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W A T E R E N E R G Y l [ F F 3W& RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES NIIIIIIIIIIIIII BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April 6, 2012 ITEM NO: 17 SUBJECT: AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPANDED GAGE EXCHANGE BOOSTER STATION PROJECT ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Krieger& Stewart, Inc. in a not-to-exceed amount of$616,000 for engineering design and construction management services for the Expanded Gage Exchange Booster Station Project. RECOMMENDATION: Thatthe Board of Public Utilities approves a Professional Services Agreementwith Krieger&Stewart, Inc.in a not-to-exceed amount of$616,000 for engineering design and construction management services for the Expanded Gage Exchange Booster Station Project. BACKGROUND: The Riverside Public Utilities Department (RPU) initiated a water exchange program with the Gage Canal Company(Gage)in 1991 to augment its domestic water supply. Under the exchange program, RPU may use Gage's share of water supply from Bunker Hill Basin in exchange of irrigation water.Currently, RPU delivers irrigation water from the Riverside Canal at the 0livewood Booster Station to the Gage Canal in exchange for a portion of Gage's domestic quality water. In order to augment the amount of irrigation water available to exchange forthe remaining portion of Gage's domestic quality water, staff has developed the Expanded Gage Exchange Program,which would generally entail the installation of about 12,200 linear feet of new 18-inch transmission pipeline stretching from the Riverside Canal to the Gage Canal, as well as construction of a new booster station facility. A Project Technical Report forthe Gage Exchange Program was prepared by staff and submitted for funding under the Proposition 50 funding program. The California Department of Public Health completed their review of the Technical Report, and a Letter of Commitment for Proposition 50 grant funding for the project was issued on September 18, 2008. The new transmission pipeline would be designed by staff. However, based on current workloads and manpower availability, the new booster station will be designed by a consultant to help meet the project schedule. Staff will seek Board approval at a future date to award the pipeline contract after design is complete and construction bids have been received. The Expanded Gage Exchange Booster Station Project will involve design and construction of a new booster station facility located adjacent to the Riverside Canal near Spruce Street and Kansas Avenue(Attachment 1).