Action 3.
Flood Control District Meeting
Engineering & Natural Resources
- Meeting Date:
- 07/26/2022
- Title:
- Bisbee Effluent Recharge Grant Project
- Submitted By:
- Teresa Garcia, Engineering & Natural Resources
- Department:
- Engineering & Natural Resources
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
2
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Mark Apel
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Mandated Function?:
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
You will use this Agenda Item template if your item involves a Grant (whether a new or renewal grant). You also must attach the Grant Approval Form to the item before Finance will approve it. Select the SPECIAL LINKS on your left-hand menu and Click on "Grant Approval Form". Then complete the form, save it and attach it to your item (on the Attachments tab).
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve Amendment P00002 to Contract W9124J-15-2-0001 between US Army Environmental Command and the Cochise County Flood Control District in the amount of $250,000, effective July 1, 2022, to fund a design concept study for the Bisbee Effluent Recharge project.
Background:
The Bisbee Effluent Recharge Project was initiated in 2019 through an Option Agreement between the City of Bisbee and the Board of Supervisors to purchase a minimum of 200 acre-feet of effluent from the City's San Jose WWTP, for the purposes of conveying and recharging the aquifer in close proximity to the San Pedro River at or near the border with Mexico. This is to enhance and sustain flows in the river that have been declining in this reach for at least a decade.
As part of the Department of Defense's Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program, Fort Huachuca received funding to support the Bisbee Effluent Recharge Project. This funding will allow the county to move forward with a contracted design concept study as the next step in acquiring right of way and engineering the conveyance (pipeline) and recharge basins near the river. This is a lump-sum grant.
As part of the Department of Defense's Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program, Fort Huachuca received funding to support the Bisbee Effluent Recharge Project. This funding will allow the county to move forward with a contracted design concept study as the next step in acquiring right of way and engineering the conveyance (pipeline) and recharge basins near the river. This is a lump-sum grant.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
If approved, proceed with Grant. If not approved, nothing.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Not approving this funding would result in the inability of the Flood Control District to move forward with the Bisbee Effluent Recharge project per the Option Agreement signed between the Board and the City of Bisbee in 2019 and as a good faith member of the Cochise Conservation and Recharge Network and partner with Fort Huachuca. In addition, it would be detrimental to Fort Huachuca's resilience and efforts to protect the San Pedro River and its missions.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please forward signed copies of the agreements to Teresa Garcia.