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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Clark Associates, PLLC, for the design of the Reuse Water for Golf Course Irrigation Project, in the amount of $99,650.
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DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Executive Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Clark Associates to Design the Reuse Water for Golf Course Irrigation Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
In 1990, the City of Killeen and Killeen Willows, Inc. entered a 99-year agreement that allowed Stonetree Golf Course to pump water from Willows Lake into the golf course irrigation system. Since entering this agreement, the City has used water from South Nolan Creek, potable water, and reuse water from Bell County WCID's 38th Street Sewer Treatment Plant to replenish the water in Willows Lake for the water used by the irrigation system. In July 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) notified the City that reuse water could no longer augment water levels in Willows Lake due to the lake being classified as an "on channel" reservoir or "Waters of the State". Under the guidance of the TCEQ, the City discontinued using reuse water and switched back to potable water to augment Willows Lake levels. City staff researched several alternatives to continue fulfilling the 99-year agreement, to meet TCEQ requirements, and to most cost effectively supply water to the Stonetree Golf Course irrigation system.
City staff has negotiated a professional services agreement (PSA) with Clark Associates for the design, inspection, and contract administration of the Reuse Water for Golf Course Irrigation Project in the amount of $99,650. Clark Associates has provided exceptional design and contract administration on several past infrastructure projects.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
1. Make Willows Lake an "off channel" reservoir by d...
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