HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 129-2023RESOLUTION NO. 129-2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING THE
RENEWAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH VEOLIA WEST OPERATING SERVICES (VWOS)
FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITY
WHEREAS, the CITY has jurisdiction over the wastewater treatment plant located in
Burlingame (hereinafter called the FACILITY); and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that the FACILITY continue to be operated in the
most efficient and safe manner possible, while complying with all laws; and
WHEREAS, the CITY and VWOS have had an agreement for the operation and
maintenance of the FACILITY for 50 years; and
WHEREAS, staff has compared the CITY’s cost for wastewater treatment services with
the costs paid by other jurisdictions on the Peninsula and determined that the operational cost for
VWOS is substantially lower than the average cost per million gallon treatment of wastewater;
and
WHEREAS, based on staff’s comparison of the wastewater operations costs for other
jurisdictions, the valuable community services provided to the CITY, and performance in delivering
these services, staff recommends approval of the agreement renewal with VWOS; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the planning phase of a solar project at the FACILITY, and staff
recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate any changes to the
contract that arise subsequent to implementing the solar project.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME RESOLVES AND
ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council finds that all of the facts recited above and stated in the staff report are true
and correct.
2. The City Council approves and authorizes the City Manager to execute the renewal
agreement between the City of Burlingame and VWOS for the operation and maintenance of
the City’s wastewater treatment facility, in a form substantially similar to that attached to this
Resolution.
3. The City Manager is authorized to negotiate changes to the agreement that may arise from
the solar project at the facility.
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Michael Brownrigg, Mayor
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I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the
foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day
of October, 2023, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, ORTIZ, STEVENSON
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk
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