Exhibit 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-172 .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, REJECTING THE BIDS RECEIVED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PONTO SEWER MANHOLE REHABILITATION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, has determined that it is necessary, desirable and in the public interest to complete the Ponto Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation Project, Capital Improvement Program, Project No. 5503-17, or Project; and WHEREAS, the sewer pipeline and access holes are owned and operated by the city and are vital components of the wastewater collection system; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-083, approving plans, specifications and contract documents and authorizing the City Clerk to advertise for bids for construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, on May 27, 2025, staff received two bids in response to the bid advertisement; and WHEREAS, one bid received for the project was deemed non-responsive and the bids significantly exceeded the engineer’s estimate; and
WHEREAS, the city may, in its sole discretion, reject all bids presented pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code, or CMC, Section 3.28.080(I)(3).
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 City Council has determined that the proposed action is not a “project” as defined by CEQA Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(a) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2) because the action is limited to rejection of construction bids. The action has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
3.That the City Council rejects all bids received for the Ponto Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation Project, CIP Project No. 5503-17, in accordance with CMC Section
3.28.080(I)(3).
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 22nd day of July, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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