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10-Al REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager February 3, 2003 Subject Highway 101 Bicycle Path - Recycled Water Transmission Line Expenditure Authorization Recommendation By Motion, authorize the payment of construction deposit to the California Department of Transportation in the amount of $1,854,900.00 for the Highway 101 Recycled Water Transmission Line Background On June 3, 2002, by resolution, the City Council approved the Contribution Agreement with the State of California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans), and authorized the City Manager to enter into the Contribution Agreement ( "Agreement ") for the City to pay 100% of the actual cost of the installation of a 24 -inch recycled water transmission line under the new bicycle path to be constructed by Caltrans between Whipple Avenue and Sky Way frontage road adjacent to Highway 101. Caltrans is ready to proceed with the Highway 101 auxiliary lane improvement project, including construction of a new 12 -foot wide bicycle path adjacent to Highway 101 between the Whipple Avenue on -ramp and Sky Way frontage road in San Carlos. Caltrans will perform the construction of the 24 -inch recycled water transmission line under the bike path. The pipeline will be capped at both ends for future connection to the proposed Redwood City recycled water system. This segment of the proposed transmission infrastructure is the only viable alignment to move large volumes of recycled water from its source at the South Bay Systems Authority treatment plant and out of Redwood Shores into the rest of Redwood City. Consistent with input from the City Council Utilities Committee to create maximum future flexibility / capacity, the pipe is sized to serve Redwood City and other, adjacent agencies and /or users as well. While the timing of this City Council decision is not ideal, there exists a unique and cost - effective window of opportunity for the Council to preserve long -term options now. At this juncture, the Council is not prepared to say yes or no to the mandatory use of recycled water, but seems to be leaning toward an alternative project that would provide some type of 'opt -out' provision for residential landscape users. Should the Council decide not to authorize the Highway 101 transmission line at this time while such alternatives are being explored, future construction of this critical link will be a vastly more expensive project, with substantial permitting delays. As the Council addresses public health and safety issues and non - mandatory alternatives in the weeks /months ahead, it is even more important to preserve the ability to move water out of Redwood Shores to other potential recycled water users. Page 1 of 2