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Consent Agenda Item INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES SE Date: June 17, 2014 To: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services Prepared By: Arjuna Weragoda, P.E., Capital Projects Manager Subject: Work Order No. 12 with CDM Smith — Design, Permitting and Bidding Services for Construction of Well No. 7 and at the South County RO Plant DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: On August 18, 2009 the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved CDM Smith to design, permit, bid and manage construction of a potable water production well (Well No. 7) which included all pertinent pumps, electrical work and instrumentation components to serve the South County RO Plant (SCRO). The proposed well is to be located at the northwest corner of the South County Park, adjacent to the ball fields. The construction plans and the technical specifications were completed before the County placed the project on hold. Since that time, the South County Park multi-purpose fields were built necessitating the need to modify the original design. Some of the wells at the SCRO have been in service for some time and are experiencing diminishing yield output. Having an additional well will reduce the stress on the existing wells. Well No. 7 has previously been approved in the existing St. John's River Water Management District (SJRWMD) Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) for groundwater withdrawals supplying the SCRO. However, a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permit will be required before construction of the well can begin. ANALYSIS: Previously, impact fee funds were used for the design services in anticipation of future growth demands in the southern portion of the county which never came to fruition. When the project was put on hold, the expenses incurred at that time were transferred to the operating fund. In an abundance of caution, the funding source now reflects the use of operating funds for the remaining engineering work and construction costs since well No.7 is being added for increased reliability and redundancy to the system, not for additional capacity. The scope of services associated with Work Order No.12 is to finalize design, complete the bid package and obtain the necessary permits for proposed well No.7 at the SCRO as per the CDM Smith proposal dated June 6, 2014. Consultant will begin work immediately upon authorization of this Work Order and complete design, bid package and permitting within 120 -days. 45