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REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager July 15, 2002 Subject Agreement for Professional Consulting Engineering Services - Chloramines Conversion Study Recommendation By motion, authorize execution of agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, of Palo Alto, California, for providing consultant services for the Feasibility Study of Chloramines Conversion, in an amount not to exceed $77,300. Background The City Redwood City (The City) purchases all of its potable drinking water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). The SFPUC is planning to change their drinking water disinfection method from chlorine to chlommines in the fall of 2003, for the primary purpose of reducing the concentration of chlorine-related disinfection byproducts in the water, and to conform with newly established federal disinfection by- product regulations. Redwood City is required to evaluate the impact of the planned conversion of the drinking water disinfectant from chlorine to chlommines on the City's water distribution system and storage facilities, and to identify needed facility improvements to prevent water quality problems such as nitrification and bacterial counts. Redwood City is also interested in the preparation of a chloramination monitoring program and a nitrification prevention and control plan. The study will be implemented according to the attached Exhibit "^" - scope of work, and summarized below: Task 1. A distribution system assessment for chloramine conversion. Task 2. A storage facilities assessment for chloramine conversion. Task 3. Development of a water quality monitoring program. Task 4. A chloramine conversion water quality assurance plan. Task 5. ^ Feasibility Study report will be prepared summarizing the above. The Feasibility Study will first be prepared as a draf[ document and submitted to the