ITEM:	CONSENT CALENDAR
5.	CONSIDER CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH RAMLIT ASSOCIATES FOR COMPUTER MODELING ASSISTANCE (CVSIM)
Meeting Date:		July 19, 2004	Budgeted: $6,000 for combined tasks
Staff Contact:		Henrietta Stern	Program No.: 1-1-1 and 1-1-2
			Cost Estimate: not to exceed $6,000
General Counsel Approval: N/A
Committee Recommendation: The Administrative Committee reviewed this item on July12, 2004 and recommended approval.
CEQA Compliance: N/A

SUMMARY: The District annually retains RAMLIT Associates for assistance with CVSIM computer model maintenance, quality control and specific modeling requests associated with water supply projects and planning, as shown in Exhibit 5-A. RAMLIT is paid only for tasks authorized by the General Manager on an as-needed basis. The Board will consider renewing RAMLIT’s existing contract to provide for services in fiscal year (FY) 2004-2005 for a not-to-exceed amount of $6,000. The contract with RAMLIT will specify that the $6,000 is to be allocated in the following manner, in accordance with the FY 2004-2005 budget adopted by the Board at its June 21, 2004 meeting:

Program No.	Task	Not-to-Exceed Amount ($)	Account No.
1-1-1	CVSIM Update/Assistance	$ 3,000	5-7829
1-1-2	CVSIM Quality Control	$ 3,000	5-7829
	TOTAL	$ 6,000

The $6,000 maximum amount is $15,000 lower than the total amount approved for last year. No expenditures are considered to be reimbursable by California-American Water (Cal-Am).

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board approve this item along with the consent calendar. The Administrative Committee reviewed this item at its July 12, 2004 meeting and voted 3 to 0 to recommend approval. If this item is adopted along with the Consent Calendar, staff will execute a contract amendment for a not-to-exceed amount of $6,000 for this work.

LIST OF EXHIBITS:

5-A RAMLIT Associates Scope of Work and Fee Schedule for FY 2005

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