HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 23-____
Introduced by Council Member __________
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY’S (WPCF) SWITCHGEAR REHABILITATION PROJECT, project no. 07656, AND CALLING FOR BIDS TO BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST 16, 2022 WHEREAS, the City of Hayward (City) owns and operates the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF), which treats an average flow of approximately eleven million gallons per day; and WHEREAS, the existing main switchgear (MSB), originally installed in 1982, is a key component of the power distribution system at the WPCF. The MSB along with several related motor control centers (MCCs) have provided power and controls to various plant processes for nearly forty years and have exceeded their useful lives; and WHEREAS, in February 27, 2018, the City entered into an agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation to perform engineering services for the WPCF Phase II Facilities Plan. The Phase II Facilities Plan serves as a comprehensive planning document for the WPCF infrastructure needs for the next twenty-five years; and WHEREAS, the WPCF Phase II Facilities Plan evaluated the WPCF’s electrical system and recommended replacing the MSB, MCCs, and retrofitting the existing old cogeneration building which houses these electrical equipment; and WHEREAS, on May 2021, the City entered into an agreement with Carollo Engineers to perform final designs services for the WPCF Switchgear Rehabilitation Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, those certain plans and specifications for the WPCF Switchgear Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 07656, on file in the Office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopted as plans and specifications for the project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a notice calling for bids for the required work and material to be made in the form and manner provided by law; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, sealed bids therefore will be received by the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 777 B Street, Hayward, California 94541, up to the hour of 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and declared by the City Clerk in the Rotunda, City Hall, Hayward, California.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council will consider a report on the bids at a regular meeting following the aforesaid opening and declaration of same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this project is categorically exempt from environmental review under Section 15301(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing facilities.
IN COUNCIL, HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA _______________________, 2022 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
MAYOR:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ATTEST: _____________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Hayward
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney of the City of Hayward
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