CITY OF MERCED - File #: 19-330

• File #: 19-330
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/10/2019
• In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency
• On agenda: 7/15/2019
• Final action: 7/15/2019
• Title: SUBJECT: Award of Bid and Approval of Contract to LSA Associates, Inc. for Environmental Compliance Services for the Proposed Well Site No. 22, Project No. 116020, in the Amount of $94,422.02 REPORT IN BRIEF Considers awarding a contract in the amount of $94,422.02 to LSA Associates, Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed municipal Well 22 at 3987 North Hatch Road. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion awarding a contract for the proposed Well Site No. 22 environmental impact report to LSA Associates, Inc., in the amount of $94,422; and, authorizing the City Manager or the Assistant City Manager to execute the necessary documents.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/15/2019	1	City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency	approved	Pass

Report Prepared by: Joseph D. Angulo, Environmental Project Manager, Engineering

Title
SUBJECT: Award of Bid and Approval of Contract to LSA Associates, Inc. for Environmental Compliance Services for the Proposed Well Site No. 22, Project No. 116020, in the Amount of $94,422.02

REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers awarding a contract in the amount of $94,422.02 to LSA Associates, Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed municipal Well 22 at 3987 North Hatch Road.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion awarding a contract for the proposed Well Site No. 22 environmental impact report to LSA Associates, Inc., in the amount of $94,422; and, authorizing the City Manager or the Assistant City Manager to execute the necessary documents.

Body
ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Approve, subject to modifications as conditioned by City Council; or,
3. Refer to staff for reconsideration of specific items; or,
4. Deny.

AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200, et seq.

Services with an estimated value greater than $31,000 are made by written contract in accordance with Merced Municipal Code, Title 3 - Revenue and Finance, Chapter 3.04.

Merced County Code, Title 9, Chapter 9.27 - Merced County Groundwater Mining and Export Ordinance No. 1930

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2019-20 Adopted Budget

DISCUSSION
Municipal Well Site 22

The City of Merced utilizes groundwater as the sole source for the City's water supply system. Existing municipal Well No. 7B, located at 3362 McKee Road, has contained nitrate concentrations above the California Maximum Contaminant Level for drinking water supplies. Due to this condition, it was taken out of service in April 2009. The State Water Resources Control Board- Drinking Water Division (SWRCB-DDW) is the permitting agency for the City's water supply system and it issued the City an updated Water Permit No. 03-11-17P-029 in March 2017. The new 2017 permit r...