RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A POND 3 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER EFFLUENT INTERIM AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the ponds at the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility (IWTF) have reduced percolation; and WHEREAS, in order to maintain freeboard, the City has worked with Monterey One Water (M1W) and Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) to take water from pond 3 using the pond 3 pump station; and WHEREAS, M1W, MCWRA and the City have developed a pond 3 industrial wastewater effluent interim agreement for temporary diversion of industrial wastewater; and WHEREAS, the expected cost to of this agreement to the Industrial Waste Fund for M1W acceptance and treatment of the water from pond 3 is estimated to be between $150,000 and $250,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council hereby delegates authority to the City Manager to execute agreement with Monterey One Water for the temporary diversion of industrial wastewater from the City’s Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility using the pond 3 pump station to Monterey One Water.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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