2 million minium, and
WHEREAS the City has authorized USFOS to undertake a Ground Water Dispersion Model
Study to determine nitrate level and possible sources and that this data can be utilized to
develop nitrate removal programs for the City's wastewater treatment efforts,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That subject to final Scope and Cost acceptance, USFOS is hereby selected to
perform necessary and desired equipment upgrades and efficiency improvements to
the Wastewater Treatment Plant so as to increase hydraulic capacity to 12 MGD; and
2. That funding for the proposed improvements may be taken from the Wastewater
Treatment Plant reserve fund; and
3. That USFOS is hereby authorized to proceed with a denitrification engineering
analysis for a cost of $33,100, to determine needed process improvements for the
�I plant.
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Resolution 19946
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ADOPTED this 6th day of December 2000.
AYES: Members Hodges;, Jones, Oden, Reller—Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None '
ABSENT: None
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