Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 1pm
Location: MWRA's Chelsea Administration Facility, Board Room 2C/2D, 2 Griffin Way, Chelsea, MA 02150 and on Webex. Photo ID required for entry.
Agenda
I. Approval of Minutes
II. Report of the Chair
III. Report of the Executive Director
IV. Executive Session
i. Approval of the June 18, 2025 Executive Session Minutes
A. Litigation
To discuss strategy with respect to litigation:
1. U.S. v. M.D.C., et al., USDC (Mass) No. 85-0489-RGS (Boston Harbor Case)
(verbal)
2. In the Matters of MWRA Challenge to Certain Conditions in Alewife
Brook/Upper Mystic River Basin and Lower Charles River/Charles River
Basin Variances, OADR Nos. 2024-029 and 2024-030; MWRA v.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Suffolk Sup. Ct.
No. 2484CV02837 (verbal)
3. Massachusetts Natural Fertilizer Co., Inc. et al. v. MWRA et al., Superior Ct.
No. 2585CV00439
V. Administration, Finance and Audit
A. Information
1. Delegated Authority Report – June 2025
2. MWRA Energy and Sustainability Program Overview
B. Approvals
1. Approval of Eighty-Ninth and Ninetieth Supplemental Resolutions and Award of Liquidity Agreements
VI. Wastewater Policy and Ovesight
A. Contract Amendments/Change Orders
1. Deer Island Treatment Plant Clarifier Rehabilitation, Phase II: Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, Contract 7395, Change Order 2
2. Deer Island Treatment Plant Clarifier Rehabilitation, Phase II, Design/Engineering Services During Construction: CDM Smith Consultant: CDM Smith Inc., Contract 7394, Amendment 4
3. Hayes Pump Station Rehabilitation: Hazen and Sawyer, Contract 7162, Amendment 4
VII. Water Policy and Oversight
A. Information
1. 8(m) Permitting Update
2. Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program Look Ahead
B. Approvals
1. Approval for Admission of Lynnfield Center Water District to the MWRA Water System, waiver of Entrance Fee and Authorization to Execute a Water Supply Agreement (materials to follow) (Item postponed)
C. Contract Awards
1. Technical Assistance Consulting Services at John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant and other Treatment and Transmission Facilities: Contracts 8130 and 8131
D. Contract Amendments/Change Orders
1. Section 101 Pipeline Extension: Baltazar Construction Corporation, Contract 7457, Change Order 14
VIII. Personnel and Compensation
A. Approvals
1. PCR Amendments - July 2025
2. Appointment of Mark Lavino, Manager, Maintenance, Deer Island
IX. Correspondence to the Board
A. July 11, 2025 correspondence from Phillip Warbasse, Chairman, Town of Oakham Planning Board regarding Effect of Battery Storage (BESS) Fire on MWRA Quabbin Water System
B. July 11, 2025 correspondence from Michael Horvitz of Brookline, MA regarding Proposed battery storage facility near Ware River
X. Other Business
XI. Adjournment
Posted 7/17/2025, 4:25pm