DATE: 10/01/2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Public Works Department
2025-373
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBJECT:
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CWE, A CALIFORNIA
CORPORATION, FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
THE CORONA DRAIN LINE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve the Professional Services Agreement with CWE, a California corporation, in the amount of $408,178 for the design and construction support services for the Corona Drain Line 9A Storm Drain Improvements Project. Completion of the project will minimize street flooding and continue to expand and complete sections of the storm drain master plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council:
a. Award Request for Proposal No. 25-065AT to CWE, a California corporation, for design and construction support services for the Corona Drain Line 9A – Project, No. ST- 2024-03.
b. Approve the Professional Services Agreement with CWE, a California corporation, for the Corona Drain Line 9A – Project, No. ST- 2024-03, in the amount of $408,178, and waive any minor irregularities in the proposal. c. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Professional Services Agreement with CWE, a California corporation, in the amount of $408,178, including any non-substantive extensions, change orders, purchase orders, and amendments up to the amount authorized in Corona Municipal Code Section
3.08.070(I), which is equivalent to $40,818 or 10%.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
On May 15, 2024, the City Council approved a Cooperative Agreement with the Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation District (RCFC&WCD) to fund the design and construction of the Corona Drain Line 9A, (Agreement No. 2-0-10047). The proposed storm drain will provide flood protection to businesses and residences along Magnolia Avenue by further extending the City’s storm drain system to collect runoff at Kellogg Avenue and conveying it to an existing City-owned storm drain beginning at Mount Wilson, a private street, just west of Rimpau Avenue.
The project will include the installation of catch basins and underground piping to mitigate flooding in the area. The project will also include pavement improvements and any upgrades to curb ramps to meet compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
ANALYSIS:
Request for Proposals (RFP) 25-065AT for design engineering services for the Corona Drain Line 9A —Project was advertised on May 05, 2025, pursuant to CMC Section
3.08.110 Non-Public Projects formal bidding procedure and posted on the City’s bidding portal, PlanetBids. A total of 700 PlanetBids Network vendors and 723 City of Corona vendors were notified. On June 10, 2025, eight (8) proposals were received through the PlanetBids bidding service. The following is a summary of the top three proposal evaluation results:
Firm Location Evaluation
Ranking
CWE Fullerton, CA 1
Michael Baker International, Inc. Temecula, CA 2
Engineering Resources of Southern
California, Inc.
Redlands, CA 3
Psomas Santa Ana, CA 4
J Smith & T. Muli Inc. Mission Viejo, CA 5
WestLAND Group, Inc. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6
Cvaldo Corp La Jolla, CA 7
EXP US Services, Inc Riverside, CA 8
Based on the proposal evaluation analysis, which scores the consultant on categories such as qualifications, competency, and project understanding, CWE’s team has the required skills, experience, and staffing to execute the scope of work for this project.
With the Council’s approval, the design is anticipated to be completed by winter 2026/2027 and construction to begin in Spring 2027, lasting approximately one year.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for the recommended actions is available in the Corona Drain Line 9A Capital Improvement Project No. ST-2024-03 within the Public Works Grants/Agreements Fund 243. The Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation District has granted funding for the project.
The design and engineering services cost is outlined as follows:
Consultant………………………………………………………………………………….….…
………$408,178
Contingency………………………………………………………………….............................. ... $40,818
Total
Costs……………………………………………………………….………….……………….$4
48,996
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
These actions are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Action (CEQA), as the actions are not a “project” as defined by CEQA (PRC Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378), guidelines which define a “project” as the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and that is an activity directly undertaking by any public agency including public works construction and related activities. These actions involve the approval of a professional services agreement. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required currently. After approval of the recommended actions herein, staff will proceed with this project's design and environmental document phase. Any applicable documentation will be prepared and filed at that time.
PREPARED BY: ISMAEL RIVERA, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER
REVIEWED BY: SAVAT KHAMPHOU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Exhibit 1 – Location Map
2. Exhibit 2 – Professional Services Agreement