PPW121421PARKS & PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING
December 14, 2021
Elected Officials Participating Virtually Staff Participating Virtually
Councilmember Laura Johnson Rob English, Acting Public Works Director
Councilmember Will Chen Angie Feser, Parks, Rec., Cultural Arts & Human Serv.
Dir.
Dave Turley, Finance Director
Pamela Randolph, WWTP Supervisor
Scott Passey, City Clerk
CALL TO ORDER
The Edmonds City Council virtual online PPW Committee meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by
Councilmember L. Johnson.
2. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
1. Contract with HASA Inc for Sodium Hypochlorite for the WWTP
Ms. Randolph relayed the City goes out to bid every couple of years for treatment plant chemicals. This
year was extremely unique as there have been astronomical price increases in the product that the
WWTP uses. Two competitive bids were received for hypochlorite from HASA and Jones. Jones' bid
was thrown out because it stated the cost would be increased needed. The HASA bid listed an
incremental increase, stated HASA would not pass on any unrealized cost increases, and included a
cap. Staff recommends proceeding with the HASA agreement for two years with a potential third year
extension if they can guarantee the price. This is an extremely competitive price and HASA has a higher
quality product.
Councilmember Chen thanked Ms. Randolph for the tour of the WWTP. Questions and discussion
followed regarding the bid process, the City's location and storage space that limits the companies that
submit bids, reason the product price fluctuates, chemical performance, supply maintained on site, and
the price increase.
Action: 12/14/21 Consent Agenda
2. Presentation of a Professional Services Agreement for the Design of the Phase 13
Waterline Replacement Project
Mr. English explained an RFQ was issued in October 2021 to hire a consultant to provide design
engineering services for Phases 13 and 14 Waterline Replacement Projects for 2022 and 2023. Four
firms responded and the selection committee selected the Blueline Group. The scope of the project is
10,000 feet of waterline replacement (5,000 feet/year) ranging from 6 to12" diameter. The age of the
pipe vary from 1920s to 1950s and will address fire flow at various locations. The overall contract is
$428,420 which includes a management reserve of $17,380 as well as reserves for potholing work. This
contract will be paid by the Water Utility Fund. Staff will return to Council this time next year to amend
the contract to do design work in 2023.
12/14/21 PPW Committee Minutes, Page 2
Questions and discussion followed regarding the process of designing one year and building the
following year, whether work could be done in-house versus by an outside consultant, lack of in-house
capacity for design work, and fire flow rates.
Action: 1/4/22 Consent Agenda
3. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m.