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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with CDM Smith, Inc. for the Surface Water Intake Protection Plan (RFP No. 956, $42,674.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution approving a professional services agreement for consulting services in the amount of $42,674.00 with CDM Smith, Inc. for the Surface Water Intake Protection Plan.
To ensure that the City of Ann Arbor continues to provide the highest-quality drinking waters for the community, a Source Water Assessment is routinely completed. The assessment must complete an analysis for all sources of public drinking water that will (1) define source-water areas, (2) list potential contaminant sites and contaminants of concern, and (3) determine raw water susceptibility to contamination.
The assessment process for these source-waters includes reviewing water quality monitoring records and identifying potential contaminant sources. Assessments include local data on land-use, potential contamination sources (sewer outfalls, leaking storage tanks, air deposition, etc.), information from local water plant personnel (intake construction and location, influent quality, effects of weather, pond currents, etc.), and centralized State and Federal data resources (census data, permitted discharges, etc.).
This project continues and advances local source-water protection initiatives that will protect drinking water and improve watershed protection. The proposed agreement between CDM Smith, Inc. and the City of Ann Arbor includes all the required professional services to perform this study.
The City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 956 for professional services to complete a Surface Water Intake Protection Plan. CDM Smith, Inc. was selected from two prospective consultant teams that responded to RFP No. 956. A selection committee comprised of City staff reviewed the proposals. Both consultant teams were selected for follow-up presentati...
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