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Form #: B -52 <br />7/18/91 <br />DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DEPARTMENT: Dept of Environmental Management DATE: 2/16/10 <br />STAFF CONTACT: Dora Beck PHONE: 961 -8028 <br />A. REQUEST: <br />Request to amend Ordinance 09 -65, Capital Improvement Budget, to add the following appropriation: <br />North Kona Effluent Reuse — SRF $3,643,000 <br />B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br />A Project Data /Financial Impact Statement is attached. <br />Installation of the Reuse Water Infrastructure in a portion of the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway was initiated in <br />early 2007 following a decision made by a private developer to pursue alternative methods for obtaining <br />irrigation water for their project. <br />Design and Construction of the Reuse Water Infrastructure for the County is to be performed under the State <br />of Hawai'i, Department of Transportation — Highway Division's (State DOT) Queen Ka'ahumanu Widening <br />Project — Phase II which extends from Kealakehe Parkway to Keahole Airport. The State DOT has issued a <br />Request for Proposal (RFP) for this design -build project and anticipates award of the project in March 2010. <br />Funding for Design and Construction of the Reuse Water Infrastructure is needed no later than March 2010 <br />so that the work can be included in the State DOT project. <br />Installation of the Reuse Water infrastructure will make reuse water for irrigation use available in the future <br />after the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant is upgraded. This will enable the County to use the treated <br />effluent as a resource rather than continually disposing it into a seepage pit. <br />Installation of the infrastructure after completion of the State DOT project would result in significantly higher <br />costs as well as result in a tremendous impact to traffic flow after the current highway widening project. <br />This request is a re- appropriation of funds from the State Revolving Fund. We respectfully request that this <br />bill be waived from the Council Finance Committee in order to ensure that the funding will be in place when <br />the State DOT is ready to award the contract. <br />SIGNED: <br />DATE: Z/ 17 / I O <br />/1 Dep ent Head <br />C: \Documents and Settings \rbauman.000NTYOFHAWAII \Local Settings \Temporary Internet Files \OLK2E \B -52 - Request for Council Action - N Kona <br />Effluent Reuse 021610 DRAFT.doc <br />