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Exhibit A
Scope of Services
General Engineering Support for the City's Water and Sewer Utilities
Amendment 1
On October 18, 2011 the City of Ukiah (City) entered into an agreement with Consultant to provide
general engineering support services for water and sewer utilities. These services were described to
include:
1. Review of the City's NPDES Permit Renewal Application
2. Review of background documentation including the City's Mixing Zone Study and its
percolation pond study,
3. Coordination with City's Recycled Water Feasibility Study
4. Preparation of a water balance model for the City's disposal system that will allow the City to
model various combinations of discharge, percolation and recycling potential under a range
of hydrologic conditions
5. Preparation of a Plan of Disposal to support the City's NPDES Renewal activities including
operational practices and repair recommendations for the percolation ponds to reduce
seepage from berms
6. Preparation of a "reliable treatment analysis" and demonstration supporting protection of the
beneficial uses of the Russian River to support the City's request for basin plan exception to
allow for an increase in the seasonal discharge rate
7. Analysis of alternatives for using the historic sludge lagoons in light of Regional Board
concerns regarding compliance with Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations
8. Analysis of the nitrogen balance at the plant to answer questions raised by the Regional
Board regarding reasonable potential for ammonia
9. Review of and response to analyses prepared by the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District in order
to support prudent and efficient management of shared assets
10. Representation at meetings with the Regional Board, the District, the City Council and District
Board
11. Engineering review and oversight of the City's water supply program including water rights
documentation
12. Other tasks requested by the Director of Public Works
The initial agreement included a budget of $65,000 and a commitment to review progress when
expenditures reached $50,000.
To date Consultant has successfully completed services 1-5 and provided significant assistance with
services 6, 7 and 8. With Consultant's assistance, the City has filed a complete Report of Waste
Discharge for its NPDES permit renewal and anticipates receiving a draft permit in March 2012 with final
permit adoption scheduled for April or June 2012.
The City has monitored Consultant's efforts and expenditures and concluded that additional Consultant
support during the permit review and adoption process would benefit the City in its negotiations with the
Regional Board.
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This amendment provides for $15,000 in additional services, in accordance with the rate schedule
included with the original contract. Services will be provided at the direction of the Director of Public
Works to support final adoption of the NPDES permit.
Deliverables: Agenda, Meeting Minutes and Correspondence with the Regional Board and City
Proposed Additional Fee for Amendment 1: $15,000
CITY OF UKIAH
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES
DATED OCTOBER 18, 2011
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All terms and conditions of the Agreement for Professional Consulting Services dated
October 18, 2011 shall remain in force and effect except as modified by the first and this
second amendment.
AUTHORIZATION
Upon execution of this amendment, service provider is authorized to provide the service
described under the Scope of Additional Work.
SCOPE OF ADDITIONAL WORK
Work authorized by this amendment shall include that work described in the
Exhibit A, Amendment 1 Scope of Services from GHD, Inc received February 21, 2012
COMPENSATION
Compensation for the performance of the additional work shall be made on a time and
expense basis at Consultant's customary fees. Expenses shall not exceed a maximum
total cost of $15,000.
GHD, INC. / j CITY OF UKIAH
BY:
BY:
AL Nbtf J. CULICK JANE CHAMBERS
Office Manager City Manager
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DATE DATE
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement for
Professional Consulting Services
