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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: April 2, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-129 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />Interim City Manager <br />BY:Debbie Pollart <br />Public Works Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution to Appropriate $136,115 from the Water Pollution <br />Control Plant Enterprise Fund Balance Reserve for the Purpose of Hauling Wet <br />Sludge to Prepare Drying Beds for Solar Panel Installation and to Authorize the <br />City Manager to Execute a Non-Professional Services Agreement with <br />Synagro-WWT, Inc, for $136,115 for the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) <br />Sludge Haul 2017-18 Project <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff requests City Council adopt a Resolution appropriating $136,115 from the WPCP <br />enterprise fund balance reserve for 2017-18. These funds will be used to remove 3,500 tons of <br />wet sludge from WPCP drying beds in preparation for solar panel installation. <br />Staff additionally recommends City Council adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to <br />execute a Non-Professional Services Agreement with Synagro-WWT, Inc. for the Sludge Haul <br />2017-18 project. <br /> <br />The above project was competitively bid, with the low bid submitted by Synagro-WWT, Inc. in the <br />amount of $136,115. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The WPCP regularly removes 15% solids concentration sludge from the digesters and places it <br />in the drying beds. During the winter, sludge does not have an opportunity to dry, and is also <br />exposed to rainfall, increasing water content. Drying usually occurs during the warm weather <br />months from April to August, and the dried biosolids are stacked for off-haul and disposal the <br />following year. <br />This year, the WPCP needs to prepare to lose four drying beds to the solar panel project, and wet <br />sludge needs to be hauled off by May in order to prepare for the installation. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/27/2018 <br />63