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W h T E R V, IN E 11 S y t k is RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JANUARY 23, 2015 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRUNTON 1-R WELL PROJECT (PHASE Il) — AWARD OF BID NO. RPU-7295 ISSUE: The item for Board of Public Utilities consideration is approval of a contract award for the construction of the Brunton 1-R Well Project (Phase II), Bid No. RPU-7295. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Award a contract for the construction of the Brunton 1-R Well Project {Phase II}, Bid No. RPU- 7295 to the lowest responsive bidder, Hemet Manufacturing Co., Inc. dba Genesis Construction of Hemet, California, in the amount of$1,075,777; and 2. Approve an additional capital expenditure in the amount of $1,421,000 for a new total for Work Order No. 1501422 in the amount of $2,549,900, which includes all design, construction, change order contingencies, construction management and inspection for the Brunton 1-R Well Project{Phase II}, Bid No. 7295. BACKGROUND: The Riverside Basin provides about 30% of Riverside Public Utilities Department's (RPU) water supply. RPU's right to produce water from the Riverside Basin is far more flexible than its right to produce water from the Bunker Hill Basin in San Bernardino. Under the judgment that adjudicated the two basins (commonly referred to by RPU as the "1969 judgment"), Riverside's extraction rights from the Riverside basin are not subject to the same limitations as with the Bunker Hill basin. For this reason, wells in the Riverside basin are important in maximizing RPU's water rights. Due to aging wells and lowering water tables, RPU's ability to use the Riverside Basin has diminished. The Board awarded a contract to Geoscience for Geohydrologic Consulting Services on June 21, 2013. As part of its work, Geoscience analyzed the capacity of the North Orange area of the Riverside Basin and found that it could support two new wells. The Brunton 1-R Well project is for the construction of the first of these two wells. This well is planned to replace Brunton 1 Well, which was originally drilled in 1953 and is no longer in service. The new well is estimated to provide up to 2,700 acre-feet per year (AFY) of potable water and will help manage water rights, meet future water demands, improve system reliability and restore production capacity within the North Orange Well Field. The new well site is located along the westerly edge of property owned by RPU which was formerly the Riverside Golf Course near the intersection of Columbia Avenue and Orange Street in the City of Riverside. On October 17, 2014, the Board of Public Utilities awarded a construction contract to Best Drilling and Pump, Inc. for the well drilling phase of this project (Phase 1) and approved a capital expenditure in the amount of$1,12$,900 for Phase I. The second phase of this project will generally entail equipping the new well with a pump and motor, electrical equipment, a control building, yard piping and construction of approximately 560 linear feet of