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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER
MEMORANDUM NO. 13-28
Date: December 4, 2013
From: Joseph Zoba, Treasurer
Subject: Discussion Regarding a Revision to Task Order No. 5
with Alda, Inc. for the Preparation of the 2013
Consolidated Annual Report and Engineering Report,
and Associated Consulting Services
Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee approves the
Revised Task Order No. 5 for a sum not to exceed
$72,940.
At the Beaumont Basin Watermaster meeting on August 7, 2013, the Watermaster
Committee requested a proposal from Alda, Inc. for professional engineering services
related to the preparation of the 2013 Annual Report and Operating Safe Yield. At
the meeting on October 2, 2013, the Watermaster approved Task Order No. 5 for an
amount not to exceed $51,980.
Following the last Watermaster meeting, Anibal Blandon was asked to provide a
modified proposal for the 2013 Annual Report to: (1) consolidate the annual report
and engineering report (this would expand the annual report to include water quality,
data collection programs and groundwater storage calculations); and (2) provide a
calculation of safe yield on an annual basis to determine the overall groundwater
management trends. The cost for preparing a 2013 Consolidated Annual Report and
Engineering Report is $72,940, or $20,960 more than the amount approved for Task
Order No. 5.
If the Watermaster Committee desires to prepare a consolidated Annual Report, all
future annual reports would be completed in a consolidated report format to meet the
requirements of the judgment and provide comprehensive information to the
Watermaster Committee to better manage the Beaumont Basin.
The financial impacts associated with the proposed contract would result in a budget
line item next year of approximately $73,000 for the preparation of a consolidated
annual report and engineering report. Depending on the cash flow requirements for
this report, additional invoices may be sent to the Watermaster members prior to the
end of the current fiscal year.
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