Title
Introduction of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 711: Loan/Grant Agreement with the New Mexico Finance Authority for Wastewater Plant Filtration System (Water Trust Board Loan/Grant)
Recommended Action
I introduce without prejudice, Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 711, an Ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a Water Project Fund Loan/Grant Agreement between the New Mexico Finance Authority and the County in the total amount of $2,500,000 for the purpose of constructing a filtration treatment process at the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant.
County Manager’s Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
Los Alamos County was awarded $2,500,000 in the 2021 legislative session from the Water Trust Board to construct a filtration treatment process at the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant. The new filtration process will improve the water quality of the effluent to achieve Class A effluent which will allow Los Alamos County to expand the use of effluent water and conserve potable water. The higher quality water can be used in closer proximity to populated areas and with less restrictions on the times when irrigation can occur. The filtration improvements have been planned for a number of years in the capital improvement plan prepared as part of the Non-Potable Water Master Plan in 2013. Upon notification of the successful award in June 2021 the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) engaged Bohannan-Huston Inc. to design the new filtration process to have a shovel ready project to bid when the loan/grant agreement is executed in January 2022. The design is complete and has been approved by the New Mexico Environment Department Construction Programs Bureau. The project will be under construction through the summer of 2022 and be complete in the fall of 2022.
The award includes a combination loan and grant totaling $2,500,000. The grant compo...
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