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<br /> <br />ZONE 7 <br />ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br /> <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 26- <br /> <br />INTRODUCED BY DIRECTOR <br />SECONDED BY DIRECTOR <br /> <br />Award a Contract for Preliminary Design and Owner's Representative Services <br />for the Regional Groundwater Development Project <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the proposed action supports Strategic Plan Goal B – Reliable Water Supply <br />and Infrastructure; Goal C – Safe Water; and Goal D – Groundwater Management; and <br />supports Initiative 5 – Develop a diversified water supply plan and implement supported <br />projects and programs; Initiative 6 – Continue to Effectively Implement Infrastructure Projects <br />in the Water System Capital Improvement Plan; and Initiative 11 – Manage the Groundwater <br />Sustainability Agency and implement the Groundwater Sustainability Plan; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Zone 7 is developing the Regional Groundwater Development Project, in <br />partnership with the City of Pleasanton, to increase local groundwater production capacity in <br />the Bernal Subbasin of the Livermore Valley Groundwater Basin and to address the loss of <br />production capacity resulting from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the recommended Project consists of two new groundwater production wells <br />in the City of Pleasanton, a raw-water transmission main, and capacity upgrades at the Zone 7 <br />Hopyard Chloramination Facility; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Project will be delivered using the Progressive Design-Build method, and <br />the services authorized by this action are required to advance the Project through preliminary <br />design, complete environmental review, and to procure the Progressive Design-Build team; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the consulting services were competitively procured under a Request for <br />Proposals in accordance with Zone 7's Procurement Policy, and Luhdorff & Scalmanini, <br />Consulting Engineers was selected and completed the Feasibility Study that identified the <br />recommended Project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on May 20, 2026, the Board authorized the General Manager to negotiate <br />and execute the Groundwater Supply Facility Construction and Operation Agreement with the <br />City of Pleasanton, which establishes each agency's roles, the cost-share framework, and the <br />Project's target operational date of December 28, 2029; and <br /> <br />Page 136 of 318