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SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION .1 PIPELINE PROJE 1115202 MrArill, DATE, June 20, 2014 The issues for Board of Public Utilities consideration are, 1) approval of a contract award for the Johnson Well No. 4 Equipping and 16-Inch Pipeline Project -- Bid No RPU-72071 and 2) approval of a capital expenditure in the amount of $906,500 for Work Order No. 1115202. That the Board of Public Utilities. Award a contract for the construction of the Johnson Well No. 4 Equipping and 16-Inch Pipeline Project — Bid No, RPU-7207 to the lowest responsive bidder, Cora Constructors Inc., of Palm Desert, California, in the amount of $604,934; and 2. Approve the capital expenditure of $906,500 for Work Order No, 1115202, which includes all design, construction, contract administration, inspection and construction contingency costs for the Johnson Well No. 4 Equipping and 16-Inch Pipeline Project — Bid No. RPU-7207. The Riverside Public Utilities Department (RPU) drilled Johnson Well No. 4 in 1990 with the intent to extract water from the Rialto-Colton Groundwater Basin. However, due to various factors including the economic downturn at the time, the well was never equipped and placed into service. As part of RPU's Lower Gage Exchange, irrigation water from the Riverside Canal is pumped to the Gage Canal to make available Gage Water suitable for potable use. In recent years, RPU's production capacity of irrigation water from the Riverside South Groundwater Basin has decreased, mostly due to declining water levels throughout the basin. Equipping Johnson Well o.. and connecting it to the Riverside Canal will help RPU meet its irrigation and potable water demands. On April 1, 2011, a video inspection of Johnson Well No. 4 was performed and revealed that the existing casing is in good condition overall. The work will generally entail redevelopment and testing of Johnson Well No. 4, construction of approximately 650 linear feet of 16-inch ductile iron pipe from the Well to the existing Rice-Thorne pipeline, installation of a pump and motor, construction of electrical equipment and sewice, installation of a shade structure and security fencing, along with all other incidental items and appurtenances.