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~o~ TUESDAY AUGUST 14, 1984 Wiley & Wilson is proceeding on both fronts, based on the Coun- cil's authorization of May 8. As a corollary matter, our staff, with the help of the City Attorney, has completed a report and recommendations concerning steps necessary to financing of the plant improvements and expansion (as well as the Leatherwood Water Project). This report is also on the agenda for your August 14 meeting, and we will be requesting certain additional authorizations at that time. Again, the Council will have to decide whether any or all of this will be suspended in the event that this new proposal is pursued and we are returned to additional study and negotiation. Current Alternatives As 1 see it, the Council has three alternatives at the moment. Two of these are fairly obvious. The third is one which has not been seriously discussed before, but which may deserve consider- ation. Alternative #1. Stay the present course. It was studied from every angle. It is in accordance with approved concepts and plans. It is satisfactory with the State regulatory agencies. Alternative #2. Return to negotiation as proposed and see what new projections and approaches P.S.A. is talk- ing about. Reanalyze the data as quickly as possible, giving full consideration to all cost issues (0 & M as well as capital), and change courses if such is justi- fied. Alternative #3. Propose to P.S.A. the joint engagement of a third consulting engineering firm. A third firm could be hired and charged not with developing a lot of new data, but with extensively reviewing all previous assumptions and proposals developed by Wiley & Wilson and Overman & Associates. The third firm would then be expected to render objective recommendations as to a proper course for the City and P.S.A. to follow. Summary and Recommendations The proposal at hand would reopen a complicated and devisive is- sue. Depending on the answers you provide to some of the ques- tions above, it could compromise our commitments to the Health Department and Water Control Board. It is the recommendation of your staff and consultants that: 1. Wiley & Wilson's current authorizations to design improvements to and expansion of our treatment plant go undisturbed and as scheduled.