RESOLUTION NO. 26-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OR HIS DESIGNEE TO INFORM PRECISION WORKS, INC. DBA PRECISION ENVIRONMENTAL ("PRECISION WORKS") THAT THEY SHALL PROTECT THE MONITORING WELLS DURING THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMERCE REFUSE-TO-ENERGY AUTHORITY ("CREA") FACILITY AND WILL NOT PERFORM ANY OF THE MONITORING WELL REMOVAL WORK WHEREAS, the Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Authority ("CREA") Facility, located at 5926 Sheila Street in Commerce, California, is a decommissioned industrial refuse-to-energy facility; and WHEREAS, the CREA Deconstruction Project includes deconstruction of the facility's mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, structural steel, foundations and footings, and hazardous-materials abatement; and WHEREAS, on April 7, 2026, the City advertised the CREA Deconstruction Project for bids, and bids were received on May 5, 2026; and WHEREAS, the bid documents included a Total Base Bid Schedule for the principal deconstruction work and a separate Additive Bid Schedule that included work associated with the abandonment or removal of two monitoring wells at the project site; and WHEREAS, on June 23, 2026, the City Council awarded a construction contract to Precision Works, Inc. dba Precision Environmental ("Precision Works") in the amount of $1,362,000 for the Total Base Bid Schedule only and subsequently on August 11, 2026, the City Council reconfirmed the award; and WHEREAS, the award excluded monitoring-well abandonment, removal, destruction, or related work; and WHEREAS, it is desired to eliminate any uncertainty concerning the scope of Precision Works' contract and furthermore Precision Works and all persons acting through it are informed that they are prohibited from damaging, disturbing, abandoning, removing, filling, obstructing, or otherwise performing work on or affecting either monitoring well during the deconstruction; and WHEREAS, the removal of the monitoring wells is anticipated to be incorporated into the construction of the new Transportation Facility, however, if the City elects to complete the work separately, the applicable requirements of the Public Contract Code sections 22032 through 22034 will be followed.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. The City Council confirms that the construction contract awarded to Precision Works is limited to the Total Base Bid Schedule in the amount of $1,362,000 and excludes the monitoring-well abandonment or removal.
Section 3. Precision Works shall be informed that they and all of its subcontractors, suppliers, employees, representatives, and agents, are prohibited from abandoning, removing, destroying, damaging, altering, filling, obstructing, disturbing, or otherwise performing work on or affecting either monitoring well during deconstruction.
Section 4. If and when the City elects to proceed with monitoring-well abandonment, removal, or related work the Public Contract Code section 22032 through section 22034 and the City's Purchasing Policy will be followed Section 5. The Director of Public Works, or his designee, is authorized and directed to provide Precision Works with written notice protecting the monitoring wells during the deconstruction work.
Section 6. This Resolution is intended to clarify and confirm the scope of the CREA Deconstruction Project contract awarded to Precision Works and to protect the monitoring wells.
Section 7. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 22nd day of September 2026.
Kevin Lainez, Mayor
ATTEST:
Eduardo Sarmiento, City Clerk