REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE BOARD GOVERNED COUNTY SERVICE AREAS
AND RECORD OF ACTION
August 8, 2023
FROM
BRENDON BIGGS, Director, Department of Public Works - Special Districts
SUBJECT
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California Environmental Quality Act Finding and Plans and Specifications for County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Acting as the governing body of County Service Area 64 - Spring Valley Lake:
1. Find that the County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Section 15301, Class 1, Existing Facilities and Section 15302, Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction.
2. Approve the County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project, as defined in the Notice of Exemption.
3. Approve the plans and specifications for the County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project.
4. Authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise the County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project for competitive bids.
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to file and post the Notice of Exemption.
(Presenter: Brendon Biggs, Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Ensure Development of a Well-Planned, Balanced, and Sustainable County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The County Service Area 64 Spring Valley Lake - Lakeview Lift Station Renovation Project (Project) will be funded through sanitation fees charged to customers of County Service Area 64 - Spring Valley Lake (District). Appropriation for the Project is included in the District’s 2023-24 Capital Improvement Program budget and will be included in the future recommended budgets, as needed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The District’s Lakeview Lift Station is located on a 0.12-acre parcel, Assessor’s Parcel Number 0480-241-01, between Spring Valley Lake and Lakeview Drive. The sewer lift station was constructed in 1971 and consists of two existing concrete wet well structures with hatches, screw pumps, electrical equipment, and a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. The existing sewer lift station currently serves approximately 4,215 residential lots around Spring Valley Lake.
The Department of Public Works - Special Districts (Department) has received several complaints of odors coming from the sewer lift station. The screw pumps create high turbulence flows that contribute to the malodorous conditions. Additionally, the sewer lift station screw pumps have a history of failure, and the surrounding equipment is showing signs of rust and corrosion. The Project proposes renovations of the Lakeview Lift Station that will address these issues, as well as mitigate the malodorous conditions as detailed in an Odor and Corrosion Control Study prepared in 2018. As part of the renovation, the existing screw pumps will be replaced with submersible pumps, which will help alleviate one of the main sources of odor.
Department staff reviewed the Project and determined that a categorical exemption in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15301 Class 1 and Section 15302 Class 2 is appropriate. The Class 1 exemption allows for alteration activities on existing and similar facilities, including publicly owned facilities that involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The Class 2 exemption allows for replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
In addition to the CEQA finding, this item seeks Board of Supervisors (Board) approval of the Project’s plans and specifications and authorization to advertise for bids.
PROCUREMENT
Upon approval of this item, the Project will be advertised for formal bids in accordance with Section 22037 of the California Public Contract Code. The Department anticipates returning to the Board in October 2023 with a recommendation for award of the Project’s construction contract.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Aaron Gest, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on June 30, 2023; Finance (Tom Forster, Administrative Analyst, 387-4635) on July 3, 2023; and County Finance and Administration (Paloma Hernandez-Barker, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on July 7, 2023.