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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Purifics Water, Inc., of London, Ontario (CAN), for the Commissioning and Startup of stormwater filtration equipment for the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment Project, in an amount of $146,480, with a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $21,972, for a total contract amount not to exceed $168,452, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Purifics Water, Inc. (Purifics), for the commissioning and startup of stormwater filtration equipment for the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment (LB-MUST) Project.
LB-MUST will consist of a stormwater treatment facility and a new wetland habitat area near the Shoemaker Bridge at 901 DeForest Avenue. The goal of LB-MUST is to improve Long Beach's water quality to benefit aquatic life and recreational beach activities. By capturing and cleaning urban stormwater runoff, LB-MUST will reduce pollution that would otherwise discharge into the Los Angeles River and enter Long Beach beaches. The recycled water from the facility will help sustain a wetland habitat. These activities ensure compliance with the City of Long Beach's (City) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
On April 3, 2018, the City Council adopted Resolution No. RES-18-0049, which authorized the City Manager to execute a contract with Purifics for the purchase of stormwater filtration equipment for LB-MUST. Since then, the equipment has been delivered to the City's storage facility and paid in full. Construction of the LB-MUST Facility began in November 2021 and the stormwater filtration equipment will be moved to the LB-MUST Facility later this year where it ...
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