DATE: 04/02/2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Utilities Department
2025-134
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
SUBJECT:
UPDATE ON CONTRACTED EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION WATER MAIN AND PARKING LOT REPAIRS AT 515 SOUTH PROMENADE AVENUE PURSUANT TO CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.08.130(A)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report provides the City Council with an update, pursuant to Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.130(A), on the contracted emergency repairs related to the transmission water main line break that occurred at 515 South Promenade Avenue on March 6, 2025.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council receive and file the update to contracted emergency transmission water main line and parking lot repairs at 515 South Promenade Avenue.
That the Corona Utility Authority review, ratify, and to the extent necessary, direct the City Council to take the above actions.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
On March 6, 2025, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the City of Corona Utilities Department responded to a water main break. A thirty-inch diameter transmission water main line at South Promenade Avenue, south of Sampson Avenue, experienced a significant failure.
The thirty-inch cross-town transmission water main provides water to the Home Gardens and Zone 2 service areas.
On March 19, 2025, the City Council was formally notified of the contracted emergency repairs related to the transmission water main line break on South Promenade Avenue, pursuant to Corona Municipal Code (CMC) Section 3.08.130(A).
ANALYSIS:
The water main line break caused significant damage to the parking lot at 515 South Promenade. The Utilities Department (UD) solicited informal bidding from four qualified contractors experienced in asphalt and concrete repairs and received three bids, as shown below.
CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc., is tentatively scheduled to begin the parking lot restoration to minimize the adverse impact on the business.
Staff will request the ratification of the Maintenance/General Services Agreement with CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc. for $95,243.54 at a future City Council meeting with the related cost incurred for the repair of the watermain, remediation and restoration which will include detailed cost information for labor, materials, and equipment.
BASIS FOR EXCEPTION TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING:
Staff believes that an exception to competitive bidding was warranted for this action pursuant to Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.130(A), which states as follows:
(A) Emergencies. In situations determined by the City Manager to constitute an emergency for a public project pursuant to § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050. The City Council hereby delegates to the City Manager the power to declare a public emergency and take any directly related and immediate action required by the emergency, up to a total of $175,000, pursuant to § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050. Emergency expenditures of more than $175,000 shall first be approved by the City Council. Work shall be performed without the benefit of competitive bidding, either formal or informal, only so long as necessary under those sections.
Vendor City Bid Amount
CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc. Diamond Bar, CA $95,243.54
A&Y Asphalt Contractors, Inc. Norco, CA $123,077
TSR Construction Rancho Cucamonga, CA $123,508
Hardy and Harper, Inc Lake Forest, CA No bid received
For projects of more than $45,000, a report on the emergency and work performed shall be provided at the next regular meeting of the City Council, and then at every meeting thereafter required by § 22050. At such meetings, the City Council shall determine, by a four-fifths vote, that there is a need to continue the action without the benefit of informal or formal competitive bidding in accordance with § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050. The City Council shall terminate the emergency action at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant, so that the remainder of the emergency action may be completed pursuant to a formal bidding procedure.
Staff believes the restoration of the parking lot meets the definition of an emergency, as the immediate repair of the asphalt and concrete at 515 South Promenade Avenue is essential to limit the impact on the business.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for the recommended action is available in the Waterline Infrastructure Operating and Maintenance Project No. 71930 within the Water Utility Fund 570.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15302 (c) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Action (CEQA), which states that “operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the CEQA determination” and is therefore exempt from CEQA. This action involves repairs to existing infrastructure to maintain public health and safety. Therefore, is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, and no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: AFTAB HUSSAIN, ASSISTANT UTILITIES DIRECTOR REVIEWED BY: TOM MOODY, UTILITIES DIRECTOR