HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.4) Written AnnouncementsA o . Board Meeting of March 17, 2011 Written Announcements Staff Conference Attendance a) Right -of -Way Agent Lisa Robertson's Attendance at International Right -of -Way Association's (IRWA) Young Professional Group Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 30 through April 1, 2011. Right -of -Way Agent Lisa Robertson will be attending the I RWXs Young Professional Group Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 30 through April 1, 2011. The topics that will be covered include: Right of 'Tay Business Ethics & Etiquette, Changing Industry Standards and Regulations, Leadership Development, and Career Path and Designations. This is a nationwide seminar and will not be offered this year in California. No other expenses beyond District staff time is necessary for Ms. Robertson to attend, since the course tuition and travel expenses will be paid for by the International Right --of -Way Association as Lisa is the Chair of the Young Professional's Committee. Project Related Updates b) Presentation to Lafayette and Moraga on Refinery Project and Recycled Water Program Staff has -been pursuing federal funding for the Martinez Refinery Recycled Project through the Water Resources .Development Act (WRDA). Our federal lobbyist who is assisting us with this effort has recommended obtaining letters of support from local elected officials to share with our federal elected representatives. Two of the cities we have asked for letters of support, Lafayette and Moraga, would like a presentation to their City Councils about the refinery project and our recycled water program before agreeing to provide a letter. Staff is working on determining presentation dates. c) .Advertisement of .District Project 7247, Treatment Plant. Protective Coatings (Phase 4) on March 18 and 23, 2011 in the summer of 2009, KTA- Tator, Inc. performed an evaluation to determine the status of the protective coatings on various components around the treatment plant. Based on the results. of that evaluation, staff has compiled a project to apply protective coatings to equipment, piping, and structures in need of surface rehabilitation. This phase of the Protective Coating Program will apply coating to surfaces, such as the headwork's climber screens, piping and structural supports in the basement of the pump and blower building, the carbide lime storage tanks, walkway structures at the clear well, fuel oil storage tanks, sludge storage tank monorail structure, and the UV basin effluent weir supports. This work will be coordinated with operations staff and will not hinder the operation of the treatment plant. We plan to request award of this project at the May 5, 2011 Board Meeting. The engineers construction cost estimate is $750,000. construction of the project should be completed by December 2011. d) Advertisement of District Project 5994, Lafayette Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer on March 18 and 25. 2011 The Lafayette Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer project is part of the Collection System Expansion Program. The project will consist of installing, replacing, and rehabilitating approximately 5,500 feet of 5- to 18 --inch sewer pipe. The construction will take -place within the southbound lanes of Pleasant Hill Road from Springhill Road to Stanley Boulevard, within Stanley Boulevard, and then within the neighborhood streets south to State Highway 24. The work will involve open cut, guided boring, and cured -in -place construction methods. This project will be advertised on March 18 and March 25, 2011. The bids will be opened on April 12, 2011. The construction cost is currently estimated at $2,300, More information will be presented when the Board is asked to approve the construction contract on May 5, 2011. General Updates e) San Ramon Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in In November 2010, the San Ramon city council voted to augment and possibly replace some Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) services in San Ramon by providing Door -to -Door (D2D) HHW collection to its residents. Their D2D Program was planned to start in January 2011 but do to a merger with San Ramon's D2D contractor and Waste Management Inc., there has been a delay. Their anticipated start date is now sometime in April 2011. The City of San Ramon has requested that the District hold a mobile HHW` collection event at its usual location at -the City's services center on Crow canyon Road. The date of the event has been set for Saturday, May 7, 2011. The mobile HHW event in San Ramon was planned in the FY2010 -11 O &M Budget.