Drafter
Clerk 06/23/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing and adopting a project labor agreement for the construction of the Brightwater treatment plant as negotiated between and agreed to by the King County department of natural resources and parks, the Northwest Washington Building and Construction Trades Council, the Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council and Hoffman Construction.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The Brightwater project includes a wastewater treatment plant and conveyance facilities to transport untreated wastewater to the Brightwater treatment plant and discharge treated wastewater to Puget Sound.
2. The Brightwater treatment plant will provide capacity in 2010 to treat thirty-six million gallons per day ("mgd") of average wet weather flow ("AWWF") to secondary effluent standards using a combination of chemically enhanced primary clarification and membrane bioreactors. The treatment plant will have the capability to expand to treat fifty-four mgd AWWF in the future. The treatment plant will produce Class B biosolids for application to forest and agriculture lands and will also produce highly treated reclaimed water (non-drinking) for use as process water and irrigation.
3. Constructing the Brightwater treatment plant will require a continuous supply of qualified workers between 2006 and 2010.
4. The King County executive proposes the use of a project labor agreement ("PLA") to help ensure timely construction of the Brightwater treatment plant.
5. Washington State Executive Order 96-08 states that project labor agreements are of "great potential economic benefit for appropriate and time sensitive major construction projects which will extend for a substantial period of time, involve a substantial number of contractors, subcontractors and trades and craft workers, and have a substantial dollar value."
6. The King County labor policy committee developed labor policies specific to PLAs, including labor poli...
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