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Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Federal Cost Sharing Agreement with the Department of the Army for the Design and Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plant Sea Level Rise Project (ss1802) in the amount projected to be $5,652,138.
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WHEREAS, the South San Francisco San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant (“WQCP”) is a critical infrastructure asset that treats wastewater for residents and businesses in South San Francisco (“City”), San Bruno, Colma, and Daly City and serves as a shared final effluent pump station for Millbrae, Burlingame, and San Francisco International Airport; and
WHEREAS, the WQCP is vulnerable to flooding as identified in the 2018 San Mateo County Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”) Project ss1802 is intended to address sea-level rise and flooding issues at the WQCP; and
WHEREAS, in September 26, 2018, the City requested assistance from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”), part of the United States Department of the Army; and
WHEREAS, in August 27, 2019, the Army Corps completed its Federal Interest Determination Report and recommended that the Army Corps proceed with the feasibility study under the Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 103; and
WHEREAS, in May 2023, Army Corp recommended the City construct two steel sheetpile floodwalls capped with concrete on the north and south sides of the WQCP along with a ringwall constructed to fully surround Pump Station 4; and
WHEREAS, the first step of the Design and Implementation phase is to execute the Project Partnership Agreement (“PPA”) attached in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the design and implementation costs will be shared as a 65/35 split between the Army Corps and the City. The entire project cost, including the feasibility phase cost, is estimated to be $17,970,599. The Army Corp has a project cap at $10,000,000. Based on this framework, it is estimated the total remaining cost share for the City would be $7,385,599. The City will receive a credit for owning the project property, which will lower the cost share by $1,733,461 to $5,652,138; and
WHEREAS, the City has appropriated $6,213,572 to project ss1802 as part of the City’s Capital Improvement Program budget using Sewer Enterprise Funds and San Bruno Sewer Funds, of which $5,391,833.62 remains; and
WHEREAS, Budget Amendment Number 25.029 would increase the total project budget to $6,473,876.38, creating an available budget of $5,652,138 for the Design and Implementation project phase.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council approves Budget Amendment Number 25.029 to amend the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Capital Improvement Plan Budget to add $260,304.38 for Project No. ss1802 from the Sewer Enterprise Funds and San Bruno Sewer Funds to increase the project budget to match the estimated City cost share.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco approves the Project Partnership Agreement between the City and the Army Corps to support CIP Project ss1802, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute the Project Partnership Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit A on behalf of the City or to take any other action consistent with the intent of this Resolution, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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