RESOLUTION NO. 2024-182
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS FROM WESTSIDE SOLUTIONS INC. FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $128,365 FOR THE STATE STREET PARKING LOT ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING STATIONS PROJECT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
PROJECT NO. 4090
WHEREAS, the city requires electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations for the State Street Parking Lot Electric Vehicle Charging Stations project, Capital Improvement Program Project No. 4090, or project; and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code, or CMC, Section 3.28.100 allows for procurement of goods and/or services through cooperative purchase agreements established by another agency when that agency has made their purchase in a competitive manner and the city's Purchasing Officer has determined that the purchase is in the city's best interest; and WHEREAS, CMC Section 3.28.100 also provides that the city's Purchasing Officer has the authority to join with other public agencies in the cooperative purchasing of such goods and/or services as long as the cost of services is at, and by logical extension below, the contract price established by the other public agency; and
WHEREAS, Westside Solutions Inc. is an EV charger distributor and has an established cooperative purchasing agreement through Sourcewell contract #042221-CPI for EV chargers and charging services; and
WHEREAS, the city received a quote from Westside Solutions Inc. to provide the city with EV chargers, networking services and warranties for the project for purchase through a cooperative purchase agreement competitively selected and priced; and WHEREAS, the city's Purchasing Officer has determined that it is in the city's best interest to procure the EV chargers for the project using pricing established through the cooperative purchase agreements and therefore approved a bidding exemption; and WHEREAS, sufficient funding is available in the project budget, and no additional appropriation is required; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, under Guidelines Section 15301(b), which covers the minor alteration of existing public facilities, including existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned
utilities, involving negligible or no expansion, and no exception to the exemption as set forth in CEOA Guidelines section 15300.2 applies to this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the purchase of EV chargers, networking services and warranties through Westside Solutions Inc. for the State Street Parking Lot EV Charging Stations project, Capital Improvement Program project No. 4090, in an amount not to exceed $128,365 is approved.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 23rd day of J.!!!y, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT :
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
NONE.
NONE.
NONE.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
{SEAL)