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Cv. �2 . Customer site retrofits for each existing private or public site with a landscape irrigation meter. Retrofits will occur as each property owner has agreed to convert to recycled water for landscape irrigation and industrial uses. The recycled water disinfection facility and the storage and pumping facilities will be in a single structure located at the SBSA treatment plant site. The Project plan calls for this facility to be designed and constructed by SBSA and paid for by Redwood City. Upon completion of construction and acceptance by the City the facilities ownership wifl be transferred to the City. SBSA will be responsible for operation of the disinfection facility while the City will be responsible for the operation of the storage and pumping facilities. The production of recycled water will be SBSA's responsibility up to the "Point of Delivery" which will be defined as where the recycled water enters the storage tank. The ownership. and responsibility for the water will transfer from SBSA to Redwood City at the Po�nt of Delivery. Since the structure will be a City-owned facility, the disposition of real property beneath the structures has been addressed in a long-term lease agreement ("Lease"). The plans and specifications for the construction of the SBSA Disinfection, Storage, and Pumping Facilities were prepared by Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and are at 100% completion. Bid documents have been reviewed and compiled by the project construction manager, the Covello Group. All documents have been rigorously reviewed by staff from Engineering & Construction, Public Works Services, and SBSA. The schedule milestones are: • Oct. 27 — SBSA Commission approval of plans and specifications, call for bids • Nov. 01 — Bid packages available to bidders • Dec. 09 — Bid opening •.�an. 10 — Council considers approval of low bid � • Jan. 19 — SBSA Commission considers award of contract • Construction will begin in February 2005 and be completed in July 2006. Pursuant to the Redwood Shores Bayfront Specific Plan, adopted in 2002, a use permit is required for the recycled water facilities at SBSA. Following a concerted public outreach effort (see attached copy of hand-out / mailer), the Redwood City Zoning Administrator held a public hearing on Oct. 13, 2004, and has subsequently issued her approval of the Use Permit with some conditions related to landscape screening and aesthetics delineated in the Specific Plan and public comments received. Alternative Provide alternative direction. Fiscal Impact The preliminary, estimated cost of the "Alternative TF" Project as recommended by the Recycled Water Task Force was $43.6 million, of which approximately $12 million was apportioned to project facilities at SBSA. That estimate (based on 2002 dollars) was refined to $14 million in June 2004, as the construction materials market (concrete and steel) began to show serious cost escalations. Given the market trends since June, and the finalization of the design for the disinfection, storage, and pumping facilities (nearly all concrete and steel), the project team now estimates that the cost of these improvements at SBSA could range from $15 to $18 million, with the variance highly dependent on the construction bid market. The team is in consensus that delaying bidding will only make the financial impacts worse, and further, it will be important for the City Council to have a�rm Page 2 of 3