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BACKGROUND In December 2014, Pleasanton, along with the cities of Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD), and Zone 7 entered into the Tri- Valley Intergovernmental Reciprocal Services Master Agreement (Agreement). The objective of the Agreement is for the agencies to share among and between themselves resources that support government functions and for joint purchase of equipment and/or supplies or procurement of contracting or consulting services. The intent is to save time and money between the agencies by streamlining processes that are of similar nature. The Utilities staff of the Operations Services Department and Engineering Department staff have been discussing with Zone 7 options for inspection and repair of the City's storm system that includes 195 miles of storm pipe that discharge to various waterways via 278 outfalls. As the local flood control authority Zone 7 has taken on the responsibility of inspecting the 278 outfalls in Pleasanton. The inspection includes evaluating the condition of the outfalls and reporting results to the City's Engineering and Operations departments to review the Zone 7 condition assessment to determine the priority and type of work required for each outfall. DISCUSSION Staff is pursuing the use of a Task Order Agreement with Zone 7 to inspect and repair the City's storm outfalls more effectively and efficiently. Additionally, obtaining and managing the environmental permits required to work in and around waterways is a lengthy and arduous process. A key advantage to the project is that Zone 7 already has the necessary permits and the management structure in place to facilitate inspections and repairs. Through the Task Order process, the City's Engineering and Operations staff would provide the details for an outfall repair including design parameters and construction specifications to Zone 7's contractor who will provide a cost estimate to the City for the proposed work at each location. Once the cost is approved by both the City and Zone 7, the contractor would then perform the work under Zone 7's permit and invoice Zone 7 for the work. The City would reimburse Zone 7 after Zone 7 invoices the City for the work associated with the Task Order. The costs would then be applied against the not- to-exceed limit of the Task Order agreement. Because Zone 7 already has the required environmental permits, the ability to monitor permit conditions, and an on-call contractor, the work can start immediately. Conversely, following the more common design, permit, and bid model, a simple outfall repair project could take two or more years to complete. Through the Task Order agreement Zone 7 would lead the project with their staff, on call contractors, and their annual stabilization/repair permit. The City would be responsible for 50% of the repair work costs. Annual planning would occur with Zone 7 to identify and plan for repairs and stabilizations of the storm outfalls. Page 2 of 3