SUPPLEMENTAL COUNCIL AGENDA: 1/13/26
FILE: 26-029
ITEM: 6.3
SAN JOSE! SANTA CLARA
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT
January 8, 2026
TREATMENT PLANT ADVISORYCOMMITTEE
The Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of San José
200 East Santa Clara Street
San José, CA 95113
Dear Mayor Mahan and City Council:
At its meeting on January 8, 2026, the Treatment Plant Advisory Committee (TPAC) reviewed this item:
5.4. Actions Related to the Emergency Repairs of Pond A18’s Southern Gate Structure Located at the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility.
Staff Recommendation:
a) Accept the staff report detailing the status of the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility's Pond A18’s southern gate structure, the likelihood for failure, the consequences of failure, and the plan for immediate action to repair the structure. b) Adopt a resolution by the affirmative vote of at least eight members of the City Council as required by Section 1217 of the City Charter:
(1) Declaring and finding that, based on substantial evidence, public interest and urgent necessity demand the immediate contractor procurement to perform emergency repair of the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility's Pond A18 southern gate structure without formal bidding as otherwise required under Section 1217 of the City Charter for the preservation of life, health, and property, and that the emergency repair will not permit a delay resulting from formal bidding as otherwise required under Section 1217 of the City Charter, and that the action is necessary to respond to the urgent necessity; and
(2) Delegating authority to the Directors of Environmental Services and Public Works to:
i. Negotiate and award construction contracts necessary to repair the southern gate structure in order to protect Pond A18 and levees in an amount not to exceed $2,150,00;
ii. Approve a 20% contingency in an amount not to exceed $430,000; and iii. Direct staff to file CEQA emergency exemption documentation and pursue required agency emergency permits concurrently.
Action: On a motion made by Vice Chair Karen Hardy and a second by Committee Member Patrick Kwok, TPAC recommended approval of item
Ayes — 7 (Candelas, Cohen, Gonzalez, Hardy, Pineda, Kwok, Mulcahy) Nays — 2 (Furtado, Montano)
Abstain - 0
Absent- 0
Sincerely,
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Domingo’ Candelas, Chair
TREATMENT PLANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
700 LOS ESTEROS ROAD SAN JOSE, CA 95134