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Motion: M2018-090
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File Number: 18-0618 Enactment Number: M2018-090
Motion to authorize the Interim City Manager or designee to execute Notices to
Proceed for task orders issued pursuant to the City's Master Services Agreement with
Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the Seawater Desalination Project, subject to the May 22
2018 letter of clarification from said firm.
At a meeting of the City Council on 5/22/2018, this Motion was passed.
Aye: 8 Mayor McComb, Council Member Garza, Council Member Guajardo, Council
Member Hunter, Council Member Molina, Council Member Roy, Council
Member Rubio, and Council Member Smith
Absent: 1 Council Member Lindsey-Opel
Abstained: 0
Joe cComb, Mayor
Attest: 46<fL,KI:01,
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
City of Corpus Christi Printed on 5/23/18
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FR E E S EInnovative approaches
flaNICHOLS Practical results
Outstanding service
800 N.Shoreline Blvd.,Suite 1600N • Corpus Christi,Texas 78401 • 361-561-6500 • FAX 817-735-7491 www.freese.com
May 22, 2018
Mr.Jeff Edmonds, PE
Director of Engineering Services
City of Corpus Christi
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi,Tx 78469-9277
Re: Freese and Nichols, Inc.Seawater Desalination Project
Project No. E15117
Dear Mr. Edmonds,
Please accept this correspondence as clarification to inquiries regarding Freese and Nichols' (FNI) role in
supporting Task 11 "Filing of Owner's Permit Applications"for the City of Corpus Christi Desalination
Project.
EXHIBIT B CONSULTANT PROPOSAL
Task 11 FILING OF OWNER'S PERMIT APPLICATION states the following:
The Consultant will:
A. File Owner's Permits Applications. This task includes:
Coordinate with US Army Corps of Engineers to identify required Section
10 and 404 permit authorizations (i.e., Pre-Application Meeting or Joint
Evaluation Meeting).
ii. Attend meetings with other applicable resource agencies to confirm
and/or define other permitting requirements
iii. Preparing and filing TPDES permit application
iv. Prepare and filing land application for water treatment sludge permit
application
v. Preparing water rights and new source approval application
a. Environmental tasks to address Texas Water Code §§11.147,
11.1491, 11.150, and 11.152 and Title 30 Texas Administrative
Code§§297.53, 297.54, 297.55,and 297.56
• Attend two pre-application meetings with TCEQ WR
Permit Staff to identify permit application requirements
and to obtain concurrence on the desktop studies to be
performed to support the WR Permit application
• Perform desktop evaluation of project effects on
bay/estuary inflows based on TCEQ eFlow Rule
• Perform desktop evaluation of project effects on fish and
wildlife habitat
• Perform desktop analysis of project effects on water
quality
• Perform desktop analysis of project effects on instream
uses
• Prepare technical memorandum summarizing desktop
studies for inclusion with the TCEQ water right permit
application
• This scope assumes that environmental studies will be
prepared based on desktop analysis of available
information for effects on bay/estuary inflow, fish and
wildlife habitat, water quality and instream uses. Field
studies, if required and authorized, can be provided as
additional services.
vi. Preparing and filing application for public water system registration
As part of the permitting services, FNI will coordinate with the resource agencies throughout the
processing of the Owner's permit applications. FNI is committed to providing the aforementioned
permit applications in an administratively complete manner. FNI will address any/all clarification
requests that arise from initial submission. This submission/revision effort in its entirety is considered
part of FNI's Task 11 scope.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this matter.
Respectfully,
Ron Guzman, P.E.
Vice President/Principal
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