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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2022 SUBJECT: SECOND AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON TESTING WITH CARBON ACTIVATED CORPORATION OF COMPTON, CALIFORNIA, FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,652,000 ISSUE: Consider approving the expenditure of $2,652,000 for granular activated carbon testing for a three-year term, and recommending that the City Council approve a Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement for Granular Activated Carbon Testing with Carbon Activated Corporation of Compton, California, for a three-year term through December 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $2,652,000. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Approve the expenditure not to exceed $2,652,000 for granular activated carbon testing for a three-year term; and That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: 2. Approve a Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for Granular Activated Carbon Testing with Carbon Activated Corporation of Compton, California, for a three-year term through December 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $2,652,000; and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement, including making minor and non -substantive changes and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to complete the transactions. BACKGROUND: On January 11, 2021, the Board of Public Utilities approved two separate professional services agreements with Calgon Carbon Corporation and Carbon Activated Corporation to test the organic contaminant removal performance of two different virgin and regenerated granular - activated bituminous coal -based carbon media products (GAC). Each carbon product was evaluated for its removal efficiency for dibromocholoropropane (DBCP), 1,2,3-Trichloropropane