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BACKGROUND Vinevard Corridor Specific Plan and Updated Financing Plan When the Specific Plan was adopted in 1999, there were four new major water facilities included that were necessary to serve the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (VCSP) area. These four projects included improvements to an existing Zone 7 turnout, Turnout No. 6, (a turnout is a large metering and valve vault used to control and meter water deliveries from the Zone 7's water transmission system into the City's transmission and distribution system), construction of a new water booster pumping station, a new water storage reservoir and a new reservoir access road and pipeline to connect the reservoir to the new pump station. On September 19, 2006, Council approved a construction contract and a construction management services contract for constructing the Vineyard Hills Reservoir and rough grading of the temporary tank access road totaling $4.6 million. At that same meeting, Council reviewed the Draft Financing Plan for Vineyard Avenue Corridor Infrastructure Improvements (Financing Plan) outlining the financial status of the VCSP funds and remaining infrastructure needs for the four major water facilities and all remaining non- water related infrastructure. At its meeting of February 6, 2007, City Council received an update of the financing plan for the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan Infrastructure Improvements. In that report, the completion of the water storage tank was estimated to be $4,600,000 ($3,300,000 for Vineyard Corridor development capacity and $1,300,000 to meet non-Corridor needs). Also in that report, the total water infrastructure cost was estimated to be $9,475,012. As indicated in Attachment 1, the final cost of the water tank improvements was $4,657,015, slightly above the estimate of February, 2007. Vinevard Hills Reservoir One of the water system requirements for the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan was the addition of a water tank (the Vineyard Hills Reservoir). The ultimate tank size (1.4 million gallons) is mainly attributed to Vineyard Corridor water needs. A portion of that capacity (0.4 million gallons) is intended to provide excess water supplies to nearby Ruby Hills and to provide redundancy in the Bonde water zone. This project was designed, advertised, and bid, with the City Council awarding the contract on September 5, 2006. The low bid was submitted by Gateway Pacific Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $3,942,206. There were a total of 13 change orders on the project resulting in a net increase of the contract amount of $11,541.07. In addition to this construction contract, this project included construction management and construction support services totaling $521,788. This project was completed within the budget approved as part of the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan Financing Plan for water infrastructure. The budget and funding status of the VCSP water improvements included in the Plan are listed on Attachment 1. Remaining Water Infrastructure Work The acceptance of this project represents completion of one of the three final remaining Vineyard Corridor Water improvement projects. The fourth project, the Zone 7 turnout, has already been completed and accepted. One of the remaining projects, the booster Page 2 of 3