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construction of a water main on Jungle Trail as part of the infrastructure to take the plant off line. Please reference the attached copy of their report. In 1996, the Board of County Commissioners awarded the construction of a water main across to the beach from a feed line on the mainland and allowing the North Beach plant to be converted to a repump facility. The Utilities Department is now prepared to begin with the plant decommission. This will involve two contracts; one for project design, construction and inspection. The second contract will be for financial analysis of the project. ANALYSIS The Utility Department staff has completed the Competitive Consultants Negotiation Act (CCNA) process to select an engineering firm to design the repump facility and decommission the plant. The firms that gave presentations are as follows: 1. Carter Associates, Inc. 2. Brown and Caldwell 3. Malcolm Pirnie 4. Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc. The ranking is as follows: 1. Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc. 2. Brown and Caldwell 3. Malcolm Pirnie 4. Carter Associates, Inc. On November 12, 1996, the Board of County Commissioners approved Brown and Caldwell as our Master Plan Continuing Services Engineer, (See attached Agenda and contract) which included financial analysis work as well. We wish to negotiate a Work Authorization with Brown and Caldwell to provide a financial analysis of the project to determine funding sources and substantiate the projects financial viability. RECOMMENDATION The staff of the Department of Utility Services recommends approval of the first ranked firm, Camp Dresser and McKee, and to authorize the staff to begin contract negotiations for the project as outlined above with Camp Dressed and McKee and Brown and Caldwell. Commissioner Adams expressed her concern that some of these contracts might be favorable to the firm to which one of our former employees moved last fall (former Assistant Utilities Director Harry Asher moved to Brown and Caldwell). Utilities Director Terry Pinto explained that the contract actually will enhance what they are doing for us. Our contract goes way beyond the time when Mr. Asher went with them. He assured the Board that Mr. Asher's working for them now has no credence in why we are working with them. Chairman Eggert felt she would agree if this had come up just since Mr. Asher has been with Brown & Caldwell, but these contracts have been ongoing for a long time, back to 1992. FEBRUARY 11, 1997 51 BOOK FADE u , J