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Parkside Drive, looking southwest, and Attachment 5 is the view from the median of Parkside Drive and Sports Park Drive, looking east. Staff from the Community Development Department - Planning Division reviewed the proposed design of the booster station. Staff believes the structure would be well- integrated with surrounding trees and that it is relatively inconspicuous as it would look like other buildings within the park. The surrounding small berm and proposed perimeter vegetation would also reduce the visibility of the structure from off-site viewpoints. Finally, Ranger Pipelines has purchased the pre-packaged system from Patterson Pump and the booster station is in fabrication. The station is scheduled to be delivered in March/April 2018. Bids Sealed bids for this project were opened on December 19, 2017. A total of six bids were received, however two bids were released. The original low bidder, ELLA, was released from its bid due to a documented error which met the requirements of California Public Contracts Code §§5101 and 5013. The highest bidder, Pacific Underground Construction, Inc., was released due to an incomplete bid package. The remaining four bids ranged from $322,800 to $394,000 (see Attachment 2, Bid Summary). The engineer's estimate for this project was $270,000. The 20% difference between the engineer's estimate and low bid is primarily attributed to the current bidding climate in which recent projects are seeing increased costs. It is not anticipated that the cost of construction will lower in the near future. The funding source for this project is nearing expiration and there is insufficient time to wait for the bidding climate to become more favorable for the City. The low base bid of$322,800 was received from GSE Construction Company, Inc. of Livermore, California. All bid documents were found to be in order and past work performed by this contractor was verified to be satisfactory. Staff is recommending award of the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, GSE Construction Company, Inc., in the amount of$322,800. Other Project Costs Consultant support services will be required for material testing and compaction, biological/bird review and construction support assistance. The existing consultants will be utilized under the existing contracts for the Recycled Water Infrastructure project with an anticipated expenditure of up to $15,000. PG&E is currently working on the design of the electrical feed to the station. PG&E has not provided an estimate for the cost of the design and equipment work to be completed by them. The loan and grant reviewers have indicated that PG&E design and equipment costs may not be eligible for grant funding; however, PG&E may allow the cost to be included in the rate fees and not require an expenditure at this time. Included in the bid is a $15,000 allowance to cover additional construction costs resulting from PG&E's design. Page 3 of 4