For Utilities Commission Meeting [October 16, 2018]
TO: Honorable Chairperson and Commission
APPROVAL: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
FROM: Susanne Wilcox, Administrative Analyst
Title
Recommend City Council Receive and File the Water and Sewer Operations Tri-Annual Inspections Review Reports.
(ACTION)
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BACKGROUND
In 2012, the City of Rialto and Rialto Water Services/Veolia entered into a service contact referred to as the Concession Agreement (CA) for the design, construction and financing of capital improvement upgrades and the operation and maintenance of the Rialto Utility Authority facilities.
The CA requires every three years, "...a full-scale inspection and review of the state of repair, working condition and performance capability" of the facility, "including testing of equipment to determine its physical and operational conditions, and inspections of the general status of repairs of all equipment and structures, grounds, utility lines, spare parts, inventories, and operation, maintenance, repair and replacement records..." be done.
The objectives of this Tri-Annual Review are to verify that the Operator has met the compliance requirements in the CA related to, operations, maintenance, renewal and replacements, spare parts and other compliance requirements.
A Tri-Annual Inspection Review Plan (Plan) was prepared by the City's consultant and submitted to Veolia West Operating Services, Inc. (Operator) on January 18, 2016. The purpose of this Plan is to obtain agreement on the protocol for the Tri-Annual Inspection Review. The Plan is based on industry standards and available public domain information for typical inspection procedures. A list of public domain publications is included in the report. Copies of the reports and Executive Summaries are included as Attachments 1 through 4.
The Plan developed the following tasks based on the terms and conditions of the CA:
* Full-scale inspection and review of the state of ...
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