RESOLUTION NO. (XX)
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI
APPROVING PAYMENT TO ARGONAUT CONTRACTORS FOR
EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR WORK IN OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY
AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,477,
INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION
SERVICES PROVIDED BY GHD, INC, FROM FUNDS IN THE SEWER
CAPITAL ENTERPRISE FUND
WHEREAS, the City owns, operates, and maintains a sewer collection system consisting of four lift stations and approximately 32 miles of pipeline, and the City strives to maintain the system and includes condition assessments and repair and replacement projects in its Capital Improvements Program, however, the system is aging, and some failures do happen, and these failures require emergency repairs that are not budgeted due to their being unanticipated, and in these instances, emergency work is authorized at the City Manager level with City authorization to occur later; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2024, the Public Works Superintendent became aware of debris restricting flow in the 6-inch diameter gravity sewer pipeline in Commerce Boulevard near 7700 Old Redwood Highway, and the Superintendent vacuumed pea gravel from the pipeline and had the section of pipeline videotaped; and
WHEREAS, the video tape footage revealed missing sections of pipeline and damaged and offset joints over a 60-foot length extending north from the 7700 Old Redwood Highway property, and the City Engineer was notified, and a contractor was contacted with arrangements to replace the 60 feet of sewer on Wednesday July 24, 2024; and WHEREAS, sewer repairs were made, and, on July 25, 2024, the work was determined to be completed in accordance with City standards by the City’s contract Construction Manager, the Superintendent, and the City Engineer; and; and
WHEREAS, the work consisted of removal and replacement of the existing pipeline, backfilling and paving the trench section, and the City has been invoiced for the work and Staff is requesting, after the fact, authorization for the work and appropriation of unappropriated Sewer Enterprise funds to fund the construction and Construction Management costs; and WHEREAS, the work was performed by Argonaut Constructors for $44,977, and Construction Management was conducted by GHD, Inc. for an amount of $4,500, and the total requested appropriation from the Sewer Operating Enterprise fund (404) is $49,477, and this leaves a budgetary estimated ending fund balance of $955,000 for the sewer operating fund for fiscal year 2024/25; and
WHEREAS, this action is found to qualify for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption under CEQA Section 15301 in that the project consists of the 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 the existing or former use.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Cotati hereby determines:
1. The recitals stated above are true and correct, and
2. Payment to Argonaut Contractors is approved for Emergency sewer repair work in Old Redwood Highway for an amount of $44,977, and
3. Construction Management was conducted by GHD, Inc. for an amount of $4,500; and
4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to appropriate funds in the amount of $49,477 for this work from the Sewer Capital Enterprise Fund.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cotati held on September 24, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:______________________________
City Attorney