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BACKGROUND Vineyard Corridor Water Facility Improvements When the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan (VCSP) was being developed in 1998-1999, City Public Works and Planning staff worked closely with the engineering consultants for the VCSP developers to determine the domestic water facility needs and projects necessary to serve the area. This effort resulted in the identification and preliminary design of a number of new water facilities for the area. All of these new utility improvement projects were needed since the existing utility systems on either side of the VCSP area were either close to reaching, or had reached, their design capacities (as was the case for water facilities in the Ruby Hill and Vintage Hills areas). These preliminary designs formed the basis for the Public Facilities section of the VCSP. The new water facilities necessary to serve the VCSP area included improvements to an existing (but standby) Zone 7 turnout (a turnout is a large metering and valve vault used to control and meter water deliveries from the Zone 7 water transmission system into the City's transmission and distribution system), construction of a new water booster pumping station (located on the same site as the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department Station No. 5), a new water storage reservoir located at an appropriate elevation and of an appropriate size within the VCSP area, and a new reservoir access road and pipeline to connect the new reservoir to the new pump station, turnout and VCSP water infrastructure. All of these facilities, including the access road, were needed in order to provide water to the developing VCSP area since the water facilities on either side of the area were unable to do so. That is, during the summer months, pumping stations on either side of the VCSP are overburdened, and have to use their spare or emergency pumps just to keep up with normal summer demands. This can lead to low water pressures, water service interruptions, and potentially inadequate water supply for the area. With the adoption of the VCSP, a financing plan, "Shared Infrastructure Financing Program", was also approved by City Council in March, 2000. The Shared Infrastructure Financing Program was prepared utilizing engineer's estimates at the time. 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 total water infrastructure cost was estimated to be $7,588,000 (plus the cost to reimburse Threehand, LLC for construction of the water tank access road, $1,888,000). Also on February 6, 2007, Council awarded a construction contract and approved a construction management services contract for constructing the Vineyard Avenue Booster Pump Station (including improving Zone 7 Turnout #6) totaling $2,987,012 (including project contingencies). In addition, at its meeting of March 20, 2007, City Council authorized a consulting contract with Garber Engineering for construction support services in the amount of $81,600. Due to revisions required during construction, such as the addition of an emergency fuel tank screening wall and additional instrumentation to monitor the emergency fuel tank and fire alarm and sprinkler revisions, tasks were added to the Page 2 of 3