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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jan Coppinger, Special Districts Administrator
DATE: February 6, 2018
SUBJECT:
Provide update on status of CSA #16 Consolidation Project and seek direction from Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In 2015 an Emergency Drought grant was received from Proposition 84 funds through the Westside Sacramento Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWM) to consolidate County Service Area #16, Paradise Valley Water System with the Clearlake Oaks County Water District (CLOCWD).
The grant was for $1,360,000 with a cash match of $340,000 for a budgeted project of $1,700,000.
1.8 miles of pipeline was installed along Highway 20 to physically connect the two water systems. Over the course of construction and elapsed time, CLOCWD underwent changes in management staff and some Board Members. With those changes and new information from SWRCB concerning grants for CLOCWD, the original concept and agreement were modified.
CLOCWD will receive top priority for grant funds as a benefit of the consolidation and a much needed storage tank would be included in the grant. It was determined that the new tank, located up the hill from Harvey Blvd. would not only benefit their existing customers, it would benefit the CSA #16 customers as well.
The original agreement was for CSA #16 to install increased storage near their existing tank but this option posed water quality issues as the amount stored to meet fire flows far exceeded the amount used by CSA #16 customers. The new agreement for a storage tank at Harvey Blvd. would meet fire flows for CSA #16 and reduce the risk of stagnant water. The new proposal is for CSA #16 to have electricity brought onto the site, engineer the road and waterlines and gain easements for the new tank site as well as recoat the existing tank, and install aeration and scada.
Remaining work also includes replacing the meters and abandoning the existing wells.
Several factors drove the budget hig...
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