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Item 12.a.
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CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
April 6, 2023
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM: ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: ANNOUNCEMENTS -APRIL 6, 2023
Attached are the announcements for the above meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. General Manager Written Announcements
April 6, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 133 of 176
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Attachment 1
Board Meeting of April 6, 2023
General Manager Written Announcements
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
1) California Water Environment Association Annual Conference in San Diego
from April 18-21-2023
The California Water Environment Association's (CWEA) 89' Annual Conference will be
held at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego from April 18 through April 21, 2023.
A total of seventeen (17) employees will be attending from Central San, with seven (7)
attending in an active role. Employees are attending for a variety of purposes:
• To attend educational workshops and learning sessions,
• To serve as Mentorship participants,
• To help with registration and session facilitation, and
• Availability to accept awards for which Central San is nominated
In addition, this conference will provide the opportunity to connect and build relationships
with other water and wastewater professions from around the state in a time where
Central San is looking to collaborate with other agencies on innovative items which has
been a priority. It is an opportunity to network on optimization which Central San
prioritizes as a high priority. It also allows attendees to speak directly with exhibitors who
offer the latest technologies and advances in the industry.
2) North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) 2023 No-Dig
Show in Portland, Oregon — April 30 through May 3, 2023
Senior Engineer Sasha Mestetsky will attend the NASTT 2023 No-Dig Show from
Sunday, April 30 through Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Mestetsky
was awarded the NASTT's 2023 Conference Municipal and Public Utility Scholarship,
which will pay for full registration and hotel accommodations.
The No-Dig Show is the largest trenchless technology conference in North America.
NASTT promotes the benefits of trenchless technology for public awareness through
education, training and research, is a definitive resource for trenchless solutions to aging
underground infrastructure and the applications of trenchless technologies, and links
thousands of professionals and leaders working at the regional, national, and international
levels with a network of 11 regional chapters throughout North America.
Central San has a long history of using trenchless technology to effectively renovate its
collection system to lessen construction impacts to our customers and public while saving
costs. Staff attendance at this conference is included in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Technical Training, Conferences and Meetings budget.
April 6, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 134 of 176
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April 6, 2023
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EMPLOYEE ACTIVITIES
3) Bring a Child to Work Day to be held on Thursday, April 13, 2023
A committee has been formed to plan Bring a Child to Work Day. The event will take place
on Thursday, April 13 from 8 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with most activities centered around the
Multi-Purpose Room. The committee is working on different activities for the children to be
educated about Central San's organization, and to have fun and spend working hours with
their parents. There will be discussions about what their parent's roles are at Central San
as related to the environment and their departments as a whole. The last time this event
was held was April of 2019. We are pleased that this event is returning. We will have a
debriefing session after the event to discuss the successes and provide more information
about the activities of the day and how many participated.
PROJECT UPDATES
4) Public Bidding of Pleasant Hill Sewer Renovations, Phase 2, District Project 5991
The Pleasant Hill Sewer Renovations, Phase 2 project is part of the ongoing Collection
System Sewer Renovation Program. This project will renovate up to 8,700 feet of sewers,
primarily 6-inch to 8-inch clay pipelines, within the City of Pleasant Hill. Construction
activities will include open-trench, horizontal directional drilling, pilot tube guided boring, and
cured-in-place pipe methods within public rights-of-way and some private easements. Most
of the construction work will be focused within the Gregory Gardens subdivision.
Community outreach is being performed via a public workshop scheduled for April 5, 2023.
In addition, notification letters have been sent to the impacted residents and neighborhoods.
Staff is coordinating with Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) and the City of Pleasant Hill
and proposes to complete the sewer work after CCWD's project and prior to the city's
paving project.
This project will be advertised on April 10 and April 17, 2023, with a bid opening scheduled
for April 27, 2023. The Engineer's estimate is $4.7 million. More information will be
presented when the Board is asked to award the construction contract on
May 18, 2023.
April 6, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 135 of 176