1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERST
ANDING
BETWEEN
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
AND
THE CITY OF STOCKTON
WHEREAS The San Joaquin County Department of P ublic Health Services (PHS) has entered into an agreement with Biobot Analytics to provide COVID-19 and variant analysis, for multiple sampling locations, for a 10-month long engagement (43 weeks), sampling once per week per location;
WHEREAS The City of Stockton’s Regional Wastewater Control Facility (RWCF) collects and treats an average of 33 million gallons of wastewat er daily, from approximately 116,000 sewer connections in the City and nearby San Joaquin County areas; WHEREAS Wastewater sampling data and analyt ics give government and business leaders the tools they need to focus public health efforts and im prove lives in the communities they serve; and
WHEREAS The City of Stockton (City) and San Joaquin County (SJC) enter into this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilita te the testing of wastewater samples for COVID -19 and variant analysis; now, therefore,
The parties agree to the following:
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH:
1. Maintain an agreement with Biobot Anal ytics to provide weekly COVID-19 analysis of wastewater samples for a period of ten-months.
2. Provide the City’s Regional Wastewater Control Facility (RWCF) Laboratory with sampling vials for sample collection on a weekly basis during the ten-month sampling period.
3. Arrange for delivery of freezer packs, shipping box, and prepaid shipping labels to be delivered to the RWCF Laboratory, located at 2500 Navy Drive. Delivery dates and times shall be coordinated with RWCF Laboratory st aff no less than the day before sampling is scheduled.
4. Frozen freezer packs shall be delivered by SJC courier to the City on the day of scheduled sampling. The SJC courier s hall wait while samples are packaged and return with the packaged samples ready for shipping.
5. Weekly sampling days s hall be at the discret ion of the RWCF Laboratory staff and will be coordinated with SJC.
6. Chain of custody (COC) shall be provid ed with the sampling vials from Biobot Analytics.
7. Testing shall be limited to COVID strain analysis only. The City does not authorize analysis for any other constituents at this time. Future testing for other constituents may be performed only upon written consent of both parties.
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2 8. Provide the City access to Biobot Anal ytics analysis results of its wastewater sampling.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON:
1. Provide Biobot Analytics wit h three 50ml vials of influent wastewater samples, using the vials provided, on a weekly basis through the ten-month duration of the County’s agreement with Biobot Analytics, to begin during the summer of 2022.
2. Samples shall be taken and shipped on t he same day. The samples shall be preserved on ice until delivered for shipping on the same day.
3. Package the preserved samples in freez er packs and packaging delivered by the SJC courier on the day of sa mpling and return to SJC cour ier for shipping to Biobot Analytics.
4. Laboratory staff shall co mplete the COC and include wit h the packaged samples.
The COC will be copied and sent electronically to designated Biobot Analytics staff.
DURATION AND RENEWAL
The duration of this MOU shall be from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
AMENDMENTS/NOTICES
The MOU may be amended in writing by either party and is in effect upon signature of both parties.
Notices shall be mailed, emailed, or delivered to:
Zienna Blackwell-Rodriguez, Public Health Director Harry Black, City Manager San Joaquin County City of Stockton
1601 E. Hazelton Ave. 425 N. El Dorado Street
Stockton, CA 95205 Stockton, CA 95202
TERMINATION
Either party may terminate this MOU at a dat e prior to the renewal date specified in the MOU by giving 30-days written not ice to the other party. The te rmination shall be effective on the date specified in the notice of termination.
Signatures:
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San Joaquin County Public Health Date
Greg Diederich, Health Care Services Director
San Joaquin County
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City of Stockton Date
Harry Black
City Manager
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