RESOLUTION NO. -2026
RESOLUTION OF THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LUMOS & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE RAW WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, CITY PROJECT NO. WTR00016, TO ADD SURVEYING, EASEMENT SUPPORT, AND BIDPHASE SERVICES (AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $235,210.65) WHEREAS, on July 14, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 49622025 approving a Professional Services Agreement with Lumos & Associates, Inc. (“Lumos”) in the amount of $198,600 for engineering design services associated with the Newman Reservoir Pump Station redesign for the Raw Water Line Replacement Project, City Project No. WTR00016; and WHEREAS, on October 10, 2025, the City executed a First Amendment to the Agreement in the amount of $18,000 to add radio study and FCC licensing support services; and WHEREAS, the First Amendment did not require City Council approval because the amendment amount was within the City Manager’s administrative contracting authority and did not exceed the 10% threshold established by City policy; and WHEREAS, during 2025–2026, the City encountered significant challenges in acquiring necessary easements for Segment 3 of the Raw Water Line Replacement Project, due in part to the original pipeline alignment traversing a forested area rather than remaining on an adjacent existing trail; and WHEREAS, in order to support easement negotiations and provide clarity to affected property owners, the City requested that Lumos perform additional surveying services, including field identification of the proposed pipeline alignment, property boundary verification, preparation of plats and legal descriptions, and limited topographic survey work; and WHEREAS, the City also requested that Lumos provide bidphase support services, including responding to bidder Requests for Information (RFIs), updating electrical drawings, and preparing conformed plan sheets for the construction phase of the Raw Water Line Replacement Project; and WHEREAS, these surveying and bid support services were not included in the original Agreement or the First Amendment, and constitute additional services requested by the City; and WHEREAS, Lumos has submitted a proposal dated June 1, 2026 (Ex A - Change Order Request No. 2), outlining the additional surveying, easement staking, and bidphase support services in the amount of $18,610.65; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the proposal and determined that the scope, level of effort, and associated costs are appropriate and necessary for the successful delivery of the Raw Water Line Replacement Project; and WHEREAS, approval by City Council of this Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement is required because the cumulative contract amount now exceeds the City Manager’s administrative contracting authority; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg hereby approves a Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Lumos & Associates, Inc. to add surveying, easement support, and bidphase services for the Raw Water Line Replacement Project, and authorizes the City Manager to execute the agreement in an amount not to exceed $235,210.65, Subject to approval of the City Attorney as to form; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Project is the subject of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and Title 14, the California Code of Regulations (“CEQA Guidelines”). The MND has been reviewed and a new MND nor an Environmental Impact Report are required by approval of this Second Amendment. It can be seen with certainty that the impacts of approving this Second Amendment do not exceed the impacts identified in the MND and are not substantial enough to require a new MND or Environmental Impact Report. Approval of this Second Amendment does not create new and cannot create significant environmental effects from the approved MND pursuant to the Common sense exemption 15061(b)(3) and/or is a minor alteration pursuant to Exemption 15304. A change in the design of the raw water line alignment to circumvent traversing forested area reduces existing environmental effects.
The above and foregoing Resolution was introduced by Councilmember Albin-Smith, seconded by Vice Mayor Rafanan, and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg held on the 8th day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
JASON GODEKE
Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana Paoli
City Clerk
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