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Recommendation to Accept the Work of Ranger Pipelines, Inc. for Cyclic Sewer Replacement Project, Phase 20, No. PW 08-23-20.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Public Works 31041520)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 15, 2019, City Council awarded a five-year agreement with Ranger Pipelines, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed a total five-year expenditure of $28,924,389.83 for the Cyclic Sewer Replacement Project. On January 15, 2024, the City of Alameda (City) executed the fourth amendment to the agreement (Fourth Amendment) in an amount not-to-exceed $6,131,818 including 2.5% Contingency, for Phase 20. The project replaced approximately 2.61 miles of sewer main, associated manholes, and lower laterals. The improvements made under the subject agreement are complete and acceptable to staff. Staff is now recommending that City Council accept the work.
BACKGROUND
The City has separate sanitary sewer and storm water drainage systems. Infiltration and inflow is storm water that should enter the storm drainage system but instead enters the sewer system through cracks and other defects in the sewer pipes. Storm water in the sewer system can cause excessive flows during wet weather events that exceed both local conveyance and regional treatment capacity.
In 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint against the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), the owner and operator of the regional wastewater treatment facilities. The objective of the lawsuit was to create a federal court order to force EBMUD to eliminate the use of three wet weather facilities (WWFs), which were constructed in the 1980's. The WWFs were built to ha...
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