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26-111BPU
| 1 | 5.1 | July 16, 2026 - Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft | BPU- Minutes | July 16, 2026 - Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft | | |
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26-419BPU
| 1 | 6.1 | Community Water Academy | BPU- Agenda Item | COMMUNITY WATER ACADEMY
Staff will share background and details of the pilot Community Water Academy program. Participants will be recognized for their engagement and contribution. The Board may discuss this item and give direction to staff. | | |
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26-420BPU
| 1 | 6.2 | Water Supplies Alternative Plan Annual Update | BPU- Agenda Item | WATER SUPPLIES ALTERNATIVE PLAN ANNUAL UPDATE
The Water Supply Alternatives Plan identified options for increasing the City's water supply resiliency and reliability and was accepted by the City Council in 2023. Staff will provide an update on the implementation of the plan, including the status of feasibility studies for several of the identified water supply options. The Board may discuss this item and give direction to staff. | | |
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26-032BPU
| 1 | 7.1 | Bid Award - BPO for Sodium Hypochlorite Supply with Pioneer Americas LLC | BPU- Consent | MOTION - BID AWARD - BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER FOR SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SUPPLY WITH PIONEER AMERICAS LLC C/O OLIN CORP
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water and the Finance Department that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the bid award and issuance of a one-year Blanket Purchase Order to Pioneer Americas LLC c/o Olin Corp, Houston, Texas, for the supply and delivery of sodium hypochlorite to the Laguna Treatment Plant, various pump stations, and the Farmers Lane Well Treatment Facility, in the not-to-exceed amount of $600,000. | | |
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26-033BPU
| 1 | 7.2 | Third Amendment to BPO 175255 for Liquid Alum | BPU- Consent | MOTION - APPROVAL - THIRD AMENDMENT TO BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER 175255 FOR LIQUID ALUM
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water and the Finance Department that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the Third Amendment to Blanket Purchase Order (BPO) 175255 with Chemtrade Chemicals Corporation, dba Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC (Chemtrade), to extend the term by one year and add compensation in the amount of $175,000, for a total cumulative BPO amount not to exceed $404,275. | | |
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26-215BPU
| 1 | 8.1 | Approval of PSA with Catalyst Group | BPU- Report | REPORT - APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CATALYST GROUP
BACKGROUND: The City of Santa Rosa (City) is located in the Laguna de Santa Rosa Watershed (Laguna), a waterbody with documented water quality impairments. The City’s Regional Water Reuse Facility (Laguna Treatment Plant) has a special condition in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit addressing one of these impairments: phosphorus. Compliance is managed through the Water Quality Trading Framework (Framework). This permit condition is costly and difficult to implement, and the City has worked with the North Coast Water Quality Control Board (North Coast Water Board) to revise the compliance approach through staff-level discussions and by sponsoring a phosphorus-focused Blue-Ribbon Panel in 2018.
This proposed action would approve a Professional Services Agreement with the Catalyst Group, in an amount not to exceed $441,979, to conduct a stakeholder analysis, convene a representative task force, and prepare a final report to inform the North Coast Water Board’s regulatory | | |
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26-216BPU
| 1 | 8.2 | Annual Storm Water Enterprise Charges | BPU- Report | REPORT - ANNUAL STORM WATER ENTERPRISE CHARGES
BACKGROUND: On June 16, 2026, via City Council Resolution No. RES-2026-078, the City Council set the annual Storm Water Enterprise charge at $43.52 per Equivalent Residential Unit. Water Staff will request the Board of Public Utilities recommend the City Council approve the Storm Water Enterprise Charge Report and placement of the annual Storm Water Enterprise charges on the Sonoma County Property Tax Roll for collection.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, recommend that the City Council, following a public hearing on August 18, 2026, adopt by two-thirds vote the Storm Water Enterprise Charge Report and approve placement of the Storm Water Enterprise charges on the Sonoma County Property Tax Roll for collection by the Sonoma County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector at the same time and in the same manner as Sonoma County property taxes are collected, unless those charges do not meet the County minimum of $10 and/or parcel owner contact information is known t | | |
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