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DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT <br /> Memorandum No. 2003-10 <br /> June 10, 2003 � ,I <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council ' <br /> FROM: Steve Garman Cit Mana er I <br /> , Y g � <br /> John A. Smith, Assistant City Manager for Public Services �, <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management I��, <br /> SUBJECT: ; <br /> Additional Raw Water Supply and Big and Sand Creek Dredge Sediment Storage Site Study- ' <br /> City Project 2003-07 ' <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: II <br /> Council adopt the attached resolution approving a Consulting Services Agreement with MWH '� <br /> Americas, Inc. to perform the above referenced study at a cost not to exceed $75,000. , <br /> BACKGROUND: , <br /> Staff provided Council with an information memo on this subject in January (copy attached). � <br /> Since then, staff has met with the Water Resources Advisory Committee and MWH to determine <br /> the most beneficial way to move forward with this project. During these discussions it became <br /> apparent that additional raw water storage may be sited near, or even be the same site as, the Big <br /> and Sand Creek sediment storage site that the City will need to have constructed in <br /> approximately four years. Also, the planning process used to identify potential sites for these ', <br /> projects is virtually identical. Therefare, sediment storage site analysis is included in the study's � <br /> scope of services. ' <br /> Due to MWH's previous high quality work for the City, including their 1996 Water Resources, <br /> Storage and Production Study, and their worldwide expertise in water resources development, ; <br /> staff recommends MWH far this project. I <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: ' <br /> None foreseen. ' <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: I <br /> Water Resources Advisory Committee, MWH, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois <br /> Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: <br /> John A. Smith, Assistant City Manager for Public Services, telephone 424-2833, <br /> e-mail jasmith@decaturnet.org <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management, telephone 424-2863, <br /> e-mail kdalexander@decaturnet.org <br />