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File #: 2026-0991   
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/17/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/21/2026 Final action:
Title: Task Work Order No. 2 under the City's continuing professional engineering services agreement with McKim & Creed, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the Water Reclamation Facility No. 3 Expansion Conceptual Engineering Report in the amount of $128,118
Attachments: 1. FOR COUNCIL - TWO #2 - WRF No 3 Expansion Conceptual Engineering Report (ENG 220328), 2. Fully Executed - First_Amendment_to_Agreement_for_Continuing_P (8), 3. Fully Executed - Agreement for Professional Engineering Services - Citywide (ENG 220328), 4. Council Report - 8-19-25 - Renewal of Continuing Professional Engineering Services Agreements, 5. Council Report - 9-20-22 - Continuing Professional Engineering Services Agreements
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Submitted By: Hector Colon
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Presentation By: Sean Lanier
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Department: Engineering

FORMAL TITLE:
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Task Work Order No. 2 under the City's continuing professional engineering services agreement with McKim & Creed, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the Water Reclamation Facility No. 3 Expansion Conceptual Engineering Report in the amount of $128,118
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence, Quality of Place

PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) No. 3 is the wastewater treatment facility located at 3100 SW 67th Avenue. The plant is permitted for an annual average daily flow (AADF) of four million gallons per day (MGD) under Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Permit FLA190268-017.

The existing facility is a dual-oxidation ditch, modified activated sludge process with screening, grit removal, aeration, clarification, cloth disk filtration, chemical treatment, and sodium hypochlorite disinfection. With anticipated growth in the service area, the City is evaluating options to expand the facility. The City has tasked McKim & Creed, Inc., with preparing a Conceptual Engineering Report (CER) that includes conceptual layouts and an engineer's probable construction cost for expanding WRF No. 3 to an AADF of eight MGD.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The City has tasked McKim & Creed with preparing a Conceptual Engineering Report to support capital improvement planning for expanding WRF No. 3 to an eight MGD AADF facility. The CER will present conceptual site layouts and construction cost opinions for the recommended improvements. In coordination with City staff, the CER will evaluate two alternatives: (1) expanding the facility using the existing treatment processes, and (2) expanding the facility using alternative treatment technologies. The CER's purpose is to define and support the development of the capital improvement projects required ...

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