The Desalination Decision

I have created this blog to serve as an unbiased guide to the decision to reactivate the Charles Meyer Desalination Plant in Santa Barbara. I found that there is a lot of information floating around on the internet about this desalination facility, but most of it lacks the important facts that the public should know. I want to provide a clear blog that only posts the most crucial information about the facility. Though I do use some internet websites, my primary source for this blog is the City of Santa Barbara and the reports and studies that they release. I hope that this blog will give you all the information you need to fully understand the desalination decision.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Ball is Rolling!

On May 6th, yesterday, the City of Santa Barbara council was addressed by the Santa Clara Water Resources Division and Public works department. The departments were discussing the "contract for preliminary design services for recommissioning the Charles Meyer Desalination Facility." Essentially, they wanted the council to allow the Public Works department to create a City Professional Services Contract. This contract essentially allows the department to approve any of the expenditures that the engineers working on the facility may need. They also asked for a City Attorney to offer legal services to the project. The three phases of the project were also discussed. The three phases are study, performance specification and proposal/bid evaluation. In phase 1, "Study," capacity alternatives, distribution analysis, facility inspection, detailed cost estimates, detailed project schedule and more will be discussed and conducted. In addition, in this phase there will be discussions with the Coastal Commission, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Carollo Engineers and the city staff. In phase 2, "Performance Specification," a performance specification contract will be developed and contractors will submit proposals to design, construct and operate the facility. In the final phase 3, "Proposal/Bid Evaluation," the bid evaluation criteria will be developed and questions about the bid will be evaluated. The council will be updated on each phase as they occur.

If you would like a to learn more on this meeting, I found this information on the City of Santa Barbara website. There is a 40 minute video of the council meeting that this information was presented at. The video can be found here: http://santabarbara.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=2254dba7-2e94-1032-adea-d6531c949325

I imagine the video will be rather dull if you are not extremely interested in the desalination decision. For those of you who don't wish to spend 40 minutes watching the video, there is a Council Agenda Report. This report essentially has all the information stated in the video and is only five quick pages. Enjoy:
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=40947
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