Samer Al Sibai
(858) 336-7571
3601 Green Ave #B, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
[email protected]
Objective
Venture into a career with a dynamic company that will utilize my years of experience in construction projects.
Acknowledged by my colleagues as self-motivated, enthusiastic, quick learner, highly organized, and function well under pressure.
Education & other qualifications
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Power, Homs State University, Homs, Syria, 1995-2000. Project Management Certificate Program (PMCP), San Diego Community College, California, Feb-June 2016. Burlington English- Engineering Services, San Diego Continuing Education, California, Sep 2015-Jan 2016. Knowledge of California Electrical Code Title-24 Part-3. Automation and Industrial Engineering, AlMamoun University, Damascus, Syria, 2002. Programmable Logic Control (PLC) courses in Moller PLC devices and Moller Sucosoft Software, Specialist Sciences Center, Damascus, Syria, Jul 2002–Aug 2002.
OSHA 30.
Certification
Electrical Certified Engineer, UAE, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA), 2012- 2015.
Experience
Over 16 years of experience in large-scale projects, such as airports, high-rise residential and commercial buildings, shopping malls, hospitals, adventure land parks, water treatment plants, and other public works industrial projects. Ensure a quality project execution within budget, schedule. Review and validate the electrical Shop Drawings in coordination with other mechanical, structural, and architectural drawings and obtain approvals.
Submit material submittals and obtain approvals.
Electrical Experience
Construction experience with the following systems: Power, Bus Duct trunk, Lighting, Lighting control, Earthing and Lightning Protection, Fire alarm, Voice Evacuation, FM 200, Public Address, Emergency lighting (Central battery), Access Control, DAS, TETRA, GSM, CCTV, SMATV, Master Clock, IT Network structured cabling, LAN, parking management, Building Automation BMS, Chiller Plant Management, solar heater, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Nurse, RFID, Data and Telephone Systems, Mechanical and Electrical systems interferences.
Computer skills
PlanGrid, BlueBeam, AutoCAD, Navisworks freedom, CMiC, Labor Chart, and Oracle Textura. Accubid ChangeOrder 12, Procore, Spectrum Construction, Aconex, Kahua, Job Walk, and VEO HQ.
Professional Work History______________________________________________________ Helix Electric Inc, USA, Los Angeles, Mar 2018- Present Acting Project Manager
Implemented Projects:
o Div-22: Amazon LAX35 Building Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elec contract value $6.5M, (Jun 2021- Present). o Div-22: Marymount High School Renova Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elec contract value $700K, (Aug 2021- Present).
Assistant Project Manager
Implemented Projects:
o Div-22: LBVA Community Living Center Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elec contract value $4.3M, (Jul 2020- Jun 2021). o Div-34: LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse MSC North Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elect contract value was $174M, (March 2018- July 2020).
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Neal Electric Corporation, USA, Los Angeles, May 2016- Mar 2018 Assistant Project Manager
Implemented Projects:
o LA Metro 64S Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elect project contract value was $6.4M, (Sep 17- Mar 18). o East Los Angeles College G8 Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elect project contract value was $1,9M, (Oct 16- Aug 17). o Terminal Island Water Reclamation Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elect project contract value was $6M, (May 16- July 17). o Long Beach Pumping Station Project, USA, Los Angeles, Elect project contract value was $5,3M, (May 16-June 17).
Drake & Scull International PJSC, U.A.E, Dubai, Jan 2012 – Aug 2015 Senior Electrical Project Engineer
Implemented Projects:
o Emirates Mall Expansion Project, UAE, Dubai, MEP project contract value was $28,8M, (Jan 14-Aug 15). o Maliha Hospital for G.H.Q. UAE Armed Forces Project, UAE, Sharjah (Sep 2013-Jan 2014). o Adventure Land Expansion Project, UAE, Sharjah, MEP project contract value was $2M, (Mar 13-Aug 13). o Sahara Mall Expansion Project, UAE, Sharjah, MEP project contract value was $38,5M, (Jan 12-Sep 13), (Include Low Voltage 0,4 kV and Medium Voltage 11 kV).
Omega Engineering PJSC, U.A.E, Dubai, Apr 2006-Dec 2011 Senior Electrical Project Engineer Apr 2006-Dec 2011
Implemented Projects:
o The Prism Tower, UAE, Dubai, (36) floors (Jan 11-Dec 11). o The Dome Tower-N1, UAE, Dubai, (35) floors MEP works project value was $12 M (Jan 09-Jan 11). o Fortune Executive Tower-T1, UAE, Dubai, (35) floors (Jan 07-Jan 09).
Electrical Site Engineer
Implemented Project:
o Fortune Tower-C1, UAE, Dubai, (35) floors (Apr 06-Jan 07).
Professional Accomplishments
Prepared billing, Construction Project, SOVs, cost to complete (CTCs), and forecast projection on CMiC. Managed the process of feeding the information (like shop drawings, RFIs) to the field team. Reviewed and QCed field redline drawings and followed up with BIM team to complete the as-built drawings. Submitted request for inspections to GC, client, and LADBS. Managed to close out issues and punch list items. Prepared look-ahead schedule based on the construction program to ensure available manpower. Doing takeoff, price comparison sheets, material requisitions, and purchase orders. Prepared and submitted submittals, letters, RFIs, change orders, and payments. Attended pull plan, technical, progress, and coordination meetings. Created and updated project progress maps. Participated and managed the QC/QA inspections, testing & commissioning, and power-on equipment process. Prepared and submitted close-out packages like O&M manuals, As-built drawings, and warranties. Coordinated, scheduled, and conducted training with the client maintenance team. Conducted final systems testing and commissioning walks and inspections with GC and client. Established direct communication with clients, consultants, and main contractors, and made presentations. Validate electrical power distribution systems to match project equipment and requirement. Reviewed electrical specifications, mechanical electrical plumbing (MEP), architectural and structural drawings. Ensured MEP contract drawings and specifications were properly reviewed to produce shop drawings. Provided engineering inputs to BIM team for shop drawings preparation. _________________________________________________________ Department of Electrical Engineering Office, Syria, 2000-2006 Lead Electrical Engineer
Calculated heat and electrical loads. Monitored existing electrical loads and maintained proper load levels. Selected suitable generators, cables, related electrical devices, and components for various projects. Appointed to execute and maintain many electrical projects for reputable customers such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, York International, and Siemens.
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Ivan Delgado
Culver City, CA | 310-591-4575 | [email protected]
EDUCATION
West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA
Physics A.A Graduation Date: 2020
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, CA Construction Engineering & Management B.S. Graduation Date: Dec 2022
WORK EXPERIENCE
Alva Electric INC Los Angeles, CA
Apprentice Electrician Jul 2018 - Nov 2021
Gained knowledge and experience by analyzing and following manuals, schematic diagrams, blueprints, and other specifications
Implemented energy-saving solutions for clients, saving them thousands of dollars each year.Bullet point 3 Gained experience in the field by working with a certified electrician.
Measured and prepared supplies for electrical tasks
Santa Monica Swim Center Santa Monica, CA
Swim Instructor Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
Evaluated student performance during swim sessions and provided feedback to help them improve.
Completed attendance, progress, and evaluation reports for each student.
Taught students how to swim competitively and helped them practice for their meet.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
CPP Pre-Construction Team Pomona, CA
MEP Engineer Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Gained in-depth knowledge of analyzing and following manuals, schematic diagrams, blueprints, and other specifications.
Experience in working with a team of engineers to follow project deadlines.
Successfully completed projects by adhering to the given specifications.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Construction Management Association of America,
CPP
Pomona, CA
Treasurer May 2022 - Dec 2022
Managed the finances of the CMAA CPP Chapter
Introduced Construction Engineering students to CMAA and pursing their Construction-Manager-in-Training certification
Built relationships with CM industry leaders
National Electrical Contractors Association, CPP Pomona, CA President May 2022 - Dec 2022
Introduced to NECA and the electrical construction industry to underclass Construction Engineering majors at CPP
Starting a Construction Electrical team in order to compete at student competitions
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Skills: Microsoft AutoCAD, Revit, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Procore Office Excel Interests: Swim, Golf, and Boxing
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SUMMARY
EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Buena Park, CA 90620
[email protected]
714-886-8389 KAYCEE HARLAND
Estimating Coordinator
Detail-oriented Estimating Coordinator with experience supporting bid preparation, document control, and subcontractor communication. Skilled at organizing project information, reviewing specifications, and ensuring accurate, timely submissions.
April 2025 - Present
Estimating Coordinator
Review bid invitations, plans, and specifications to identify project requirements
Distribute bid documents and manage subcontractor/vendor invitations
Track bid progress, follow up with vendors, and maintain bid logs
Assist estimators with quantity takeoffs and pricing data Organize and prepare proposal documents and bid forms for submission
Coordinate addenda, clarifications, and updates during the bid process
Maintain accurate records of drawings, revisions, and
correspondence
Communicate with project managers, estimators, and clients to ensure alignment
Research and prequalify vendors/subcontractors for upcoming bids
Support post-bid reviews and update estimate tracking
databases
May 2021 - April 2025
Purchasing, A/P & A/R
Purchase order preparation
Maintaining the Bill of Materials
Communication with Vendors
Invoice preparation and processing
Account reconciliation and payment tracking
Job costing and expense allocation
Purchase order matching and verification
Data entry and accuracy in billing systems
Month-end closing support
Associates Degree in Liberal Arts & General
Studies - August 2009 to May 2013
August 2006 - June 2009
Purchase order preparation and vendor
management
Bid coordination and estimating support
Invoice processing and billing reconciliation
Document control and data entry accuracy
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word,
Outlook)
Experienced with accounting/estimating
software (QuickBooks, Sage, Bluebeam,
Procore, NetSuite)
Strong attention to detail and organization
Excellent communication and teamwork
skills
Ability to manage multiple deadlines in fastpaced environments LEED Electric, Inc.- Santa Fe Springs, CA
SOFFA Electric, Inc. - Commerce, CA
Cypress College - Cypress, CA
Cypress High School
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - CONTINUED
Buena Park, CA 90620
[email protected]
714-886-8389 KAYCEE HARLAND
Estimating Coordinator
SOFFA Electric, Inc. - Commerce, CA
May 2021 - April 2025
Purchasing, A/P & A/R
Customer billing inquiries and issue resolution
Maintaining organized billing records and documentation Proficient in QuickBooks, Excel, Sage, NetSuite, and Power Purcahse
Collections
Customer and Project Billing
Knowledge of A/R (Accounts Receivable) and A/P (Accounts Payable) procedures
KDC Inc. dba: Dynalectric L.A. - Los Alamitos, CA
May 2018 - February 2021
Purchasing & Project Administrator
• Assist Purchasing Agents with their needs.
• Create and process purchase orders.
.• Scan/attach/file purchase orders.
• Create and submit product Submittals for all jobs.
• Create spreadsheets for certain tasks.
• Review RFQ/RFP documents.
• Send out all RFQ/RFP documents to vendors and subs. that are needed.
• Create and update tracking log for estimating bids.
• Update drawings per PMS request
• Update RFIs per PMS request
• Review Test & Checkout Sheets• Update Proposals with
Information from the PM.
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EXHIBIT "B"
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
The services shall be completed within the duration specified below, beginning ten (10) calendar days after Notice to Proceed is issued:
Amend.
No.
Task
No.
Project Title Project
Duration
Not to Exceed
Fee
P.O. Number
- 0 On-Call Water Facilities Electrical
Systems and Master Planning
3 years $600,000
1.0 1.0
2.0 2.0
$600,000
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EXHIBIT "C"
COMPENSATION
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Firm: LEED Electric, Inc.
Project: On-Call Water Facilities Electrical Systems & Master Planning Services (1955) Date: 11/07/2025
LEED Electric, Inc. proposes the following fixed hourly rates for personnel to perform the scope of services described herein. These rates shall remain firm for a period of Three (3) years, with the option to renew for two (2) consecutive one (1)-year terms.
Personnel Classification Hourly Rate:
Project Manager $150.00 / hour
Senior Estimator
Estimator
Project Engineer
Electrical Foreman
$185.00 / hour
$150.00 / hour
$125.00 / hour
$174.08 / hour
Journeyman Electrician $147.78 / hour
Apprentice $125.61 / hour
Administrative Support $85.00 / hour
Notes:
• Rates include all overhead, profit, and administrative costs. • Overtime and premium rates (if applicable) will be billed in accordance with labor laws and project requirements.
• Travel, materials, and reimbursable expenses (if required) will be billed at cost plus applicable markup as agreed upon.
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PAUL S. LEON
MAYOR
ALAN D. WAPNER
MAYOR PRO TEM
JIM W. BOWMAN
DEBRA PORADA
DAISY MACIAS
COUNCIL MEMBERS
SHEILA MAUTZ
CITY CLERK
JAMES R. MILHISER
CITY TREASURER
SCOTT OCHOA
CITY MANAGER
CITY OF ONTARIO
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. PARTIES AND DATE.
This Agreement is made and entered as of ____________, by and between the City of Ontario, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of California with its principal place of business at 303 East “B” Street, Ontario, California 91764-4196, County of San Bernardino, State of California ("City") and ProjectLine Technical Services (dba for Getter Engineering, Inc.), a CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, with its principal place of business at 2900 Bristol St., D-103, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 ("Consultant"). City and Consultant are sometimes individually referred to herein as "Party" and collectively as "Parties."
2. RECITALS.
2.1 Consultant.
Consultant desires to perform and assume responsibility for the provision of certain professional services required by the City on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Consultant represents that it is experienced in providing electrical systems and master planning services to public clients, is licensed in the State of California, and is familiar with the plans of City.
2.2 Project.
City desires to engage Consultant to render such professional services for the On-Call Water Facilities Electrical Systems and Master Planning Services project ("Project") as set forth in this Agreement.
3. TERMS.
3.1 Scope of Services and Term.
3.1.1 General Scope of Services. Consultant promises and agrees to furnish to the City all labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, and incidental and customary work necessary to fully and adequately supply the professional electrical systems and master planning consulting services necessary for the Project ("Services"). The Services are more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. All Services shall be subject to, and performed in accordance with, this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and 364
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all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
3.1.2 Term. The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029, unless earlier terminated as provided herein. The City shall have the unilateral option, at its sole discretion, to renew this Agreement automatically for no more than two additional one-year terms.
Consultant shall complete the Services within the term of this Agreement, and shall meet any other established schedules and deadlines. The Parties may, by mutual, written consent, extend the term of this Agreement if necessary to complete the Services.
3.2 Compensation.
3.2.1 Compensation. Consultant shall receive compensation, including authorized reimbursements, for all Services rendered under this Agreement at the rates set forth in Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The consultant shall be compensated in the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) per fiscal year for a three-year total notto-exceed amount of One Million, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,050,000) without written approval of the City Council or City Manager, as applicable. Extra Work may be authorized, as described below, and if authorized, will be compensated at the rates and manner set forth in this Agreement.
3.2.2 Payment of Compensation. Consultant shall submit to City a monthly invoice which indicates work completed and hours of Services rendered by Consultant. The invoice shall describe the amount of Services provided since the initial commencement date, or since the start of the subsequent billing periods, as appropriate, through the date of the invoice. City shall, within 30 days of receiving such invoice, review the invoice and pay all non-disputed and approved charges. If the City disputes any of Consultant's fees, the City shall give written notice to Consultant within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice of any disputed fees set forth therein. Payment shall not constitute acceptance of any Services completed by Consultant. The making of final payment shall not constitute a waiver of any claims by the City for any reason whatsoever.
3.2.3 Reimbursement for Expenses. Consultant shall not be reimbursed for any expenses unless authorized in writing by City, or included in Exhibit "C" of this Agreement.
3.2.4 Extra Work. At any time during the term of this Agreement, City may request that Consultant perform Extra Work. As used herein, "Extra Work" means any work which is determined by City to be necessary for the proper completion of the Project, but which the Parties did not reasonably anticipate would be necessary at the execution of this Agreement. Consultant shall not perform, nor be compensated for, Extra Work without written authorization from the City.
3.2.5 Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) payments. It is the City’s policy to pay its consultant invoices via electronic fund transfers through the ACH network. All payments due and owing pursuant to a properly issued and correct invoice or under this Agreement shall be made through electronic ACH transfers, unless otherwise agreed upon by both Parties in writing. Consultant shall provide the City with ACH payment details whereby the City shall initiate the ACH transfers to Consultant in the amount required pursuant to a properly issued and correct invoice or under this Agreement. Each Party shall undertake any and all required actions and execute any required documents, instruments, or agreements required to effectuate the requirements of this Section. In the event the City erroneously deposits funds into an account, or otherwise deposits funds to which Consultant is not entitled: (1) Consultant shall immediately notify the City and the financial institution; (2) Consultant shall not withdraw any of the funds which were erroneously deposited or to which Consultant is not entitled; and (3) Consultant authorizes both the City and financial institution to take all actions necessary to correct the error and return to the City all funds erroneously deposited or to which Consultant is not entitled. 365
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3.3 Responsibilities of Consultant.
3.3.1 Independent Contractor; Control and Payment of Subordinates. The Services shall be performed by Consultant or under its supervision. Consultant will determine the means, methods and details of performing the Services subject to the requirements of this Agreement. City retains Consultant on an independent contractor basis and not as an employee. Any personnel performing the Services on behalf of Consultant shall not be employees of City and shall at all times be under Consultant's exclusive direction and control. Neither City, or any of its officials, officers, directors, employees or agents shall have control over the conduct of Consultant or any of Consultants officers, employees or agents, except as set forth in this Agreement. Consultant shall pay all wages, salaries, and other amounts due such personnel in connection with their performance of Services under this Agreement and as required by law. Consultant shall be responsible for all reports and obligations respecting such additional personnel, including, but not limited to: social security taxes, income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and workers' compensation insurance.
3.3.2 Schedule of Services. Consultant shall perform the Services in a prompt and timely manner and in accordance with the Schedule of Services set forth in Exhibit "B" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Consultant represents that it has the professional and technical personnel required to perform the Services expeditiously. Upon request of City, Consultant shall provide a more detailed schedule of anticipated performance to meet the Schedule of Services.
3.3.3 Conformance to Applicable Requirements. All work prepared by Consultant shall be subject to the approval of City.
3.3.4 Substitution of Key Personnel. Consultant has represented to City that certain key personnel will perform and coordinate the Services under this Agreement. Should one or more of such personnel become unavailable, Consultant may substitute other personnel of at least equal competence upon written approval of City. In the event that City and Consultant cannot agree as to the substitution of key personnel, City shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for cause. The key personnel for performance of this Agreement are as follows: Robert Getter, Principal Engineer; Jeffrey Montano, Principal Engineer; and Henry Luong, Senior Engineer.
3.3.5 City's Representative. The City hereby designates Dennis Mejia, P.E., Utilities Engineering Manager, or his/her designee, to act as its representative in all matters pertaining to the administration and performance of this Agreement ("City's Representative"). City's Representative shall have the power to act on behalf of the City for review and approval of all products submitted by Consultant but not the authority to enlarge the Scope of Services or change the total compensation due to Consultant under this Agreement. The City Manager shall be authorized to act on City's behalf and to execute all necessary documents which enlarge the Scope of Services or change the Consultant's total compensation subject to the provisions contained in this Agreement. Consultant shall not accept direction or orders from any person other than the City Manager, City's Representative or his/her designee.
3.3.6 Consultant's Representative. Consultant hereby designates Robert Getter, Principal Engineer, or his designee, to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement ("Consultant's Representative"). Consultant's Representative shall have full authority to represent and act on behalf of the Consultant for all purposes under this Agreement. The Consultant's Representative shall supervise and direct the Services, using his/her best skill and attention, and shall be responsible for all means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures and for the satisfactory coordination of all portions of the Services under this Agreement.
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3.3.7 Coordination of Services. Consultant agrees to work closely with City staff in the performance of Services and shall be available to City's staff, consultants and other staff at all reasonable times.
3.3.8 Standard of Care; Performance of Employees. Consultant shall perform all Services under this Agreement in a skillful and competent manner, consistent with the standards generally recognized as being employed by professionals in the same discipline in the State of California.
Consultant represents and maintains that it is skilled in the professional calling necessary to perform the Services. Consultant warrants that all employees and subconsultants shall have sufficient skill and experience to perform the Services assigned to them. Consultant represents that it, its employees and subconsultants have all licenses, permits, qualifications and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the Services, and that such licenses and approvals shall be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement. Consultant shall perform, at its own cost and expense and without reimbursement from the City, any services necessary to correct errors or omissions which are caused by the Consultant's failure to comply with the standard of care provided for herein. Any employee of the Consultant or its subconsultants who is determined by the City to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely completion of the Project, a threat to the safety of persons or property, or any employee who fails or refuses to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the City, shall be promptly removed from the Project by the Consultant and shall not be re-employed to perform any of the Services or to work on the Project.
3.3.9 Period of Performance.
3.3.9.1 Consultant shall perform and complete all Services under this Agreement within the term set forth in Section 3.1.2 above (“Performance Time”). Consultant shall also perform the Services in strict accordance with any completion schedule or Project milestones described in Exhibits “A” or “B” attached hereto, or which may be separately agreed upon in writing by the City and Consultant (“Performance Milestones”). Consultant agrees that if the Services are not completed within the aforementioned Performance Time and/or pursuant to any such Performance Milestones developed pursuant to provisions of this Agreement, it is understood, acknowledged and agreed that the City will suffer damage.
3.3.9.2 Neither City nor Consultant shall be considered in default of this Agreement for delays in performance caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing Party. For purposes of this Agreement, such circumstances include a Force Majeure Event. A Force Majeure Event shall mean an event that materially affects a Party’s performance and is one or more of the following: (1) Acts of God or other natural disasters; (2) terrorism or other acts of a public enemy; (3) orders of governmental authorities (including, without limitation, unreasonable and unforeseeable delay in the issuance of permits or approvals by governmental authorities that are required for the services); (4) strikes and other organized labor action occurring at the site and the effects thereof on the services, only to the extent such strikes and other organized labor action are beyond the control of Consultant and its subcontractors, and to the extent the effects thereof cannot be avoided by use of replacement workers; and (5) pandemics, epidemics or quarantine restrictions. For purposes of this section, “orders of governmental authorities,” includes ordinances, emergency proclamations and orders, rules to protect the public health, welfare and safety, and other actions of a public agency applicable to the services and Agreement.
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for the delay, shall not entitle Consultant to any additional compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this section, the City may still terminate this Agreement in accordance with the termination provisions of this Agreement.
3.3.10 Laws and Regulations; Employee/Labor Certification.
3.3.10.1 Compliance with Laws. Consultant shall keep itself fully informed of and in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations in any manner affecting the performance of the Project or the Services, including all Cal/OSHA requirements, and shall give all notices required by law. Consultant shall be liable for all violations of such laws and regulations in connection with the Services and this Agreement. All violations of such laws and regulations shall be grounds for the City to terminate the Agreement for cause.
3.3.10.2 Employment Eligibility; Consultant. Consultant certifies that it fully complies with all requirements and restrictions of state and federal law respecting the employment of undocumented aliens, including, but not limited to, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as may be amended from time to time and shall require all subconsultants and sub-subconsultants to comply with the same. Consultant certifies that it has not committed a violation of any such law within the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of execution of this Agreement, and shall not violate any such law at any time during the term of the Agreement.
3.3.10.3 Equal Opportunity Employment. Consultant represents that it is an equal opportunity employer and it shall not discriminate against any subconsultant, employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex or age. Such non-discrimination shall include, but not be limited to, all activities related to initial employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination. Consultant shall also comply with all relevant provisions of City's Minority Business Enterprise program, Affirmative Action Plan or other related programs or guidelines currently in effect or hereinafter enacted.
3.3.10.4 Air Quality. To the extent applicable, Consultant must fully comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in furnishing or using equipment and/or providing services, including, but not limited to, emissions limits and permitting requirements imposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and/or California Air Resources Board (CARB). Consultant shall indemnify City against any fines or penalties imposed by SCAQMD, CARB, or any other governmental or regulatory agency for violations of applicable laws, rules and/or regulations by Consultant, its subconsultants, or others for whom Consultant is responsible under its indemnity obligations provided for in this Agreement.
3.3.10.5 Water Quality Management and Compliance. Consultant shall keep itself and all subcontractors, staff, and employees fully informed of and in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations that may impact, or be implicated by the performance of the Services including, without limitation, all applicable provisions of the City’s ordinances regulating water quality and storm water; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.); the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Code § 13000 et seq.); and any and all regulations, policies, or permits issued pursuant to any such authority. Consultant must additionally comply with the lawful requirements of the City, and any other municipality, drainage district, or other local agency with jurisdiction over the location where the Services are to be conducted, regulating water quality and storm water discharges. City may seek damages from Consultant for delay in completing the Services caused by Consultant’s failure to comply with the laws, regulations and policies described in this Section, or any other relevant water quality law, regulation, or policy. 368
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3.3.10.6 Safety. Consultant shall execute and maintain its work so as to avoid injury or damage to any person or property. In carrying out its Services, the Consultant shall at all times be in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and shall exercise all necessary precautions for the safety of employees appropriate to the nature of the work and the conditions under which the work is to be performed.
3.3.11 Insurance.
3.3.11.1 Time for Compliance. Consultant shall not commence work under this Agreement until it has provided evidence satisfactory to the City that it has secured all insurance required under this section. In addition, Consultant shall not allow any subconsultant to commence work on any subcontract until it has provided evidence satisfactory to the City that the subconsultant has secured all insurance required under this section. Failure to provide and maintain all required insurance shall be grounds for the City to terminate this Agreement for cause.
3.3.11.2 Types of Insurance Required. As a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement for work to be performed hereunder, and without limiting the indemnity provisions of the Agreement, the Consultant, in partial performance of its obligations under such Agreement, shall procure and maintain in full force and effect during the term of the Agreement the following policies of insurance. If the existing policies do not meet the insurance requirements set forth herein, Consultant agrees to amend, supplement or endorse the policies to do so. (A) Commercial General Liability: Commercial General Liability Insurance which affords coverage at least as broad as Insurance Services Office "occurrence" form CG 00 01, or the exact equivalent, with limits of not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence and no less than $4,000,000 in the general aggregate. Defense costs shall be paid in addition to the limits. The policy shall contain no endorsements or provisions (1) limiting coverage for contractual liability; (2) excluding coverage for claims or suits by one insured against another (cross-liability); (3) products/completed operations liability; or (4) containing any other exclusion(s) contrary to the terms or purposes of this Agreement.
(B) Automobile Liability Insurance: Automobile Liability Insurance with coverage at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Form CA 00 01 covering "Any Auto" (Symbol 1), or the exact equivalent, covering bodily injury and property damage for all activities with limits of not less than $2,000,000 combined limit for each occurrence. (C) Workers' Compensation: Workers' Compensation Insurance, as required by the State of California and Employer's Liability Insurance with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and disease.
(D) Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions): Professional Liability insurance or Errors & Omissions insurance appropriate to Consultant’s profession with limits of not less than $2,000,000. Covered professional services shall specifically include all work to be performed under the Agreement and delete any exclusions that may potentially affect the work to be performed (for example, any exclusions relating to lead, asbestos, pollution, testing, underground storage tanks, laboratory analysis, soil work, etc.). If coverage is written on a claims-made basis, the retroactive date shall precede the effective date of the initial Agreement and continuous coverage will be maintained or an extended reporting period will be exercised for a period of at least five (5) years from termination or expiration of this Agreement.
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(E) If umbrella or excess liability coverage is used to meet any required limit(s) specified herein, the Contractor shall provide a “follow form” endorsement satisfactory to the City indicating that such coverage is subject to the same terms and conditions as the underlying liability policy.
3.3.11.3 Insurance Endorsements. Required insurance policies shall contain the following provisions, or Consultant shall provide endorsements on forms approved by the City to add the following provisions to the insurance policies:
(A) Commercial General Liability: (1) Additional Insured: The City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers shall be additional insureds with regard to liability and defense of suits or claims arising out of the performance of the Agreement. Additional Insured Endorsements shall not (1) be restricted to "ongoing operations"; (2) exclude "contractual liability"; (3) restrict coverage to "sole" liability of Consultant; or (4) contain any other exclusions contrary to the terms or purposes of this Agreement. For all policies of Commercial General Liability insurance, Consultant shall provide endorsements in the form of ISO CG 20 10 10 01 and 20 37 10 01 (or endorsements providing the exact same coverage) to effectuate this requirement. (2) Cancellation: Required insurance policies shall not be canceled or the coverage reduced until a thirty (30) day written notice of cancellation has been served upon the City except ten (10) days shall be allowed for non-payment of premium. (B) Automobile Liability: (1) Additional Insured: The City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers shall be covered as additional insureds with respect to the ownership, operation, maintenance, use, loading or unloading of any auto owned, leased, hired or borrowed by the Vendor or for which the Vendor is responsible. (2) Cancellation: Required insurance policies shall not be canceled or the coverage reduced until a thirty (30) day written notice of cancellation has been served upon the City except ten (10) days shall be allowed for non-payment of premium. (C) Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions (1) Cancellation:
Required insurance policies shall not be canceled or the coverage reduced until a thirty (30) day written notice of cancellation has been served upon the City except ten (10) days shall be allowed for nonpayment of premium. (2) This insurance shall be written on a policy form coverage specifically designed to protect against acts, errors or omissions of the Consultant. “Covered Professional Services” as designated in the policy must specifically include work performed under this Agreement. The policy must “pay on behalf of” the insured and include a provision establishing the insurer’s duty to defend. (D) Workers' Compensation: (1) Cancellation: Required insurance policies shall not be canceled or the coverage reduced until a thirty (30) day written notice of cancellation has been served upon the City except ten (10) days shall be allowed for non-payment of premium. (2) Waiver of Subrogation: A waiver of subrogation stating that the insurer waives all rights of subrogation against the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.
3.3.11.4 Primary and Non-Contributing Insurance. All policies of Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability insurance shall be primary and any other insurance, deductible, or self-insurance maintained by the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers shall not contribute with this primary insurance. Policies shall contain or be endorsed to contain such provisions.
3.3.11.5 Waiver of Subrogation. All required insurance coverages, except for the professional liability coverage, shall contain or be endorsed to waiver of subrogation in favor of the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers or shall specifically allow Consultant or others providing insurance evidence in compliance with these specifications to waive their right of recovery prior to a loss. Consultant hereby waives its own right of recovery against City, and shall require similar written express waivers and insurance clauses from each of its subconsultants. 370
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3.3.11.6 Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions. Any deductible or self-insured retention must be approved in writing by the City and shall protect the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers in the same manner and to the same extent as they would have been protected had the policy or policies not contained a deductible or self-insured retention.
3.3.11.7 Evidence of Insurance. The Consultant, concurrently with the execution of the Agreement, and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness thereof, shall deliver either certified copies of the required policies, or original certificates on forms approved by the City, together with all endorsements affecting each policy. Required insurance policies shall not be in compliance if they include any limiting provision or endorsement that has not been submitted to the City for approval. The certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy shall be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. At least fifteen (15 days) prior to the expiration of any such policy, evidence of insurance showing that such insurance coverage has been renewed or extended shall be filed with the City. If such coverage is cancelled or reduced and not replaced immediately so as to avoid a lapse in the required coverage, Consultant shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice of such cancellation or reduction of coverage, file with the City evidence of insurance showing that the required insurance has been reinstated or has been provided through another insurance company or companies.
3.3.11.8 Acceptability of Insurers. Each such policy shall be from a company or companies with a current A.M. Best's rating of no less than A:VII and authorized to transact business of insurance in the State of California, or otherwise allowed to place insurance through surplus line brokers under applicable provisions of the California Insurance Code or any federal law.
3.3.11.9 Enforcement of Agreement Provisions (non estoppel). Consultant acknowledges and agrees that actual or alleged failure on the part of the City to inform Consultant of non-compliance with any requirement imposes no additional obligation on the City nor does it waive any rights hereunder.
3.3.11.10 Requirements Not Limiting. Requirement of specific coverage or minimum limits contained in this Section are not intended as a limitation on coverage, limits, or other requirement, or a waiver of any coverage normally provided by any insurance.
3.3.11.11 Additional Insurance Provisions
(A) The foregoing requirements as to the types and limits of insurance coverage to be maintained by Consultant, and any approval of said insurance by the City, is not intended to and shall not in any manner limit or qualify the liabilities and obligations otherwise assumed by the Consultant pursuant to this Agreement, including but not limited to, the provisions concerning indemnification.
(B) If at any time during the life of the Agreement, any policy of insurance required under this Agreement does not comply with these specifications or is canceled and not replaced, City has the right but not the duty to obtain the insurance it deems necessary and any premium paid by City will be promptly reimbursed by Consultant or City will withhold amounts sufficient to pay premium from Consultant payments. In the alternative, City may cancel this Agreement. (C) The City may require the Consultant to provide complete copies of all insurance policies in effect for the duration of the Project. 371
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(D) Neither the City nor any of its officials, officers, employees, agents or volunteers shall be personally responsible for any liability arising under or by virtue of this Agreement. (E) The limits set forth herein shall apply separately to each insured against whom claims are made or suits are brought, except with respect to the limits of liability. Further the limits set forth herein shall not be construed to relieve the Consultant from liability in excess of such coverage, nor shall it limit the Consultant’s indemnification obligations to the City and shall not preclude the City from taking such other actions available to the City under other provisions of the Agreement or law.
(F) Consultant shall report to the City, in addition to Consultant’s insurer, any and all insurance claims submitted by Consultant in connection with the Services under this Agreement.
3.3.11.12 Insurance for Subconsultants. Consultant shall include all subconsultants engaged in any work for Consultant relating to this Agreement as additional insureds under the Consultant's policies, or the Consultant shall be responsible for causing subconsultants to purchase the appropriate insurance in compliance with the terms of these Insurance Requirements, including adding the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers as additional insureds to the subconsultant's policies. All policies of Commercial General Liability insurance provided by Consultant’s subconsultants performing work relating to this Agreement shall be endorsed to name the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers as additional insureds using endorsement form ISO CG 20 38 04 13 or an endorsement providing equivalent coverage. Consultant shall not allow any subconsultant to commence work on any subcontract relating to this Agreement until it has received satisfactory evidence of subconsultant’s compliance with all insurance requirements under this Agreement, to the extent applicable. The Consultant shall provide satisfactory evidence of compliance with this section upon request of the City.
3.4 Labor Code Requirements.
3.4.1 Prevailing Wages. Consultant is aware of the requirements of California Labor Code Section 1720, et seq., and 1770, et seq., as well as California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 16000, et seq., ("Prevailing Wage Laws"), which require the payment of prevailing wage rates and the performance of other requirements on "public works" and "maintenance" projects. If the Services are being performed as part of an applicable "public works" or "maintenance" project, as defined by the Prevailing Wage Laws, and if the total compensation is $1,000 or more, Consultant agrees to fully comply with such Prevailing Wage Laws. City shall provide Consultant with a copy of the prevailing rates of per diem wages in effect at the commencement of this Agreement. Consultant shall make copies of the prevailing rates of per diem wages for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to execute the Services available to interested parties upon request, and shall post copies at the Consultant's principal place of business and at the project site. It is the intent of the parties to effectuate the requirements of sections 1771, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777.5, 1813, and 1815 of the Labor Code within this Agreement, and Consultant shall therefore comply with such Labor Code sections to the fullest extent required by law.
Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers free and harmless from any claim or liability arising out of any failure or alleged failure to comply with the Prevailing Wage Laws.
3.4.2 Registration/DIR Compliance. If the Services are being performed on a public works project of over $25,000 when the project is for construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work, or a public works project of over $15,000 when the project is for maintenance work, in addition to the foregoing, then pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, the Consultant and 372
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all subconsultants must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”). Consultant shall maintain registration for the duration of the Project and require the same of any subconsultants.
3.4.3 Compliance Monitoring. This Project may also be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. It shall be Consultant’s sole responsibility to comply with all applicable registration and labor compliance requirements, including the submission of payroll records directly to the DIR. Any stop orders issued by the DIR against Consultant or any subconsultant that affect Consultant’s performance of services, including any delay, shall be Consultant’s sole responsibility. Any delay arising out of or resulting from such stop orders shall be considered Consultant caused delay and shall not be compensable by the City. Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees and agents free and harmless from any claim or liability arising out of stop orders issued by the DIR against Consultant or any subconsultant.
3.4.4 Labor Certification. By its signature hereunder, Consultant certifies that it is aware of the provisions of Section 3700 of the California Labor Code which require every employer to be insured against liability for Worker's Compensation or to undertake self-insurance in accordance with the provisions of that Code, and agrees to comply with such provisions before commencing the performance of the Services.
3.5 Termination of Agreement.
3.5.1.1 Grounds for Termination. City may, by written notice to Consultant, terminate the whole or any part of this Agreement at any time and without cause by giving written notice to Consultant of such termination, and specifying the effective date thereof, at least seven (7) days before the effective date of such termination. Upon termination, Consultant shall be compensated only for those Services which have been adequately rendered to City, and Consultant shall be entitled to no further compensation. Consultant may not terminate this Agreement except for cause. The rights and remedies of the City provided in this section shall not be exclusive and are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law, equity or under this Agreement.
3.5.1.2 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated as provided herein, City may require Consultant to provide all finished or unfinished Documents and Data and other information of any kind prepared by Consultant in connection with the performance of Services under this Agreement. Consultant shall be required to provide such document and other information within fifteen (15) days of the request.
3.5.1.3 Additional Services. In the event this Agreement is terminated in whole or in part as provided herein, City may procure, upon such terms and in such manner as it may determine appropriate, services similar to those terminated.
3.6 Indemnification.
3.6.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consultant shall defend (with counsel of City’s choosing), indemnify and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents free and harmless from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, liability, loss, damage or injury of any kind, in law or equity, to property or persons, including wrongful death, in any manner arising out of, pertaining to, or incident to any acts, errors or omissions, or willful misconduct of Consultant, its officials, officers, employees, subcontractors, consultants or agents in connection with the performance of the Consultant’s Services, the Project or this Agreement, including without limitation the payment of all damages, expert witness fees and attorney’s fees and other related costs and expenses except such loss or damage caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the City. Consultant's 373
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obligation to indemnify shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement and shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by Consultant, the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers.
3.6.2 If Consultant’s obligation to defend, indemnify, and/or hold harmless arises out of Consultant’s performance as a “design professional” (as that term is defined under Civil Code section 2782.8), then, and only to the extent required by Civil Code section 2782.8, which is fully incorporated herein, Consultant’s indemnification obligation shall be limited to claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the Consultant, and, upon Consultant obtaining a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction, Consultant’s liability for such claim, including the cost to defend, shall not exceed the Consultant’s proportionate percentage of fault.
3.7 General Provisions.
3.7.1 Accounting Records. Consultant shall maintain complete and accurate records with respect to all costs and expenses incurred under this Agreement. All such records shall be clearly identifiable. Consultant shall allow a representative of City during normal business hours to examine, audit, and make transcripts or copies of such records and any other documents created pursuant to this Agreement. Consultant shall allow inspection of all work, data, documents, proceedings, and activities related to the Agreement for a period of three (3) years from the date of final payment under this Agreement.
3.7.2 Independent Contractors and Subcontracting.
3.7.2.1 Use of Consultants. Consultant is aware of statutory and case law regarding classification of workers as independent contractors, including California Labor Code Section 2750.3 and Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018). To ensure that Consultant is in compliance with the California Labor Code, Consultant shall only utilize its employees to provide the Services. Consultant may not provide the services through any independent contractor, subcontractor or subconsultant (“Subcontractor(s)”) unless approved by the City as set forth in Section
3.7.2.2 below. Consultant represents and warrants that all personnel who perform the Services on Consultant’s behalf are Consultant’s employees, and that Consultant complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing its employees, including, but not limited to, the California Labor Code, Unemployment Insurance Code and all applicable Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders.
3.7.2.2 Prior Approval Required. Consultant shall not use any Subcontractor to provide the Services, or any portion of the work required by this Agreement, without prior written approval of City. In the event that City authorizes Consultant to use a Subcontractor, Consultant shall enter into a written agreement with the Subcontractor, which must include all provisions of the Agreement, including a restriction on the Subcontractor’s use of further independent contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants without the City’s prior written consent.
3.7.3 Delivery of Notices. All notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be given to the respective parties at the following address, or at such other address as the respective parties may provide in writing for this purpose:
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Consultant: ProjectLine Technical Services
(dba for Getter Engineering, Inc.)
2900 Bristol, D-103
Costa Mesa CA 92626
ATTN: Robert Getter, Principal Engineer
City: City of Ontario
303 East “B” Street
Ontario, CA 91764
ATTN: Dennis Mejia, P.E., Utilities Engineering Manager Such notice shall be deemed made when personally delivered or when mailed, forty-eight (48) hours after deposit in the U.S. Mail, first class postage prepaid and addressed to the party at its applicable address. Actual notice shall be deemed adequate notice on the date actual notice occurred, regardless of the method of service.
3.7.4 Ownership of Materials and Confidentiality.
3.7.4.1 Documents & Data; Licensing of Intellectual Property. This Agreement creates a non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or caused to be prepared by Consultant under this Agreement ("Documents & Data"). All Documents & Data shall be and remain the property of City, and shall not be used in whole or in substantial part by Consultant on other projects without the City’s express written permission. Within thirty (30) days following the completion, suspension, abandonment or termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall provide to City reproducible copies of all Documents & Data, in a form and amount required by City. City reserves the right to select the method of document reproduction and to establish where the reproduction will be accomplished. The reproduction expense shall be borne by City at the actual cost of duplication. In the event of a dispute regarding the amount of compensation to which the Consultant is entitled under the termination provisions of this Agreement, Consultant shall provide all Documents & Data to City upon payment of the undisputed amount. Consultant shall have no right to retain or fail to provide to City any such documents pending resolution of the dispute. In addition, Consultant shall retain copies of all Documents & Data on file for a minimum of fifteen (15) years following completion of the Project, and shall make copies available to City upon the payment of actual reasonable duplication costs. Before destroying the Documents & Data following this retention period, Consultant shall make a reasonable effort to notify City and provide City with the opportunity to obtain the documents.
3.7.4.2 Subconsultants. Consultant shall require all subconsultants to agree in writing that City is granted a non-exclusive and perpetual license for any Documents & Data the subconsultant prepares under this Agreement. Consultant represents and warrants that Consultant has the legal right to license any and all Documents & Data. Consultant makes no such representation and warranty in regard to Documents & Data which were prepared by design professionals other than Consultant or its subconsultants, or those provided to Consultant by the City.
3.7.4.3 Right to Use. City shall not be limited in any way in its use or reuse of the Documents and Data or any part of them at any time for purposes of this Project or another project, provided that any such use not within the purposes intended by this Agreement or on a project other than this Project without employing the services of Consultant shall be at City’s sole risk. If City uses or reuses 375
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the Documents & Data on any project other than this Project, it shall remove the Consultant’s seal from the Documents & Data and indemnify and hold harmless Consultant and its officers, directors, agents and employees from claims arising out of the negligent use or re-use of the Documents & Data on such other project. Consultant shall be responsible and liable for its Documents & Data, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, only with respect to the condition of the Documents & Data at the time they are provided to the City upon completion, suspension, abandonment or termination. Consultant shall not be responsible or liable for any revisions to the Documents & Data made by any party other than Consultant, a party for whom the Consultant is legally responsible or liable, or anyone approved by the Consultant.
3.7.4.4 Indemnification. Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, volunteers and agents free and harmless, pursuant to the indemnification provisions of this Agreement, for any alleged infringement of any patent, copyright, trade secret, trade name, trademark, or any other proprietary right of any person or entity in consequence of the use on the Project by City of the Documents & Data, including any method, process, product, or concept specified or depicted.
3.7.4.5 Confidentiality. All ideas, memoranda, specifications, plans, procedures, drawings, descriptions, computer program data, input record data, written information, and other Documents & Data either created by or provided to Consultant in connection with the performance of this Agreement shall be held confidential by Consultant. Such materials shall not, without the prior written consent of City, be used by Consultant for any purposes other than the performance of the Services. Nor shall such materials be disclosed to any person or entity not connected with the performance of the Services or the Project. Nothing furnished to Consultant which is otherwise known to Consultant or is generally known, or has become known, to the related industry shall be deemed confidential. Consultant shall not use City's name or insignia, photographs of the Project, or any publicity pertaining to the Services or the Project in any magazine, trade paper, newspaper, television or radio production or other similar medium without the prior written consent of City.
3.7.4.6 Confidential Information. The City shall refrain from releasing Consultant’s proprietary information ("Proprietary Information") unless the City's legal counsel determines that the release of the Proprietary Information is required by the California Public Records Act or other applicable state or federal law, or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, in which case the City shall notify Consultant of its intention to release Proprietary Information. Consultant shall have five (5) working days after receipt of the release notice to give City written notice of Consultant's objection to the City's release of Proprietary Information. Consultant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against all liability, loss, cost or expense (including attorney’s fees) arising out of a legal action brought to compel the release of Proprietary Information. City shall not release the Proprietary Information after receipt of an objection notice unless either: (1) Consultant fails to fully indemnify, defend (with City's choice of legal counsel), and hold City harmless from any legal action brought to compel such release; and/or (2) a final and non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction requires that City release such information.
3.7.5 Cooperation; Further Acts. The Parties shall fully cooperate with one another, and shall take any additional acts or sign any additional documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient to attain the purposes of this Agreement.
3.7.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements.
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either legal, administrative or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing party in such litigation shall be entitled to have and recover from the losing party reasonable attorneys’ fees and all costs of such action.
3.7.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. Venue shall be in San Bernardino County. In addition to any and all contract requirements pertaining to notices of and requests for compensation or payment for extra work, disputed work, claims and/or changed conditions, Consultant must comply with the claim procedures set forth in Government Code sections 900 et seq. prior to filing any lawsuit against the City. Such Government Code claims and any subsequent lawsuit based upon the Government Code claims shall be limited to those matters that remain unresolved after all procedures pertaining to extra work, disputed work, claims, and/or changed conditions have been followed by Consultant. If no such Government Code claim is submitted, or if any prerequisite contractual requirements are not otherwise satisfied as specified herein, Consultant shall be barred from bringing and maintaining a valid lawsuit against the City.
3.7.9 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence for each and every provision of this Agreement.
3.7.10 City's Right to Employ Other Consultants. City reserves right to employ other consultants in connection with this Project.
3.7.11 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding on the successors and assigns of the parties.
3.7.12 Assignment or Transfer. Consultant shall not assign, sublet, or transfer this Agreement or any rights under or interest in this Agreement without the written consent of the City, which may be withheld for any reason. Any attempt to so assign or so transfer without such consent shall be void and without legal effect and shall constitute grounds for termination. Consultant shall not subcontract any portion of the Services required by this Agreement, except as expressly stated herein, without prior written approval of City. Subcontracts, if any, shall contain a provision making them subject to all provisions stipulated in this Agreement.
3.7.13 Construction; References; Captions. Since the Parties or their agents have participated fully in the preparation of this Agreement, the language of this Agreement shall be construed simply, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any Party. Any term referencing time, days or period for performance shall be deemed calendar days and not work days. All references to Consultant include all personnel, employees, agents, and subconsultants of Consultant, except as otherwise specified in this Agreement. All references to City include its elected officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers except as otherwise specified in this Agreement. The captions of the various articles and paragraphs are for convenience and ease of reference only, and do not define, limit, augment, or describe the scope, content, or intent of this Agreement.
3.7.14 Amendment; Modification. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing and signed by both Parties.
3.7.15 Waiver. No waiver of any default shall constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant or condition. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party shall give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.
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3.7.16 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. There are no intended third party beneficiaries of any right or obligation assumed by the Parties.
3.7.17 Invalidity; Severability. If any portion of this Agreement is declared invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
3.7.18 Prohibited Interests. Consultant maintains and warrants that it has not employed nor retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for Consultant, to solicit or secure this Agreement. Consultant warrants that it has not paid nor has it agreed to pay any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for Consultant, any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. Consultant further agrees to file, or shall cause its employees or subconsultants to file, a Statement of Economic Interest with the City’s Filing Officer as required under state law in the performance of the Services. For breach or violation of this warranty, City shall have the right to rescind this Agreement without liability. For the term of this Agreement, no member, officer or employee of City, during the term of his or her service with City, shall have any direct interest in this Agreement, or obtain any present or anticipated material benefit arising therefrom.
3.7.19 Authority to Enter Agreement. Consultant has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to execute, deliver, and perform the Agreement. Each Party warrants that the individuals who have signed this Agreement have the legal power, right, and authority to make this Agreement and bind each respective Party.
3.7.20 Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
3.7.21 Survival. All rights and obligations hereunder that by their nature are to continue after any expiration or termination of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the indemnification obligations, shall survive any such expiration or termination.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF ONTARIO AND
PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES (DBA FOR GETTER ENGINEERING, INC.) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on the day and year first above written.
CITY OF ONTARIO PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES (DBA
FOR GETTER ENGINEERING, INC.)
By:
Its:
Printed Name:
By:
Its:
Printed Name:
[If Corporation, TWO SIGNATURES,
President OR Vice President AND Secretary
OR Treasurer REQUIRED]
Approved By:
Scott Ochoa
City Manager
Approved as to Form:
_____________________________________
Best Best & Krieger LLP
City Attorney
Attested By:
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT “A”
RFQual Proposed Scope of Services for
On-Call Water Facilities Electrical Systems and Master Planning Services General Requirements and Objectives:
The City of Ontario Municipal Utilities Company is requesting Statement of Qualifications from qualified consulting firms for Operations and Engineering Specialists (referred to here as “Specialists”) to provide On-Call Water Facilities Electrical Systems and Master Planning Services for three (3) years, with an option of renewing for two (2) consecutive one (1) year terms. The City desires to obtain the services of a maximum of three (3) qualified firms to provide on-call services. Task orders will be issued to firms on a competitive basis based on the qualifications and expertise of the Specialists, and the firms supporting staff and subconsultants. There is no designated minimum nor maximum value of services to be awarded to any one Consultant.
Request for Qualification (RFQual) is for Specialists to assist the City in the development of a Master Set of Electrical Guidelines, Standard Plans and Specifications (MSEGPS) to support water facilities projects. The City’s water and sewer facilities include, but are not limited to, Production Wells, Ion Exchange Treatment Plants, Booster Stations, Pressure Reducing Stations, Reservoirs and Sewer Lift Stations. The future MSEGPS will serve as OMUC’s primary guideline for all electrical, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), instrumentation and control (I&C), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) and cybersecurity requirements and best practices. Below is a list of the City’s general objectives for this professional services contract:
1. Support the retainage and transfer of knowledge from current staff to the next generation of operators and engineers.
2. Evaluate the existing design, construction and commissioning guidelines and, specifications and practices for the City’s water and sewer facility projects including but not limited to Production Wells, Ion Exchange Treatment Plants, Booster Stations, Pressure Reducing Stations, Reservoirs and Sewer Lift Stations.
3. Improve and streamline the project delivery method from predesign/design to construction/commissioning for future water facility projects.
4. Develop a standardized set of design guidelines, plans and specifications for all the City’s water facility projects.
5. Develop a standardized set of construction guidelines and specifications for all the City’s water facility projects.
6. Develop a standardized set of commissioning guidelines and specifications for all the City’s water facility projects.
7. Documents developed through this professional service agreement will be utilized by engineers, contractors, construction managers, and operators for future projects;
8. Provide Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) services for complex electrical and control system projects.
Specialists should have expertise in electrical, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), instrumentation and control (I&C), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) and cybersecurity services. Specialists will have a minimum of 8 years of experience in design, construction and/or operation of various City water and sewer facilities including but not limited to Production Wells, Ion 381
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Exchange Treatment Plants, Booster Stations, Pressure Reducing Stations, Reservoirs and Sewer Lift Stations. Specialists should possess the expertise and resources to provide comprehensive coordination with various stakeholders in achieving the City’s objectives listed above. The City desires to work with experienced Specialists that would maintain positive working relationships with all City staff as well as other consultants and contractors; possess the ability to recognize project issues and recommend possible solutions early in the process on regulatory, technical, administrative, and managerial levels; coordinate and accomplish small and large tasks in a well-organized manner; communicate effectively in a public sector setting; and are enthusiastic about working as part of a team.
Each Prospective Consultant (or listed subconsultant) is required to be able to provide all the services listed in this RFQual.
The following scope of services provides general categories of services that may be required for each task order requested. The categories are not an exhaustive list of services but rather a sampling of the services that are typically included, but not limited to, within that area of the scope in order to demonstrate the qualifications needed for that scope of services.
Specific services requested under these agreements shall be identified by the City at the time of the request for a specific task order. For each task order requested by the City, the Consultant shall provide a task order proposal that identifies the specific scope of services to be performed, the necessary project management activities, task budget, and task schedule. Upon City’s approval of the proposed task’s scope of services, the City will issue a notice to proceed with purchase order requisition for the work. The Consultant is encouraged to provide recommendations with respect to scope and order of completion.
No task order or scope of services shall be performed without first receiving authorization from the City and notice to proceed with the task order. Refer to Professional Services Agreement in Exhibit “B” to review the General Requirements and other conditions.
Consultant shall be aware that certain labor categories above may be subject to prevailing wage rates as identified in the California Labor Code commencing Section 1770 et Seq. Determination of whether or not Prevailing Wages shall apply will be determined when the City’s Project Manager identifies the scope of specific task orders. Please refer to Paragraph XI.11 “Prevailing Wage and Contractor Registration” of this RFQual, and Paragraph 3.10.6 “Prevailing Wages” of the Professional Services Agreement for further requirements.
Services to be performed under this contract may include:
On-Call Services
1) Project Management and Administration (Applicable to each Task Order issued) a) Prepare meeting agendas, conduct meetings and workshops with stakeholders, and prepare meeting minutes incorporating all stakeholders’ feedback. b) Prepare monthly invoicing and progress report including a summary of work completed, tasks anticipated to be completed in the next month, and a review of work status relative to budget and schedule.
i) Any divergences between work completed and budget expended, and schedule needs to be specifically explained and addressed to avoid future budget short-comings and delays in schedule.
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ii) If divergences occur between work completed and budget expended, and schedule, a recovery plan must be provided to City’s project manager that demonstrates how the project will be brought back on schedule and within budget.
c) Coordinate with City Staff, other consultants, and contractors. 2) Information Gathering
a) Prepare and maintain a tracking log and database of all the gathered documents b) Conduct preliminary interviews with Engineering and Production staff on the current procedures and best practices for the predesign, design, construction, commissioning and operations of the various types of water facility projects.
c) Conduct field assessments of the City’s various existing water facilities 3) Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the Design, Construction, Commissioning and Operation
a) Prepare individual SOP for various water facility projects. SOP should include, but not limited to, the following
i) Subsection per phase of development and operation
ii) A section of common troubleshooting best practices
iii) Templates for a standardized I&C and P&ID drawing for various water facility projects, using ISA 5.1 tagging systems
iv) Material Lists with Item, Description, Manufactor, Make, Model 4) Assessment Report
a) The assessment report should have a comprehensive understanding of all the City’s current practices and procedures for designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the City’s various water facilities, and provide recommendations for areas of improvement. 5) Planned and Unplanned Maintenance 5-year Forecasting Budget a) Prepare a Risk Matrix to determine the likelihood of unplanned maintenance and the potential added costs for accelerating the maintenance for emergency repairs. 6) Tagging System for OMUC’s future Asset Management System a) Knowledgeable of the operation of the “City Works” software system b) Coordinate and support OMUC Planning Division with OMUC’s Asset Management System on an as needed basis.
7) Design Guidelines
a) Prepare a set of design guidelines for water facility projects. i) Consider using the existing Water and Sewer Design Development Guidelines and Specifications on the City’s website as a formatting baseline (see link below) (1) https://www.ontarioca.gov/government/public-works/engineering/design ii) Incorporate industry standards and regulations including, but not limited to, AWWA, ISA, IEEE, NFPA, etc.
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8) Standard Plans and Specifications
a) Prepare a set of standard plans for various water facility projects. Each set of plans may include the following drawings.
i) P&ID
ii) I&C
iii) Typical subsystems for the facilities
iv) Control Panel Layouts
v) Electrical schematics and details
vi) Mechanical schematics and details
b) Standard Specifications for items listed above
9) Electrical and SCADA Master Planning
a) Prepare an Electrical and SCADA Master Plan that will assist in the execution of the City’s Water Master Plan
b) Include instrumentation, engineering standards relevant to I&C c) Knowledgeable of the requirements from ISA 5.1 tagging standard and ISA 112 SCADA standards d) Coordinate with OMUC Water Production staff and City IT Department’s in any SCADA security system efforts for water facility projects
e) Knowledgeable of all local, state, and federal electrical engineering standards f) Prepare arc flash mitigation study and recommendations g) Standardized relay logic and electrical drawing legend sheets h) Prepare Specifications
i) Develop a CAD standard for OMUC and implement a database i) Database should be a basis for electrical and I&C engineering work, to allow OMUC to track electrical and instrumentation and controls assets.
ii) Knowledge of available electrical design systems software and provide recommendations for software that OMUC should implement into our design review practices 10) SCADA Security Risk Assessment
a) Coordinate with OMUC Water Production staff and City IT Department’s current control system network security practices and guidelines for water facilities connected to the SCADA network. b) Review and assess the City’s current practices against other industry standard guidelines, including AWWA J100, ISA 95 etc.
c) Prepare a risk assessment report and recommendations for improvement. 11) On-Call Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Services • Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) review for electrical, I&C and/or P&DI submittals during the pre-design, design, construction and/or commissioning phase • Subject Matter Expert (SME) Services
• Risk Management Services to conduct HAZID/HAZOP studies • Constructability Review
• Construction Inspection
• Commissiong Support
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1. Executive Summary
ProjectLine specializes in electrical and controls engineering for Water Facilities.
Founded in 2001, ProjectLine Technical Services (ProjectLine) is a California corporation specializing in electrical and controls engineering services for water infrastructure projects. ProjectLine clients include major water utility agencies for whom we provide engineering and design services for water and sewer facilities, booster stations, pressure reducing stations, reservoirs, wells and ion exchange treatment plants. ProjectLine clients include Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), Orange County Sanitation District (OC San), Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), and cities such as Los Angeles and Riverside.
ProjectLine’s offers relevant water facility electrical engineering experience. See Appendix A for ProjectLine’s Statement of Qualifications. A summary of relevant projects for Ontario’s RFQual follows.
ProjectLine recently provided electrical, control systems and SCADA designs for 7 wastewater pump stations for the City of LA and Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). Projects include both new and upgraded stations, new switchgear and MCC, control panels, backup generators, etc. ProjectLine also provided evaluations of SCADA, electrical and controls infrastructure, and tagging requirements. Both LA and CVWD have detailed electrical standards including preferred electrical and controls equipment, control philosophies, and installation and commissioning requirements. Adherence to standards helps CVWD and LA better construct, operate and maintain their facilities. It is easier for maintenance staff to troubleshoot problems, because facilities use the same instrumentation devices, for example. Standardization also benefits training and transfer of knowledge to the next generation of staff. ProjectLine provided on-call electrical engineering design services for several recent OC San projects. ProjectLine’s designs followed OC San’s robust electrical and controls standards:
o Project P1-141 Administrative Facilities Demolition at Plant 1 includes re-routing fiberoptic cables for several buildings, addition of 14 fleet EV chargers, and design of a new parking lot and related outdoor lighting systems. Design is ongoing for 2026 construction. o P2-127 Warehouse Stations and
Collections Yard Relocation at Plant 2,
including a pre-engineered warehouse
building (see photo to right), fleet
vehicle covered parking, and a time-fill
CNG compressor.
o Project FR1-0019 Replacement of
backup generator protection relays at
OC San’s Plant 1 power buildings.
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protection relays were end-of-life and
therefore replaced with SEL relays.
ProjectLine is currently providing electrical
design services for security system upgrades at several Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) facilities as part of MWD’s agency-wide upgrade to a new Genetec security platform. Projects include replacement of outdated analog cameras with new digital cameras, addition of radar and fence/ground shaker intrusion detection, and access control system upgrades.
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o Capture and transfer knowledge of electrical
infrastructure from current staff to the next
generation of operators and engineers.
o Facilitate communication and training of staff as well as consultants and contractors.
ProjectLine’s experience with robust electrical engineering standards of many water agencies will be applied to guide Ontario’s electrical design, construction and commissioning standards. ProjectLine will draw on our experience with many water agencies and best practices to:
o Tailor your Master Set of Electrical Guidelines,
Standard Plans and Specifications (MSEGPS) to
Ontario’s needs. Standard electrical plans and
specifications, design guidelines and requirements
for SCADA, security, etc. will provide clear and
consistent directions to engineers and contractors.
o MSEGPS will provide Ontario with construction and commissioning requirements for water facility electrical and controls work. ProjectLine will help the City avoid third party issues by clarifying roles and responsibilities and detailing commissioning forms to document facilities are tested and functioning before acceptance.
ProjectLine Offers a well-qualified team for your Water Facilities Electrical Engineering.
Resumes for key ProjectLine team members are included in Appendix B.
ProjectLine client references are included in Appendix C, reflecting many longstanding client relationships. Section 4 includes an organization chart and more detail about our proposed team members:
Robert Getter, P.E. will be your Project Manager and lead Electrical Engineer. Robert offers over 30 years of experience leading engineering teams on a variety of water infrastructure projects, including several recent design projects for OC Sanitation District, MWD, IEUA and the City of LA.
Robert offers previous experience providing engineering services for Ontario, and is a registered electrical and mechanical engineer. Alan Carrie, P.E. is well qualified to lead QA/QC for Ontario’s more complex electrical and control system projects. Alan offers over 35 years of engineering and design experience, including several recent design projects for OC San and MWD, and previous Ontario electrical designs. Alan will provide “a second set of eyes” to ensure Ontario designs are complete, biddable, constructable and will result in facilities that are operable and maintainable. Alan will also lead I&C engineering for Ontario’s project. Henry Luong will be your Project Engineer. Henry offers 10 years of electrical engineering design and field experience, including several recent design projects for OC San, MWD, IEUA, CVWD and the City of LA. Henry is currently leading electrical and controls design for MWD’s Site Security Upgrades, for OC San’s P1-141 fiberoptic cable network reconfiguration, and for OC San’s FE24-10 secondary clarifier rehabilitation project. 386
PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Dr. PengFei Chao, P.E. of PWE (Premier Water Engineering) will lead Civil engineering if required to support City electrical tasks. Dr. Chao is an AZ licensed engineer with over 30 years of experience in planning, design, and construction management of municipal infrastructure projects. PWE will be a subconsultant to ProjectLine if there is a need for civil engineering support. Dr. Chao and PWE will provide CA registered civil engineers to Ontario’s team TBD based on the assignment.
ProjectLine’s key electrical engineering staff (Robert, Alan and Henry) will be supported by other electrical engineering and CAD staff as-needed to perform Ontario’s on-call engineering tasks.
ProjectLine offers City of Ontario experience.
ProjectLine previously provided electrical and
SCADA-related engineering services for
several City water facilities. ProjectLine
provided design and follow-on constructionphase engineering services for Site Security Improvements at the PWA Site and
Reservoirs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10. ProjectLine
staff also performed several other engineering
design and construction-phase engineering
tasks for the City under the direction of Mr.
Scott Burton (see section 11 below for more
detail). ProjectLine’s City experience provides
familiarity with your water infrastructure and
related electrical needs.
ProjectLine offers an innovative approach
ProjectLine’s proposed approach to implementing the RFQual scope applies our experience with many agencies’ master planning standards (see Section 7) to offer innovative ideas for Ontario’s consideration:
Identify and focus on “early wins” in the project schedule to help build and sustain enthusiasm for the project. Change can be difficult and early rewards make it easier. Form and support a core project team crossing boundaries within City departments – e.g.
Engineering, Operations, and IT. Need to encourage and support our team’s can-do attitude! Focus on facts to support decision-making. Consideration of life-cycle costs of standards, and forced-ranking evaluation of alternatives can help deliver value and priorities. Implement electrical standards within context of existing City engineering standards. Consider what works and areas for improvement in existing standards as reference.
ProjectLine is enthusiastic about working for Ontario’s Public Works team again! 387
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2. Table of Contents:
1. Executive Summary (see above)
2. Table of Contents
3. Identification of Proposer
4. Staffing Resources
5. Fiscal Stability
6. Experience and Technical
Competence
7. Proposed Method to Accomplish the
Work
8. Hourly Rate Schedule
9. Insurance
10. Litigation
11. Other Information
12. Certification of Proposal
13. Appendices
A. ProjectLine Statement of Qualifications
B. Resumes
C. Reference Projects and Client references
D. Accountant letter
E. Draft Schedule
F. Hourly rate schedule
G. Non-Collusion Statement
3. Identification of Proposer
Legal name of company: Getter Engineering, Inc., doing business as ProjectLine Technical Services
Address: 2900 Bristol, D-103, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
ProjectLine is a California S-Corporation and is not owned by any parent company. ProjectLine representative: Robert Getter, P.E., Principal Engineer, 2900 Bristol, D-103, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Phone: 949-351-9718.
City of Costa Mesa Business License CM#28437. ProjectLine’s Ontario Business License BL#00060145 has lapsed, and ProjectLine will renew the Ontario Business License as required to perform services for the City of Ontario.
4. Staffing Resources
ProjectLine Offers Ontario an experienced Team
of engineers well-qualified to provide On-Call
Water Facilities Electrical Engineering Services.
See Section 1 Executive Summary (above) for a summary
of ProjectLine;s proposed team. Resumes for key
ProjectLine team members are included in Appendix B.
ProjectLine client references are included in Appendix C.
Robert Getter will lead ProjectLine’s services for the City, assign technical resources needed for each task, and
manage the team’s schedule, budget and overall
performance. Depending on the City’s on-call task
assignment, ProjectLine will assign one or more key
engineers (Robert Getter, Henry Luong and/or Alan Carrie) to lead the task assignment. Robert, Henry and Alan are each very capable and experienced, and they will engage other ProjectLine staff as needed to perform field work, development of MSEGPS, and other tasks. ProjectLine has 10 staff in our Costa Mesa office who are devoted to water infrastructure and electrical engineering.
ProjectLine has included Premier Water Engineering (PWE), led by Dr. PenFei Chao, on our team to assist with Civil Engineering if required. Brief biographies for Robert, Henry and Alan follow:
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Experience includes water and wastewater pumping and treatment facilities, pressure reducing stations, ion exchange treatment plants, reservoirs, wells, and a variety of other electrical improvements. Experience includes recent projects for OC San, MWD, IEUA, CVWD and the City of LA spanning over 25 years. Robert previously managed several design and construction-phase engineering assignments for the City of Ontario, including Site Security Improvements at the PWA Site and Reservoirs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Alan Carrie, P.E. has over 35 years of electrical and controls engineering experience for public infrastructure projects, providing a range of services from planning through design and construction phases. Experience includes designs for water, stormwater, wastewater, and reclaimed water treatment equipment and systems, chemical feed systems, pumping systems, compressed air and blower systems. Experience includes recent projects for OC San, MWD, IEUA, CVWD and the City of LA spanning over 25 years. Alan was previously electrical engineer of record for the City of Ontario’s Site Security Improvements at the PWA Site and Reservoirs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Henry Luong has 10 years of experience performing electrical and mechanical engineering, design and construction-phase engineering tasks services on a variety of infrastructure projects.
Experience includes water and wastewater pumping and treatment facilities, pressure reducing stations, reservoirs, and a variety of maintenance-related electrical upgrades. Experience includes recent projects for OC San, MWD, IEUA, CVWD and the City of LA.
5. Fiscal Stability
ProjectLine is financially stable with strong income and no debt. See Appendix D for a letter from ProjectLine’s accountant advising with a related financial statement. We will be happy to provide more information as needed if selected by the City of Ontario for an on-call agreement.
6. Experience and Technical Competence
a. Experience
i. ProjectLine Experience: ProjectLine specializes in electrical and controls engineering for water infrastructure projects, and ProjectLine’s experience is well-suited to meet the goals and fulfill the general functions for Ontario’s RFQual. See section 1 Executive Summary for ProjectLine’s experience with OC San, CVWD, City of LA and MWD and related electrical engineering standards. ProjectLine’s Statement of Qualifications is included in Appendix A.
ii. Staff Experience: ProjectLine’s proposed staff – Robert Getter, Alan Carrie and Henry Luong are electrical engineers who have each worked on several OC San, CVWD, City of LA and MWD projects. Alan and Robert previously provided engineering services to Ontario water facilities. Resumes are included in Appendix B. iii. Years in Business: ProjectLine was incorporated in 2001, and has been providing the required scope of services for public clients for over 20 years. iv. References: Please see Appendix C for five (5) ProjectLine client references, and we are using three (3) of these as project-specific reference projects (see 6.b below). v. Local knowledge: ProjectLine staff Robert Getter and Alan Carrie previously provided engineering services for Ontario water facilities, including engineering design and construction-phase engineering tasks for Ontario’s MUC under the direction of Scott Burton, who was assistant utilities director at that time (2007-2008). Provided design and construction-phase services for site security and reservoir repair improvements. 389
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vi. Reference projects: Within the past 5 years, ProjectLine provided electrical and controls engineering for the following three relevant projects (see Appendix C for details):
OC Sanitation District P2-127 Warehouse and Collections Yard City of LA TOS-25 Stormwater Diversion Projects
IEUA DeviceNet Replacement Project
vii. None of the situations described in RFQual Requirements paragraph 6.b.ii has occurred within the 24 years that ProjectLine has been in business. c. Technical Competence
viii. ProjectLine possesses five AutoCAD and three Microstation licenses and related CAD workstations. ProjectLine design staff use Bluebeam as a design markup and review tool, and track design review comments, responses and resolution in Bluebeam sessions. ProjectLine staff have ETAP modeling experience, and experience with various lighting modeling packages. ProjectLine also has various electrical design automation tools developed in-house.
ix. ProjectLine offers multi-disciplinary project capabilities. ProjectLine staff offer mechanical, instrumentation and electrical engineering capability, and we typically employ subconsultants for other disciplines – e.g. Civil, structural, architectural, etc.
Based on the RFQual scope of work, we expect that ProjectLine can perform all of the expected on-call services in-house. The only task we recommend to subcontract is the arc-flash mitigation study (Task 9.f), because in our experience this is a task that can be performed more efficiently by a specialty subconsultant. We have included PWE on our proposed team in the event that the City needs Civil engineering expertise related to electrical work.
7. Proposed Method to Accomplish the Work:
1. Project Management and Administration.
Project Controls. Effective project management, coordination, communication and schedule and budget control will begin at the outset with a Project Management Plan (PMP) tailored to Ontario’s needs. The PMP will be used as a roadmap and will be updated as-needed. The PMP will include:
A decisions log will be maintained to facilitate and document critical decisions and track issues for resolution. Effective communication will continue throughout the project in frequent meetings and discussions with Ontario staff and monthly progress reports. Any significant issues will be identified and reported to Ontario immediately. Team communication procedures with Ontario’s operations, engineering and project management staff. We understand the need for a collaborative process, beginning with the kickoff meeting, developing a shared understanding of Ontario San goals, and continuing throughout the project. Our approach has proven successful on many similar projects.
We view Ontario as partners with whom we will build a successful project. Our project manager, with Ontario’s staff and team members as project stakeholders, will share a successful project vision, and will address areas of concern with openness to avoid conflicts and facilitate problem resolution.
QA/QC. ProjectLine’s QA/QC process will provide high-quality work products that build confidence, support and enthusiasm for meeting Ontario objectives. QA/QC will be provided in accordance with the PMP, with all work products checked prior to delivery. Our QA/QC steps will include Project Manager check of all work products, and an independent review of drawings, calculations and specifications by an experienced engineer.
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2. Information Gathering. ProjectLine proposes a systematic data gathering approach, with work products that summarize status of City facilities and best practices. These work products will be used to develop SOPs for City water facilities. ProjectLine will:
a. Gather information on existing procedures and best practices. b. Conduct preliminary interviews with Engineering and Production staff. c. Conduct field assessments to City water facilities. ProjectLine makes effective use of technology for field data collection with ruggedized tablet computers that allow for on-thego annotation of photos and documents, with on-line data synchronization with ProjectLine’s home office network drives. The goal will be to identify and prioritize issues – e.g. code violations, end-of-life equipment, maintenance problems, etc. d. ProjectLine will work with the City to anticipate information that will be required to support later tasks - e.g. SOPs, Assessment Report and Maintenance Forecasting.
3. Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Design, Construction, Commissioning and Operation. ProjectLine will work with City stakeholders to develop an SOP format that best fits the needs of users, and considers SOP use within the framework of Ontario’s future asset management system. We envision these SOPs as a collection of baseline information for each water facility that includes P&IDs,
system descriptions, operating
procedures, key drawings, and
equipment information. We envision
future SOPs created during design, and
updated through construction, operation
and maintenance to become baseline
documents for City staff, consultants
and contractors. ProjectLine provided
similar services for MWD’s water
treatment plants, including schematic
drawings of existing electrical and
controls facilities pictured here.
4. Assessment Report. ProjectLine envisions the following approach:
a. Collecting ideas for improvements to current practices from information gathering and SOP development.
b. Summarizing recommendations in a draft Report for City review and input. c. Holding a workshop with key stakeholders to obtain City input, and incorporating City comments into a final Report.
5. Planned and Unplanned Maintenance 5-year Forecasting Budget. ProjectLine will investigate the City’s existing maintenance budget, and work with City electrical maintenance staff to identify issues and areas for improvement. We expect City staff are already aware of water facilities that are most critical to operations and have vulnerabilities (e.g. older electrical equipment and/or limited redundancy). These facilities will be most at risk for expensive emergency repairs. We will develop this information to recommend improvements to budget forecasting. 391
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6. Tagging System for OMUC’s future Asset Management System. ProjectLine has experience with many water agency tagging and asset identification systems, and we will apply this to Ontario’s water facilities and electrical systems. We will first evaluate existing City tagging systems and investigate options for porting this data to the new “City Works” asset management software system. We anticipate that a facility-based asset tagging system will work best, with tagging matching existing City SCADA and P&ID tagging. The goal will be a City-wide tagging system that is logical and intuitive, and does not require a lot of effort changing existing systems.
ProjectLine recently updated the City of LA’s BOE tagging specifications for application to new Advanced Water Purification Systems, so we have a good understanding of tagging possibilities and limitations.
7. Design Guidelines. ProjectLine will consider using the existing Water and Sewer Design Development Guidelines and Specifications as a formatting baseline for the set of new electrical design guidelines. ProjectLine will incorporate appliable industry standards such as NEC, IEEE, ISA, etc. Design Guidelines will be the City’s opportunity to specify standards for electrical infrastructure. For example:
a. Electrical safety – does the City want arc-resistant or arc-quenching equipment? Types of protection relays and breakers? Where should lock-out-tag-out apply vs. local disconnects, grounding requirements, ratings for electrical equipment, etc. b. Electrical redundancy – where are backup generators required? Permanent vs. portable generators? What are criteria for UPS systems? Does the City have situations that warrant double-ended switchgear and MCC? What alarms are needed for critical facilities? Where to apply monitoring and trending for early warning? Does the City anticipate Battery Energy Storage Systems?
c. Standardize materials and approaches – e.g. standardize levels of SCADA monitoring and control. What materials does the City want for electrical equipment located indoors vs. outdoors? Types of fiber-optic cable – single vs. multi-mode. Does the City have approved light pole details and standard fixture schedules?
8. Standard Plans and Specifications. ProjectLine will work with the City to identify standards from other agencies to use as a guide and first produce an initial table of contents. ProjectLine will then prioritize standards that will help ongoing projects. ProjectLine’s experience is that agencies like to standardize instrumentation – e.g. prefer Khrone mag meters, or prefer ultrasonic level devices in certain situations, vs. pressure-type in other situations. Specifying standard approaches to pump control and related standard control schematics can also help with troubleshooting and maintenance. ProjectLine expects to develop standard SCADA-related panel details and specifications for items like switches and communication.
9. Electrical and SCADA Master Planning. Alan Carrie will lead ProjectLine’s Master Planning:
a. Evaluate the City’s existing electrical and SCADA systems in light of the City’s Water Master Plan and recommend related phased infrastructure upgrades. b. Coordinate with City Water Production and IT staff on security, hardware and software standards for building out the network.
c. Incorporate relevant I&C standards for P&IDs, tagging, CAD, etc. d. Create a database of electrical and I&C assets to allow for tracking of assets. e. Evaluate design systems software alternatives and recommend products for implementation into OMUC design review processes.
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10. SCADA Security Risk Assessment. Alan Carrie will lead ProjectLine’s SCADA risk assessment:
a. Coordinate with OMUC Water Production staff and City IT staff to document existing network security practices.
b. Review and assess the City’s current practices against industry standards and guidelines such as AWWA J100, ISA 95, etc.
c. Prepare a Risk Assessment Report with recommendations for improvement.
11. On-Call Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Services. Alan Carrie will lead ProjectLine’s electrical QA/QC services, including:
a. Review of submittals during pre-design through construction and commissioning. b. Subject Matter Expert (SME) services.
c. Risk Management services including HAZID/HAZOP studies. d. Constructability review.
e. Construction inspection, and Commissioning support.
8. Hourly Rate Schedule – see Appendix F.
9. Insurance
ProjectLine has insurance coverages as specified in the City’s Professional Services Agreement included as Exhibit B of the RFQual. ProjectLine will provide the City with a Certificate of Insurance as needed to comply with the Agreement with the City.
10. Litigation
Within the past five (5) years, ProjectLine has not filed any claims nor had any claims filed against us.
11. Other Information
a. As reflected in our Appendix C references, ProjectLine has a demonstrated record of staffing tasks efficiently and completing projects on time and within the allocated budget. b. Description of community involvement: ProjectLine is an active contributor to the water infrastructure community, including memberships in Water Environment Federation (WEF), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and the Santa Ana Regional Board Section (SARBS) of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA). ProjectLine also sponsors high school and college interns.
c. ProjectLine has no conflicts of interest in connection with providing Services with this RFQual.
12. Certification of Proposal
ProjectLine hereby submits this proposal and, by doing so, agrees to provide services to the City in accordance with the RFQual, and to be bound by the terms and conditions of the RFQual.
Very truly yours,
Robert Getter, Principal Engineer
ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Engineering Services Qualifications
ProjectLine
Technical Services, Inc.
About Our Company
ProjectLine Technical Services (ProjectLine) is a California corporation specializing in engineering services for infrastructure projects. ProjectLine clients include national engineering companies and major infrastructure management agencies. We offer Civil, Structural, MEP, electrical, and controls expertise throughout California and Arizona. We also have a General Engineering Contractor license (A) in California. ProjectLine clients include Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Cities such as Los Angeles and Riverside, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD), and Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), for whom we provide engineering services as both prime and subconsultant. ProjectLine is a Caltranscertified Disadvantaged Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and MWD and State-certified Small Business Enterprise (DBE/WBE/SBE). An abbreviated ProjectLine SOQ follows.
ProjectLine Offers Technical Expertise to Match Your Projects We offer services from project planning and feasibility studies, to design and construction-phase engineering services. Our experience includes:
Electrical, Controls, and Instrumentation engineering Mechanical process, Civil, and Structural engineering Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) engineering Water, Wastewater and stormwater conveyance, pumping and treatment facilities Biogas, photovoltaic, hydroelectric, and renewable energy facilities Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
EV charging facilities and parking structure designs
Facility lighting and security designs
Design-build and alternative fast-track procurement approaches Permitting and code compliance
SCADA, telecommunications, network and security upgrade designs Sludge digestion and dewatering facilities
Chemical storage and handling facilities
Rehabilitation and upgrade designs
Industrial gas facilities, including hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, CNG, and digester gas Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) and design using AutoCAD, Microstation and related specialty applications
Construction Management Services
Infrastructure resiliency assessments
Progressive design-build and a variety of alternative project delivery approaches 394
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Table 1 lists services provided for recent projects and descriptions are included below.
Table 1 - ProjectLine Experience
Design Project Civil
Site Struct. Mech./ Process Elec. Instr/IT & SCADA CM/CS Riverside Grade Separation Project X X
Highbury, Terminal Way and Edinger Pump
Station Rehabilitation Projects (City of LA and
OCSD)
X X X X
UV Disinfection Design - LADWP X X
Weymouth ORP - MWD X X X X
City of LA Refuse Transfer Station (CLARTS) X X X X
Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Control Systems -
LADWP X
Storm Drainage Improvement Design - LADWP X X
Sewer System Asset Management Study
(ROCCS) - OCSD X X
Electrical and Mechanical Upgrade Designs -
OCSD X X X X X X
Castaic Turnout Metering Structure Design –
Castaic/ MWD X X
Adelanto Solar Power Station - LADWP X
Skinner WTP Chemicals Upgrades - MWD X X X
Upper Feeder Gate Rehabilitation - MWD X X X
Hyperion WWTP – City of LA X X X
Hayfield Wells Design - MWD X X
Caltrans Stormwater BMPs X X
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Design – Plastic
Mfg
X X X X X X
Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Fueling Station Installation
Design - Air Products/ OCSD
X X X X X X
Diemer Site Preparation - MWD X X
City of Santa Ana West Pump Station Upgrade X X
City of Ontario Reservoir Repair Project X X
City of Ontario Site Security Improvements X X X X
City of LA NE Police Station Parking Structure X X X
City of Farmersville Wastewater Treatment Plant X X X
MWD Control System Replacement Study X
Distribution System Improvements - MWD X
City of LA Albion and Aliso Creek Stormwater and
Park Projects X X X
Dewatering Wells at Van Norman Complex -
LADWP X X X
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Upgrade Designs, Orange County Sanitation District.
Provided design services to OC San projects, including:
P2-127 Warehouse Station and Collection Yard Replacement at Plant 2. ProejctLine designed replacements for warehouse and collections yard that were demolished to make room for a new solids processing facility at
Plant 2. Replacement collections yard
included covered parking structure for OC
San CNG-fueled vactor trucks, and time-fill
CNG compressor system (22 gasolinegallon-equivalent per hour at 3600 psi), gas detection and alarms, and vehicle wash and
tire filling facilities. Replacement warehouse
included EV fleet charging systems and both
indoor and covered outdoor warehouse
spaces, security cameras and network
connections. Demolition also required rerouting power and fiber communication for OC San’s Oil Dock that had been powered
from old warehouse.
J-120A Control Room Upgrades at Plant 1.
Provided upgrades for OC San’s control room,
including design to accommodate new ABB DCS
workstations, replacement of raised floor, and
added doors and windows. Workstation layout
considered ergonomics and input from OC San
Control Room staff. Design required temporary
relocation of control room equipment during
construction, and relocation of a variety of OC
San security, alarm and communication systems.
FE22-01 Maintenance Access Platforms at Plants 1 and 2. Designed structural platforms for access and maintenance of pumps at a large influent lift station, of sludge loading hoppers at a solids processing facility, and of conveyor equipment at screenings loading facility. Pump station platforms spanned 75 ft at 8 ft H for access to four vertical pump motors. Screenings loading facility included monorail and ultra-low headroom hoist to allow for conveyor motor removal.
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 City of LA Pump Station Rehabilitation Projects –
Terminal Way, Highbury, Thompson, Cahuenga, Union
Pacific and San Pasqual Pump Stations
ProjectLine assisted with electrical and mechanical
rehabilitation design for Terminal Way Pump Station
(subconsultant to Brown and Caldwell), and for Highbury, Thompson, Cahuenga, Union Pacific Pump Stations
(subconsultant to Atkins Global). The Terminal Way project included replacement of pumps, motors, air conditioning (AC) equipment, backup generator, and various valves and gates. ProjectLine’s scope included preliminary design for AC improvements, and final design for electrical and
controls upgrades. The Highbury, Thompson, Cahuenga
and Union Pacific projects included replacement of pumps, motors and backup generator, and ProjectLine’s scope
included electrical and controls design. ProjectLine
provided assistance with City Plan Check approvals, and follow-on construction-phase engineering services.
City of Los Angeles BOS and BOE – Glendale, Hyperion and Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facilities (AWPF)
ProjectLine assisted with electrical and control systems designs for AWPF facilities at the Hyperion, Tillman and Glendale Water Reclamation Plants as subconsultant to Carollo Engineers. Hyperion and Tillman AWPF are progressive design-build projects, and ProjectLine preliminary designs were used as the design basis specification for bridging documents. The 4 mgd Hyperion AWPF includes membrane bio-reactors (MBR), reverse osmosis (RO) and advanced oxidation processes (UV plus hydrogen peroxide), and ProjectLine’s role included preliminary design for electrical and controls, and mechanical design for the product water storage and pumping. Product water for the Hyperion AWPF will be used for Title 22 applications at the adjacent LAX airport. The 25 mgd Tillman AWPF includes biologically active filters, microfiltration, disinfection conversion, and AOP. Tillman AWPF water will be used for Title 22 applications and for spreading facilities. ProjectLine also assisted with electrical and controls design for a 100 gpm demonstration facility at the Glendale water reclamation plant, which provides water to water features and park area along the Los Angeles River, and includes biologically activated carbon (BAC), microfiltration (MF), RO, UV and ozone treatment systems.
Castaic Lake Water Authority/MWD – Santa Clara Valley Foothills Pipeline Turnout Projectline provided electrical and instrumentation design services for a new MWD turnout to the Castaic Lake Water Agency as a subconsultant to Kennedy Jenks. The new turnout from the 200 inch MWD Foothill Feeder includes a 48” isolation valve and magnetic flow meter in separate underground vaults. A new electrical supply is needed to provide the turnout loads. The flow meter is connected to a new AMR cabinet which connects by phone modem to MWD’s monitoring center. The local RTU is also connected to CLWA’s existing PLC cabinet close by. In a related assignment, working directly for MWD, ProjectLine assisted with evaluation of alternatives to divert dewatering discharges from the Foothill Feeder from the Santa Clara River. The evaluation was undertaken to mitigate impacts to an endangered fish, the Unarmored Threespine Stickleback. Concepts were developed for diversion of the majority of the 50 million gallons of dewatering water from the area of concern, however, MWD determined biological monitoring and relocation protection of the fish to be more effective than water diversion.
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Site Security Upgrade Projects ProjectLine provided electrical design for site security upgrades at 38 facilities throughout Southern California as subconsultant to Carollo Engineers and Brown and Caldwell. ProjectLine’s electrical upgrade designs were performed in conjunction with security system specialists to support replacement of cameras and various other security devices, security lighting, and upgrades to access control systems. Designs were based on site visits and concept evaluations that addressed a range of issues critical to MWD’s security mission.
City of Los Angeles, Albion Riverside Park. ProjectLine provided electrical design for site improvements on this Proposition O project as a subconsultant to Tetra Tech. The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) named the project as recipient of the 2020 Envision® Gold award for sustainable infrastructure for delivering a heightened range of environmental, social, and economic benefits to the host and affected communities. Design for the 6-acre site included BMPs to improve water quality of stormwater prior to discharging to the Los Angeles River, and upgraded outdoor sports fields, park areas, and parking areas. The project provided multiple benefits to the neighborhood by creating visual linkages to the Los Angeles River and linkages to other projects referenced in the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master plan. ProjectLine’s electrical design included innovative LED lighting for sports fields and park areas based on photometric modeling, with PC-based programmable lighting controls, and meeting the latest City lighting standards. 398
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) On-Call Engineering Services.
ProjectLine provided instrumentation and mechanical engineering, and CAD design support services for chemical systems upgrades to Skinner
and Diemer water treatment plants as a subconsultant to MWH. Projects added and/or replaced sodium hypochlorite, caustic,
alum/ferric, ammonia, polymer and
fluorosilicic acid systems. Skinner designs
added and replaced a total of 56 chemical
injection points for 520 mgd Modules 1
through 6 and a new 110 mgd Module 7
expansion. ProjectLine designs included
sodium hypochlorite tank farm and chemical
injection, chlorine ejectors and chemical
injection, and pumped mixing for injection of
alum/ferric and polymer. ProjectLine also
provided follow-on construction-phase
engineering services including responses to
Contractor questions, shop drawing reviews,
on-site engineering support, and
preparation of 12 Plant-Wide System
Schematics for the relatively complex
chemical and utility systems for the
upgraded plant.
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Upgrade Designs, Orange County Sanitation District.
ProjectLine provided electrical designs for replacement of five corroded 11KV pullboxes that form part of the medium voltage distribution system at Plant 2 located in Huntington Beach. The new boxes were designed to meet code and to be installed without disturbing the existing cables. The 11KV cables were tested by the Contractor both before and
after box installation to ensure cable
integrity was maintained. Another upgrade
design task replaced existing secondary
busways for ten substation transformers at
Plant 1, located in Fountain Valley.
Redesigned interfaces to the transformers
and switchgear were needed for the new
cableways. Safety and construction
sequencing to avoid impacting process
operations were important considerations in
design of upgrades. ProjectLine also
provided mechanical design for
replacement of existing HVAC equipment at
the end of its useful life, ADA upgrade
designs for OCSD’s Plant 1 campus,
preliminary engineering for expansion of the
Purchasing Building at Plant 1, and
civil/structural design for improvements to
the Control Center at Plant 2.
Skinner Water Treatment Plant
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), Weymouth ORP Design.
ProjectLine provided mechanical and instrumentation engineering design and CAD services for upgrade of MWD’s 520 mgd Weymouth
Water Treatment Plant from chlorine
disinfection to ozone. Instrumentation
design included over 80 P&IDs for ozone
generation and related cooling water and
chemical injection systems. P&IDs were
developed using Bentley’s Plantspace
software with an innovative, customized
database application. Linking a database
with equipment and instruments on P&IDs
allowed for accurate and efficient
development of instrument lists, I/O and
equipment lists. ProjectLine prepared
control loop descriptions and diagrams of
network communication systems detailing
integration with MWD’s existing SCADA.
ProjectLine designed rapid mixing
systems for chemical additions, including
six 3,500 gpm, 75 HP, VFD-driven
centrifugal pumps with related mixing nozzles and chemical diffusers for alum, polymer and chlorine.
Rapid mix designs included three large ultrasonic flow meters (in 15 ft x 13 ft box conduit) and isolation gates for connection to the existing treatment plant. ProjectLine was a subconsultant to Carollo Engineers for the project.
City of Ontario – Site Security Upgrades Project.
ProjectLine provided design-phase and construction management for upgrades to security systems at City reservoirs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Upgrades included vandal-resistant, visually attractive electric sliding gates, fences, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment enclosures.
Security enclosures included intrusion alarms to the City’s SCADA system. ProjectLine evaluated alternative security enclosures, fencing and gate materials, and assisted the City in selecting materials suited to City park locations of three sites. Upgrades also included motorizing three existing manual sliding gates at the Public Works Agency site. Sliding gates included security and safety loops, and card readers integrated with existing
City security systems.
City of Ontario – Reservoir Repair
Contract Management,
Construction-Phase Engineering
Services. ProjectLine provided
contruction management services for
repairs of two City of Ontario water
supply reservoirs, 0.375 and 2.0
million gallon Reservoirs 5 and 6.
ProjectLine staff prepared the project
scope of work, cost estimates,
construction schedule, evaluation of
bids, and recommendation for contract
award. Services also included
contractor field oversight, Quality
Assurance/Quality Control monitoring,
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PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 review of contractor submittals, and technical evaluations of repair alternatives. Repairs implemented include sealing approximately 3,000 linear feet of cracks in the concrete walls and slabs of the reservoirs, recoating corroded interior roof supports, and repairs to concrete voids and spalls.
ProjectLine evaluated alternative repair methods, recommending an advanced, very-low-viscosity gravity penetrating epoxy sealant for more cost-effective repair of selected cracks. Alternative repair methods allowed completion of added work within original project budget and schedule.
Investigative Engineering Services, various
clients. ProjectLine provided forensic and
investigative engineering services for various
confidential clients. Recent projects include
investigation of PVC pipe failures at a water
treatment plant, and expert witness role in $2.5
million construction claim case. The case
resulted from multiple catastrophic failures of
12-inch diameter PVC pipes at an ion-exchange
treatment plant located downstream of
groundwater well pump stations. Investigations
concluded that failures resulted from
inadequate pipe supports and lack of
waterhammer protection. As follow-on work,
ProjectLine designed remedies, including
revised pipe supports, added expansion joints,
and control features to prevent waterhammer and pipe failures. Remedies were successfully implemented, and the plant now operates as intended. ProjectLine’s expert witness role on another construction claim resulted from failure of seven chemical metering pumps to perform as intended for a wastewater treatment plant expansion project. Equipment failures during startup testing led to contractor claims against utility agency owner for over 300 days of construction delays, plus pump replacement. ProjectLine reviewed the design, evidence collected during testing, and depositions of key people involved. ProjectLine then evaluated claims made by pump supplier and general contractor, and provided independent recommendations to utility agency for claim resolution.
City of Los Angeles TOS-25 Stormwater Diversion Projects. ProjectLine provided electrical and controls engineering and design for stormwater diversion and infiltration projects at 9 park locations for the City of LA BOE and LADWP. Locations included North Hollywood Park, Strathern Park, David M.
Gonzales Park, Fernangeles Park, Valley Village Park, Whittsett Park, Alexandria Park, and Valley Plaza Parks (north and south). Designs included pumped diversions at four of the park locations, and also included sports field lighting systems at 4 of the park locations. Projects required new electrical services, including power consolidation at several sites. Designs were completed as subconsultant to Tetra Tech, CDM Smith and Carollo Engineers.
City of Los Angeles MacArthur Lake Park Stormwater Diversion and Pumping Project.
ProjectLine provided electrical and controls engineering and design for stormwater diversion and pumping from a nearby storm sewer to be used to replace potable water otherwise used for Lake filling operations. The design included 2 x 60HP submersible pumps for diversion (3000 gpm per pump), followed by a CDS pretreatment unit and a Storm filter unit. The design also included a 15HP vertical turbine pump to recirculate Lake water through a landscaped water feature. 401
PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Robert Getter, PE
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer
1 REGISTRATION / CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer / Mechanical /
CA No.M30752, issued 1998, expires
9/30/26
Professional Engineer / Electrical / CA
No. E21884, issued 2017, expires
6/30/27
EDUCATION
1991 / MS / Environmental Engineering
/ Northeastern University
1984 / BS / Mechanical Engineering /
University of Kansas
EXPERIENCE
Over 30 years’ experience
20 years’ experience with ProjectLine
REFERENCES
Tommy Tan
OC Sanitation District
714-215-8085
Matthew McDaniels
OC Sanitation District/ Jacobs
951-660-5372
Eduardo Hernandez
City of LA Bureau of Engineering
559-681-2442
Mr. Getter has over 30 years of experience performing electrical and mechanical engineering, design and construction-phase engineering tasks services on water infrastructure projects. Experience includes wastewater pumping and treatment facilities, and a variety of related infrastructure, including a variety of maintenance-related electrical improvements. Experience includes projects at both OC San treatment plants, spanning over 20 years. Managed recent OC San projects including: P2-127, J-120A, FE22-01, and FR2-0027, which included a variety of electrical upgrades. Experience includes design of over $800 million construction value for infrastructure facilities.
Relevant Project Experience
FR1-0018 Diverter Gates Replacement at Plant 1 Centrifuge Facility, OC Sanitation District. Led electrical design for replacement of 3 hydraulically-actuated diverter gates with electrically-actuated gates.
Designs included new power feeders from the upper level electrical room to gates, added disconnect switches for the new motors, and control wiring to local control panels. Work was performed as subconsultant to Dudek.
FE21-05 Warehouse Stations at Plant 2, and P2-127 Collections Yard Relocation at Plant 2, OC Sanitation District. Led design for Warehouse Stations A and C at Plant 2, including demolition of the old Warehouse to make room for new Plant 2 solids dewatering facilities.
FE21-05 was combined into P2-127, which included relocation of P2 Collections Yard, a covered parking facility, and time-fill CNG system.
The project also included re-routing of communications networks that were previously connected to the Warehouse, and security, CCTV, and fire alarm systems for the new facilities.
J-120A Control Room Reconfiguration at Plant No. 1, OC Sanitation District. Led design for installation of new ABB Control Room workstations and furniture at Plant No. 1, as part of the ABB Plant control system upgrade. The project included relocation of existing control room equipment to a temporary control room, demolition and replacement of existing control room raised floor, re-routing electrical and communications cables and equipment, replacement of windows, and addition of a door.
FE22-01 Maintenance Access Platforms at Plants 1 and 2, OC Sanitation District. Led design for installation of maintenance access platforms to the Steve Anderson Lift Station (SALS) and Solids Dewatering Facilities at Plant 1, and the Screenings Loading Building at Plant 2. The SALS platform spans approximately 75 feet and provides 402
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Electrical and Mechanical Engineer
2 maintenance access to 4 large pump motors and bearings. Added platforms at P1 Solids Dewatering provide access to cake pump loading hopper gate motor actuator. Added platforms at P2 Screenings Building provide access to screenings screw conveyors. Designs required close coordination with OC San maintenance staff to confirm required access points and platform arrangements.
Highbury, Thompson and Cahuenga Pump Station Rehabilitation Projects, City of LA. Provided electrical and instrumentation design for rehabilitation of the City of Los Angeles’ Highbury Pump Station. The upgrade included four new pumps and associated VFD pump drives, and replacement of the existing Emergency Generator to meet the latest Tier 4 AQMD requirements. Also provided electrical and instrumentation design for the rehabilitation of Thompson Pump Station. The upgrade included two new submersible pumps and electrical equipment. Both projects required comprehensive surveys of the existing electrical and instrumentation systems, preparation of a Pre-design Report, and detailed design of upgraded systems. Also provided electrical and controls engineering for Cahuenga Pump Station.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Lift Station 55-11 Design, Coachella Valley Water District. Provided electrical and controls designs (teamed with Dudek) for upgrades to CVWD’s LS55-11, including replacement of the wetwell, pumps, controls, MCC, and backup generator. The new station includes two 100 HP VFD-driven pumps, and two 50 HP constant-speed pumps.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Sendero Booster Pump Station Design, Santa Margarita Water District. Assisted with ProjectLine electrical and control systems designs for adding three 100 HP vertical turbine pumps to an existing recycled water booster pump station as subconsultant to Dudek. Motors were provided with soft starters, and the existing switchboard was retrofitted with a portable generator connection and manual transfer switch for backup power. The facility includes an air compressor and surge tanks for control of hydraulic transients. I&C design included connection the existing SCADA system in accordance with District standards.
TOS-162 and TOS-SN-164 HWRP Electrical Resiliency and Vulnerability Mitigation, City of LA. Evaluated electrical resiliency and vulnerability mitigation for over 7,000 linear feet of pipe galleries, 6 pumping systems, 5 chemical feed systems, 4 odor control systems, and biosolids thickening and dewatering facilities at Hyperion plant. Pipe galleries include various plant utility, pumping, and life safety systems serving grit removal, primary treatment, secondary treatment, and biosolids areas of HWRP.
Evaluations recommended improvements for resiliency, including flood-proofing, addressing code compliance and life safety issues, and replacement of MCC equipment at or near end of useful life.
ProjectLine teamed with CDM Smith for these projects.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, RP-1 DeviceNet Replacement Design, Inland Empire Utilities Agency.
ProjectLine provided electrical and controls design for replacement of DeviceNet equipment in existing networked, intelligent Rockwell MCCs with equipment compatible with IEUA’s upgraded redundant ethernet network. ProjectLine is subconsultant to Eramosa for this project, which includes primary clarifier and centrifuge dewatering facilities.
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Principal Electrical and I&C Engineer
1 REGISTRATION / CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer / Electrical / CA
No. E13848
EDUCATION
BS / Electrical Engineering /
Canterbury University, New Zealand
REFERENCES
Tommy Tan
OC Sanitation District
714-215-8085
Matthew McDaniels
OC Sanitation District/ Jacobs
951-660-5372
Eduardo Hernandez
City of LA Bureau of Engineering
559-681-2442
Mr. Carrie offers over 30 years of electrical and controls engineering experience for public infrastructure projects, providing a range of services from planning through design and construction phases.
Experience includes designs for water, stormwater, wastewater, and reclaimed water treatment equipment and systems, chemical feed systems, pumping systems, compressed air and blower systems.
Experience includes recent OC San projects J-120A and P2-127.
Experience a variety of electrical rehabilitations at large water and wastewater treatment plants. Experience includes OC San’s cable bus upgrades, and tunnel power distribution upgrades for Plants 1 and 2.
Mr. Carrie’s experience also includes preparation of SCADA master plans and a variety of water infrastructure instrumentation and control systems.
Relevant Project Experience
FE21-05 Warehouse Stations at Plant 2, and P2-127 Collections Yard Relocation at Plant 2, OC Sanitation District. Assisted with design for Warehouse Stations A and C at Plant 2, including demolition of the old Warehouse to make room for new Plant 2 solids dewatering facilities.
FE21-05 was combined into P2-127, which included relocation of P2 Collections Yard, a covered parking facility, and time-fill CNG system.
The project also included re-routing of communications networks that were previously connected to the Warehouse, and security, CCTV, and fire alarm systems for the new facilities.
J-120A Control Room Reconfiguration at Plant No. 1, OC Sanitation District. Assisted with design for installation of new ABB Control Room workstations and furniture at Plant No. 1, as part of the ABB Plant control system upgrade. The project included relocation of existing control room equipment to a temporary control room, demolition and replacement of existing control room raised floor, rerouting electrical and communications cables and equipment, replacement of windows, and addition of a door. The project also included modifications to access control and plant security systems.
Highbury Pump Station Rehabilitation, City of LA. Provided electrical and instrumentation design for the rehabilitation of the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Highbury Pump Station. The upgrade included four new pumps and associated VFD pump drives, and replacement of the existing Emergency Generator to meet the latest Tier 4 AQMD requirements. Provided a comprehensive survey of the existing electrical and instrumentation systems, preparation of a Predesign Report, and detailed design of upgraded system. 404
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Principal Electrical and I&C Engineer
2 Orange County Sanitation District, Electrical Upgrades. Provided electrical design for replacement of five badly corroded 11KV pullboxes that form part of the medium voltage distribution system at Plant 2 located in Huntington Beach. The new boxes were designed to meet code and to be installed without disturbing the existing cables. Safety and defining construction sequencing to avoid impacting process operations was particularly important. The 11KV cables were required to be tested by the Contractor both prior and after box installation to ensure cable integrity was maintained. A second project replaced the existing secondary busways for six substation transformers at Plant 1, located in Fountain Valley. Redesigned interfaces to the transformers and switchgear were needed for the new cableways.
Site surveys were completed at each substation to document “as-built” conditions. Designs addressed safety issues and maintaining operations during construction.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Lift Station 55-11 Design, Coachella Valley Water District. Provided electrical and controls designs (teamed with Dudek) for upgrades to CVWD’s LS55-11, including replacement of the wetwell, pumps, controls, MCC, and backup generator. The new station includes two 100 HP VFD-driven, and two 50 HP constant-speed pumps.
City of Los Angeles Albion Riverside Park Project. Provided electrical design for site improvements on this Proposition O project as a subconsultant to Tetra Tech. ProjectLine’s electrical design included innovative LED lighting for sports fields and park areas based on photometric modeling, with web-based programmable lighting controls, and meeting the latest City lighting standards. Design for the 6-acre site included upgraded outdoor sports fields, restrooms, park areas, parking areas, and stormwater BMPs to improve water quality discharging to the Los Angeles River. The project provided multiple benefits to the neighborhood by creating visual linkages to the Los Angeles River and linkages to other projects referenced in the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master plan.
City of Los Angeles, Northeast Police Station Parking Structure. Provided electrical 30% design (MEP) as subconsultant to Brooks + Scarpa for a 200+ space parking structure added to the City’s Northeast Police Station. The 30% design was used for design-build procurement of parking structure. Work included power supply from existing Police Station distribution panels; lighting design for Title 24; EV charging stations; sprinkler and standpipe fire protection and detection systems; provisions for future roof-mounted solar PV; and a vehicle washing facility.
City of Los Angeles Aliso Creek- Limekiln Creek Restoration Project. Provided electrical and controls designs for stormwater diversion and pumping as subconsultant to Tetra Tech. Aliso Creek is located within a 12,484-acre watershed that conveys upstream runoff from developed portions of the Northridge, Granada Hills, and Chatsworth to the Los Angeles River. The Project included both water quality and park facility improvements, with vegetation and wildlife habitat restoration. Water quality benefits include an increase in infiltrated water and a reduction in TMDLs. The project included dry and up to 10 cfs of wet weather diversion. Diverted flows are conveyed to and pretreated with hydrodynamic separators and then pumped to bioretention basins for additional filtration. 405
PROJECTLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 2900 BRISTOL D-103, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 949-351-9718 Henry Luong
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer
1 EDUCATION
BS / Electrical Engineering / Southern
California Institute of Technology
EXPERIENCE
10 years’ experience
2 years’ experience with ProjectLine
REFERENCES
Tommy Tan
OC Sanitation District
714-215-8085
Matthew McDaniels
OC Sanitation District/ Jacobs
951-660-5372
Eduardo Hernandez
City of LA Bureau of Engineering
559-681-2442
Mr. Luong offers 10 years of experience performing electrical and mechanical engineering, design and construction-phase engineering tasks services on a variety of infrastructure projects. Experience includes wastewater pumping and treatment facilities, and a variety of maintenance-related electrical improvements. Experience includes recent projects at 5 wastewater pump stations for the City of LA and for Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), and for both OC San treatment plants. Recent OC San projects include: P2-127, J-120A, P1-141, FR1-0018 and FR2-0027, which included relevant electrical engineering and design.
Relevant Project Experience
FR1-0018 Diverter Gates Replacement at Plant 1 Centrifuge Facility, OC Sanitation District. Provided electrical and controls design for replacement of 3 hydraulically-actuated diverter gates with electrically-actuated gates. Designs included new power feeders from the upper level electrical room to gates, added disconnect switches for the new motors, and control wiring to local control panels. The project required careful consideration of maintenance access, with elevated gates accessible from 8 ft tall access platforms with limited working clearances. Work was performed as subconsultant to Dudek.
FE21-05 Warehouse Stations at Plant 2, and P2-127 Collections Yard Relocation at Plant 2, OC Sanitation District. Provided constructionphase engineering services for Warehouse Station A at Plant 2. FE21- 05 was combined into P2-127, which included relocation of P2 Collections Yard, a covered parking facility, and time-fill CNG system.
The project also included re-routing of communications networks that were previously connected to the Warehouse, and security, CCTV, and fire alarm systems for the new facilities.
J-120A Control Room Reconfiguration at Plant No. 1, OC Sanitation District. Provided design for installation of new ABB Control Room workstations and furniture at Plant No. 1, as part of the ABB Plant control system upgrade. The project included relocation of existing control room equipment to a temporary control room, demolition and replacement of existing control room raised floor, re-routing electrical and communications cables and equipment, replacement of windows, and addition of a door. The project also included modifications to access control and plant security systems.
Thompson and Cahuenga Pump Station Rehabilitation Projects, City of LA. Provided electrical and instrumentation design for rehabilitation of the City of Los Angeles’ Thompson Pump Station. The 406
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2 upgrade included two new submersible pumps and electrical equipment. Also provided electrical and controls engineering for Cahuenga Pump Station upgrades, including complete replacement of MCC, pumps, motors and controls.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Lift Station 55-11, Coachella Valley Water District. Provided construction-phase electrical and controls engineering (teamed with Dudek) for upgrades to CVWD’s LS55-11, including replacement of the wetwell, pumps, controls, MCC, and backup generator. The new station includes two 100 HP VFD-driven pumps, and two 50 HP constant-speed pumps.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Valley View and Avenue 66 Lift Station Designs, Coachella Valley Water District. Provided electrical and controls engineering design (teamed with Dokken and Dudek, respectively) for two new sewer lift stations, including new submersible wetwell pumps, controls, MCC, and backup generators. The new Valley View station includes two 40 HP constant speed pumps with reduced voltage soft starters and bypass starters, and a 210 kW backup generator with 50% load bank.
The Avenue 66 lift station includes two 15 HP constant-speed pumps with reduced voltage soft starters and bypass starters, and a 50 kW backup generator with 50% load bank.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, RP-1 DeviceNet Replacement Design, Inland Empire Utilities Agency.
Provided electrical and controls design for replacement of DeviceNet equipment in existing networked, intelligent Rockwell MCCs with equipment compatible with IEUA’s upgraded redundant ethernet network. ProjectLine is subconsultant to Eramosa for this project, which includes primary clarifier and centrifuge dewatering facilities.
Electrical and Controls Engineer, Lake Mathews Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Provided electrical and controls Owner’s Advisor services for replacement of electrical infrastructure and addition of a pressure control structure (PCS) at MWD’s Lake Mathews Facility. Assisted with concept design for replacing existing 2600 V site power distribution with 4160 V systems. This required replacement of step-down transformers at 6 unit power centers, and replacement of existing overhead lines with buried ductbanks. Also assisted with concept design for addition of a new PCS to replace an existing open forebay locate upstream of MWD’s upper and lower feeders. ProjectLine was subconsultant to Carollo Engineers for this project, implemented with a Progressive Design-Build approach.
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Jeff Montano, PE
Principal Electrical Engineer
1 REGISTRATION / CERTIFICATION
▪ Professional Engineer / Electrical / CA
No. E18923
EDUCATION
▪ BS / Electrical Engineering / California
State University, Sacramento
REFERENCES
Pierre Cayette, Inland Empire Utilities
Agency, [email protected], Cell:
909-983-1653
Charles Lee, lead I&C engineer for
HWRF, [email protected],
310.648.5450
Mr. Montano offers over 30 years of electrical and controls engineering experience for public infrastructure projects, providing a range of services from planning through design and construction phases. Experience includes designs for water, stormwater, wastewater, and reclaimed water treatment equipment and systems, chemical feed systems, pumping systems. Experience includes master planning and design of SCADA and electrical systems, and field installation, inspection, startup and commissioning.
Relevant Project Experience
Project Manager, DeviceNet Replacement and SCADA Migration Projects, Chino, CA, BOE (2023 – 2025). Teamed with Eramosa, led engineering and design for replacing IEUA-wide Recycle Water SCADA System, that covers all treatment plants and distribution system over a wide area network. Led related effort for IEUA’s Regional Plant 1 (RP1), the oldest and most modified IEUA plant with improvements dated to 1948. RP1 was operating on two SCADA systems struggling with obsolescence and support. Worked with the Agency to apply SCADA standards, upgrade the campus Fiber infrastructure, and address server and control room upgrades. Worked with IEUA to apply SCADA standards, upgrade the obsolete equipment, and address server and control room upgrades. The result is a single SCADA software across IEUA that reduces lifecycle cost of ownership. Also led design team to replace legacy smart DeviceNet network with Ethernet devices at RP1. Devices are smart overloads, power monitors, VFDs in Motor Control Centers (MCC) and valve actuators at key areas of IEUA’s RP-1 treatment plant.
Project Manager, SCADA Master Plan, San Juan Water District, City of San Juan (2020). Led effort that created a SCADA Master Plan for the Napa Sanitation District. Effort included Assessment, Industry Practices for SCADA, a Gap analysis and an Action Plan to progress the system along with the 10-year upgrade plan that included proposed projects and annual cash flow projections.
Project Manager, SCADA Master Plan, Napa Sanitation District, City of Napa (2019). Led effort on SCADA Master Plan for the Napa Sanitation District. Effort included Assessment, Industry Practices for SCADA, a Gap analysis and an Action Plan to progress the system along with the 10-year upgrade plan that included proposed projects and annual cash flow projections.
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Principal Electrical Engineer
2 Project Manager, Hyperion Flare Replacement Project, Los Angeles, CA, BOE (2025 – present). As subconsultant to Brown and Caldwell, assisted with preparation of I&C designs for replacement of 6 x 2000 scfm digester gas flares at Hyperion Treatment Plant. Flares are used as backup to existing engines and boilers that normally use digester gas. Existing end-of-life flares are being replaced with new ultra-low NOX flares for environmental control improvements. The project includes backup sulfur removal systems and digester gas blower systems to allow bypassing existing systems for maintenance. The project includes vendor package control systems connected to the plant Distributed Control System.
Project Manager, Helms Pump Storage Facility DCS Replacement, Pacific Gas & Electric (2014). Led electrical design of equipment arrangements, power distribution, fiber network, grounding, and interconnections for new Emerson Ovation distributed control system installed in a 1200MW threeunit facility. The system replaced an existing Foxboro distributed control system and was phased in over multiple outage seasons while maintaining unit operations and addressing NERC related considerations. Additions included Enterprise Historian and related NERC consideration. Coordination with corporate IT and security team members were key to address NERC related items.
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Principal Engineer, PWE
SUMMARY
Professional civil and environmental engineer with over 25 years of extensive experience in water/wastewater treatment and water conveyance systems. Specializing in water and wastewater master and capital improvement planning, cost estimating, treatment technology evaluation and process optimization, bench and pilot scale testing, water treatment system design, hydraulic and water quality modeling, construction management and water quality control and management.
EDUCATION
PhD, Civil Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, December 2002 MS, Civil Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, December 1998 BS, Chemistry, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1993
LICENSES
Professional Engineer (Registration No. 47516 AZ)
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct and oversee water and wastewater treatment systems along with related infrastructure projects. Main job responsibilities include:
Capital Improvement Programs:
Conduct and/or direct water, wastewater, and storm drainage systems evaluations, report findings, and facilitate implementation of corrective actions; Perform condition and performance assessment for water and wastewater associated treatment systems and infrastructures;
Conduct cost/benefit analysis to optimize repair or replacement schedules for water and wastewater system assets;
Develop capital improvement projects, including repairs or replacements of existing water and sewerage systems and development of new systems;
Review and approve engineering reports, drawings and specifications performed by contracted professional engineers, technicians, inspectors, surveyors, etc.; Provide cost effective recommendations for system maintenance, repair or replacement to internal Operations Department and Asset Management Department personnel; Oversee construction of water and wastewater treatment systems to monitor construction progress, quality and resolution of problems, and for compliance with regulatory requirements; Review plans for future improvements and coordinate projects with regulatory agencies, consultants, and contractors.
Operations and Maintenance:
Assist onsite operations and maintenance staff in trouble-shooting with both water quality and maintenance problems;
Review operating permits, discharge monitoring and monthly operating reports and associated periodic test reports, and identify system deficiencies; Review system deficiencies with site management and system operating personnel, and make recommendations for remediation;
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APPENDIX C
REFERENCE PROJECTS AND CLIENT REFERENCES
Appendix C presents five (5) client references required by RFQual requirement VI.6.a.iv.
Two of the 5 client references are listed below. Three of the 5 client references are also presented as most relevant service contracts performed within the past five years (required by VI.6.b.i), and the details for these references and reference projects are included in three reference forms that follow.
Giti Radvar, Project Manager
OC Sanitation District
18480 Bandilier Cir, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
[email protected]
(714) 593-7248
Project J-120A Control Room Upgrades at Plant 1. ProjectLine provided design drawings and specifications for reconfiguration of Plant 1 control room for installation of ABB’s EOW x3 workstations as part of OC San’s ABB Distributed Control System implementation. Key Issues addressed in design included designing a temporary control room to be used during construction of reconfigured room, and related relocation of several security and safety features (e.g. fire alarm, UPS, battery alarms, phones, remote gate controls, weather station, page-party, etc. Project included new door and windows, and replacement of raised floor. Design was completed in 2024, and construction will be completed in 2026. Construction contract amount was $1.5 million. ProjectLine’s engineering design contract was $283,000.
Jeffrey Montano, Project Manager
Eramosa Engineering
23568 Ontario Drive, Twain Harte CA 95383
[email protected]
(916) 524-9007
ProjectLine was subconsultant to Jeffrey on the IEUA DeviceNet replacement project.
The description and duration of services, and value of services is listed on the reference form for IEUA’s Pierre Cayette which follows.
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REFERENCE REQUEST
FOR
ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
ProjectLine selected your firm as a reference for past or current performance. ProjectLine kindly requests you return this form, which may be used in a Statement of Qualifications to provide Engineering and Design Services.
Please complete and return to: [email protected] PART A
Reference for Company Name: ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
Project Name: TOS-25 Stormwater Diversion Projects at City of LA Parks Contact Name and project responsibility & relationship to the project: Robert Getter, P.E.,_____ Project Manager, and Henry Luong, Project Engineer for Electrical and Instrumentation Design.______________________________________________________________________ Telephone No.: __949-351-9718___________________ E-mail: [email protected]_____ Reference Company Information:
Name: City of LA – Bureau of Engineering
Address: 201 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact Name: Eduardo Hernandez, P.E.
Telephone No.: (559) 681-2442 E-mail: [email protected]
Description of the project, including issues identified and addressed:
ProjectLine provided electrical and controls (EI&C) design drawings and specifications for stormwater diversion and improvements at 9 City parks: North Hollywood, Strathern, DM Gonzales, Fernangeles, Valley Plaza North and South, Valley Village, Whitsett and Alexandria Parks. ProjectLine provided EI&C designs as subconsultant to CDM Smith, Carollo, and Tetra Tech. Projects all included stormwater flow metering and diversion to underground infiltration basins. Two parks include pump stations for stormwater diversion, including 3 x 110 HP (North Hollywood) and 3 x 60 HP (Valley Plaza Park North). Five of the parks include new hi-mast sports lighting for baseball and soccer fields based on photometric modeling for the levels of play.
Lighting designs include LA Department of Building and Safety-approved pole designs, and remote scheduling capability via internet. Upgraded electrical services and SCADA controls were key design issues that required special attention. Designs were completed in 2024, and construction of the first park awarded (DM Gonzales) is scheduled for completion in 2027.
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Please describe, rate performance of projects/services provided to your firm by ProjectLine.
Design Completion: September 2024________________________________________ Term of Contract: From 2020 To 2025 Monetary Amount of Contract: $935,000 (all 9 parks) Description of Project/Services Provided:
Electrical and controls design, and follow-on bid and construction-phase engineering services.
Rate Overall Performance:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
ProjectLine did an exceptional job on the electrical and controls design for the 9 Stormwater Capture Parks projects. They were very supportive in coordinating with the Department of Building and Safety and LADWP to obtain the permits and approvals necessary for the projects.
______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Rate Responsiveness to Requirements, Methodology, Project Approach Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
One of ProjectLine’s many attributes is their responsiveness to addressing the City’s questions, and comments from permitting agencies. They also made recommendations that would make the electrical and controls design of the projects more cost effective to the City. Additionally, they were always available to attend virtual or site meetings to solve design issues with the projects. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Rate Company Personnel, Subconsultants’ Experience, Technical Certifications, Quality, Accuracy of Work:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
Robert, Henry, and other personnel that I’ve worked with at ProjectLine are very technically sound, can explain electrical design issues thoroughly, and are knowledgeable about the electrical permitting requirements and approvals from various agencies. The quality of their work is excellent. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Rate the Company’s Response to Potential Problems, Problem Solving Methods Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. 413
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Since this program consisted of 9 projects, ProjectLine identified potential issues, based on permitting comments, that could be resolved on other projects beforehand. Also, ProjectLine took the initiative and communicated directly with the permitting agencies to resolve permitting comments in a timely manner. _____________________________________________________________________ Were services/projects completed on schedule and within budget? Yes No
Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
These projects were delayed due to the City’s internal processes, but to no fault of ProjectLine. ProjectLine was patient in waiting for the City’s internal processes to be completed, and yet they were still responsive to the City. The projects were completed within budget.
General Comments:
I am very pleased with the service that ProjectLine provided for the nine Stormwater Capture Parks Projects. Their electrical and controls designs were excellent. Their overall support and responsiveness to the City was key to obtaining permit approvals from various agencies. Their availability to meet virtually, in person, or on short notice was outstanding. I would highly recommend ProjectLine due to their knowledge of the subject matter, qualifications, availability, and responsiveness.
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REFERENCE REQUEST
FOR
ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
ProjectLine selected your firm as a reference for past or current performance. ProjectLine kindly requests you return this form, which may be used in a Statement of Qualifications to provide Engineering and Design Services.
Please complete and return to: [email protected] PART A
Reference for Company Name: ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
Project Name: P2-127 Collections Yard Relocation and Warehouse Demo/Replacement at Plant 2 Contact Name and project responsibility & relationship to the project: Robert Getter, P.E.,_____ Project Manager, and Henry Luong, Project Engineer.
Telephone No.: __949-351-9718___________________ E-mail: [email protected]_____ PART B
You may either complete Part B, or confirm the information provided by ProjectLine in Part B is accurate, by signing and returning the completed form to the requestor.
Reference Company Information:
Name: Orange County Sanitation District
Address:
Contact Name: Matt McDaniels, Project Engineer
Telephone No.: (951) 660-5372 E-mail: [email protected]_________ A description of the project, including issues identified and addressed:
Provided design drawings and specifications for relocation of Plant 2 Collections Yard, and for demolition and replacement of the Plant 2 Warehouse. Key Issues addressed in design included network reconfiguration for Oil Dock that was previously connected to the old Warehouse, and installation of a time-fill CNG compressor system for the relocated Collections Yard. New warehouse and covered parking for Collections fleet were designed using pre-engineered buildings. Design was completed in 2023, and construction was completed in 2025. Construction contract amount was $7 million.
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Please describe, rate performance of projects/services provided to your firm by ProjectLine.
Design Completion: September 2024________________________________________ Term of Contract: From 2022 To 2025 Monetary Amount of Contract: $332,000 Description of Project/Services Provided:
Civil, Structural, Electrical and controls design, and follow-on construction-phase engineering services.
Rate Overall Performance:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
Overall performance of was great considering the challenges placed on ProjectLine by OCSAN to deliver the design of the project on time per OCSAN’s General Manager Work Plan.
Rate Responsiveness to Requirements, Methodology, Project Approach Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
ProjectLine performed well in accepting and adapting to client changes and needs.
Rate Company Personnel, Subconsultants’ Experience, Technical Certifications, Quality, Accuracy of Work:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
Company personnel are great to work with, knowledgeable and competent. Coordination with designs provided by subconsultants did require some rework but was handled quickly and professionally and did not affect delivery date of the final product.
Rate the Company’s Response to Potential Problems, Problem Solving Methods Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
While there were some gaps in the scope of the design that were discovered in construction, ProjectLine responded quickly and professionally to correct issues in a timely manner so as not to delay the Contractor in their work.
Were services/projects completed on schedule and within budget? Yes No
Please circle one and make any applicable comments below.
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General Comments:
ProjectLine performed well in the design and execution of this project for OCSAN, especially given the constraints of the design process, scope, budget, and time allotted to perform the design work under this Contract. The Construction phase posed some challenges that ProjectLine responded quickly and diligently to correct any errors or issues discovered and assisted the Contractor with information and design work to complete the Construction work.
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REFERENCE REQUEST
FOR
ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
ProjectLine selected your firm as a reference for past or current performance. ProjectLine kindly requests you return this form, which may be used in a Statement of Qualifications to provide Engineering and Design Services.
Please complete and return to: [email protected] PART A
Reference for Company Name: ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
Project Name: RP-1 DeviceNet Replacement Project for Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), EN23000.00
Contact Name and project responsibility & relationship to the project: Robert Getter, P.E.,_____ Project Manager, and Henry Luong, Project Engineer for Electrical and Instrumentation Design.______________________________________________________________________ Telephone No.: __949-351-9718___________________ E-mail: [email protected]_____ PART B
You may either complete Part B, or confirm the information provided by ProjectLine in Part B is accurate, by signing and returning the completed form to the requestor.
Reference Company Information:
Name: Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Address: 6075 Kimball Ave., Chino CA, 91708
Contact Name: Pierre Cayatte
Telephone No.: (909)993-1653 E-mail: [email protected]_________________________ __ A description of the project, including issues identified and addressed:
Provided design drawings and specifications for replacement of end-of-life DeviceNet equipment at IEUA’s RP-1 with ethernet-based replacement Rockwell equipment. Key Issues addressed in design included network configuration of replacement VFDs, power monitors, E300 motor overloads, power supplies and switches. Construction sequence was critical for maintaining continuous operation of treatment facilities. Design was completed in 2024, and construction is scheduled for completion in 2026. Construction contract amount is $1.66 million. 418
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Please describe, rate performance of projects/services provided to your firm by ProjectLine.
Design Completion: September 2024________________________________________ Term of Contract: From 2024 To 2026 Monetary Amount of Contract: $350,000 Description of Project/Services Provided:
Electrical and controls design, and follow-on construction-phase engineering services.
Rate Overall Performance:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Rate Responsiveness to Requirements, Methodology, Project Approach Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Rate Company Personnel, Subconsultants’ Experience, Technical Certifications, Quality, Accuracy of Work:
Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Rate the Company’s Response to Potential Problems, Problem Solving Methods Exceptional Above Standard Acceptable Needed Improvement Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. _____________________________________________________________________ Were services/projects completed on schedule and within budget? Yes No
Please circle one and make any applicable comments below. _____________________________________________________________________ General Comments:
_______________ IEUA was very satisfied with ProjectLine during the design phase of this project. ______________________________________________________ 419
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Title Date:
(This form may be duplicated to submit information for multiple projects.) Senior Engineer 11/3/2025
ProjectLine was very responsive and provided excellent technical support. They were always attentive to IEUA's feedback and provided high quality bid documents.
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SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
The services shall be completed within the duration specified below, beginning ten (10) calendar days after Notice to Proceed is issued:
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Systems and Master Planning
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Hourly 2026 Rate Schedule
for
ProjectLine Technical Services, Inc.
Labor Category Rate (hourly)
Principal Engineer $283
Senior Engineer $246
Project Engineer $224
Engineer $176
Senior CAD Designer $165
CAD Designer $143
CAD Drafter $137
Administrative/Clerical $108
Notes:
1. Reproduction and printing costs for reports, drawings, and other project records, excluding those for internal use or check prints and one hard-copy original, will be billed at cost.
2. Other Direct Charges will be billed at cost.
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Department: Police Department
Prepared By: Celeste Owens
Department:
Prepared By: Celeste Owens
Staff Member Presenting: Rudy Lopez, Chief of
Police
Approved By:
Submitted To: Council/OHA
Approved: _______________________________
Continued To: ___________________________
Denied: __________________________________
Item No: 10
SUBJECT: AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN THREAT ASSESSMENT CONSULTING, INC. FOR SECURITY CAMERA INSTALLATION
AT THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT
CITY OF ONTARIO
Agenda Report
April 21, 2026
SECTION:
CONSENT CALENDAR
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute Amendment No. 14 to the Maintenance Services Agreement with American Threat Assessment Consulting, Inc. (A.T.A.C.), of Rancho Cucamonga, California, in the amount of $42,906 for security camera installation at the Ontario Police Department, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $3,221,364.
THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL GOALS ARE BEING ACHIEVED:
Maintain the Current High Level of Public Safety
Operate in a Businesslike Manner
FISCAL IMPACT: The recommended Amendment No. 14 to the Maintenance Services Agreement with A.T.A.C. is $42,906 for the purchase and installation of two OneReach fiber runs from the Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF) to designated camera locations at the Ontario Police Department. This amendment will increase the total contract amount to a not-to-exceed $3,221,364. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget includes appropriations to support this expenditure with the Grants Fund.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: A.T.A.C. provides installation and maintenance services for the City’s security cameras. The initial agreement began in 2019 and over time, A.T.A.C. has provided the City with professional installation, maintenance, and technical support for its security camera systems.
The company has consistently delivered high-quality service. On January 20, 2026, the City Council approved Amendment No. 13 for the purchase, installation, and monitoring of six cameras and necessary equipment for the Fleet Services Shop located at the Public Works Yard.
Staff recommend approving Amendment No. 14 to authorize the purchase and installation of two OneReach fiber runs from the IDF to the designated camera locations at the Ontario Police Department.
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Prepared By: Celeste Owens
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Prepared By: Celeste Owens
Staff Member Presenting: Rudy Lopez, Chief of
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Submitted To: Council/OHA
Approved: _______________________________
Continued To: ___________________________
Denied: __________________________________
Item No: 11
SUBJECT: AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CALTEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., FOR LOW-VOLTAGE CABLING AND EQUIPMENT
INSTALLATION
CITY OF ONTARIO
Agenda Report
April 21, 2026
SECTION:
CONSENT CALENDAR
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute Amendment No. 9 to the Professional Services Agreement with CalTek Technologies, Inc., (CalTek) of Ontario, California, in the amount of $23,512 for low-voltage cabling at the Ontario Police Department, for a total not-to-exceed contract of $649,244.
THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL GOALS ARE BEING ACHIEVED:
Maintain the Current High Level of Public Safety
Operate in a Businesslike Manner
FISCAL IMPACT: The recommended Amendment No. 9 to the Professional Services Agreement with CALTEK is $23,512 for the purchase and installation of EMT Conduit, AXIS Cameras, and (2) CAT6 cables from the TR to the camera locations provided by ITS in the Police Department. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget includes appropriations to support this expenditure with the Grants Fund.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: CALTEK Technologies, Inc., provides and installs the City's low-voltage cabling and AXIS cameras. The initial agreement began in 2022 and over time, CalTek has provided the City with professional installation of low-voltage cabling and cameras. CalTek is familiar with cabling infrastructure, standards utilized, and secure area access protocols across the City.
Staff recommend approving Amendment No. 9 to authorize the purchase and installation of EMT Conduit, AXIS Cameras, and two CAT6 cables from the TR to the camera locations provided by ITS in the Ontario Police Department.
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Department: Housing
Prepared By: Albert Ramirez
Department:
Prepared By: Hannah K Mac Kenzie
Staff Member Presenting: Helen McAlary,
Executive Director Community Life and Culture
Approved By:
Submitted To: Council/OHA
Approved: _______________________________
Continued To: ___________________________
Denied: __________________________________
Item No: 12
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S FIVE-YEAR (2019-2023) PERMANENT LOCAL
HOUSING ALLOCATION PLAN
CITY OF ONTARIO
Agenda Report
April 21, 2026
SECTION:
PUBLIC HEARINGS
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council take the following actions:
A. Conduct a public hearing to receive comments relating to a proposed amendment to the City of Ontario's Five-Year Permanent Local Housing Allocation Plan (PHLA Plan); B. Adopt a Resolution approving the PLHA Plan amendment; and C. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the PLHA Plan amendment, and any documents related to the amendment.
THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL GOALS ARE BEING ACHIEVED:
Pursue City's Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Governmental Agencies FISCAL IMPACT: The proposed amendment will reprogram funding from the original PLHA Allocation Plan. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget includes appropriations and related revenues for the Permanent Local Housing Allocation.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: In September 2017, the California Legislature adopted Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), also known as the Building Homes and Jobs Act. This legislation established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to support affordable housing production statewide. SB 2 created the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program, administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
Through the PLHA Program, entitlement jurisdictions, including the City of Ontario, receive formulabased funding distributed in five-year cycles. As part of the application process, jurisdictions must identify eligible activities for HCD review and approval. On July 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-121, approving the City's PLHA Allocation Plan.
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reallocating funds to better align with current housing priorities. The amendment increases investment in new construction of affordable rental housing and homeownership activities, and expands eligibility for homeownership activities to households earning up to 120% of Area Median Income (AMI), compared to the current 80% AMI limit. This change will allow PLHA funds to be used in the City's Keys to Community First-Time Homebuyer Program.
The amendment eliminates funding for enhanced homeless services and capital reserves for permanent supportive housing and reallocates those funds to new construction of affordable housing and homeownership activities. Funding for administration remains unchanged at the maximum 5% allowed under HCD guidelines. Staff supports this reallocation, as existing resources are available to address the needs previously funded under enhanced homeless services, and there are currently no permanent supportive housing projects requiring capital reserve funding.
The revised five-year allocations are as follows:
Enhanced Homeless Services: $0 (previously $3,771,100)
New Construction of Affordable Housing: $3,154,316 (previously $3,771,100) Homeownership Activities: $1,896,769 (previously $806,751) Capital Reserves for Permanent Supportive Housing: $0 (previously $354,925) Administration: $265,845 (unchanged)
Total: $5,316,930
The proposed amendment will allow the City to allocate additional resources to key City Council initiatives. The City currently operates the Keys to Community First-Time Homebuyer Program. On June 17, 2025, the City Council allocated $1,688,748 to the program using a combination of local and Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funds. The proposed amendment would allocate an additional $1,090,018 in funding to further support the program.
To date, eight loans have been issued, all to households above 80% AMI, using only local funds. The average income level of participating households is 101% AMI. In the current housing market, lower-income households often face challenges qualifying for primary mortgages, even with financial assistance. Increasing the eligibility threshold to 120% AMI, as permitted by California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) guidelines, will enable more effective utilization of PLHA funds.
The development of new affordable rental housing remains a high priority for the City.
Approximately $1.8 million in PLHA funds has already supported Emporia Place II, a 50-unit affordable housing project in downtown Ontario. The City is actively advancing additional affordable housing projects and will use remaining PLHA funds to support current and future developments as opportunities arise.
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RESOLUTION NO. ________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ONTARIO,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PERMANENT
LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PLAN FOR THE PERMANENT LOCAL
HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM.
THE CITY OF ONTARIO (“APPLICANT”) HEREBY CONSENTS TO, ADOPTS, AND RATIFIES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
WHEREAS, the State of California (the “State”), Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) dated 10/15/2024 under the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (“PLHA”) Program; and WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $195 million under the SB 2 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Formula Component from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for assistance to Cities and Counties (as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq. (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (“SB 2”)); and
WHEREAS, Applicant is an eligible Local government applying for the Program to administer one or more eligible activities, or a Local or Regional Housing Trust Fund to whom an eligible Local government delegated its PLHA formula allocation; and WHEREAS the Department may approve funding allocations for PLHA Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Guidelines, NOFA, Program requirements, the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Department and PLHA grant recipients; and
WHEREAS, Applicant is required to execute a resolution to certify any amendment to existing PLHA Program application or plan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
SECTION 1. If Applicant receives a grant of PLHA funds from the Department pursuant to the above referenced PLHA NOFA, it represents and certifies that it will use all such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, including without limitation all rules and laws regarding the PLHA Program, as well as any and all contracts Applicant may have with the Department.
SECTION 2. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to receive a PLHA grant, in an amount not to exceed the five-year estimate of the PLHA formula allocations, as stated in Appendix C of the current NOFA, of $5,520,108 in accordance with all applicable rules and laws.
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SECTION 3. Applicant hereby agrees to use the PLHA funds for eligible activities as approved by the Department and in accordance with all Program requirements, Guidelines, other rules and laws, as well as in a manner consistent and in compliance with the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Applicant and the Department.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to Sections 302(c)(4) and 302(c)(5) of the Guidelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan Amendment for the 2020-2023 Allocations is attached to this resolution, and Applicant hereby adopts this PLHA Plan Amendment and certifies compliance with all public notice, public comment, and public hearing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to Applicant’s certification in this resolution, the PLHA funds will be expended only for eligible Activities and consistent with all program requirements.
SECTION 6. Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of for-sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the requirements stated in Guidelines Section 302(c)(6)(A),(B) and (C).
SECTION 7. Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the development of an Affordable Rental Housing Development, the Local government shall make PLHA assistance in the form of a low-interest, deferred loan to the Sponsor of the Project, and such loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust and a Regulatory Agreement shall restrict occupancy and rents in accordance with a Local government-approved underwriting of the Project for a term of at least 55 years.
SECTION 8. Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the PLHA Program Guidelines and any other applicable SB 2 Guidelines published by the Department.
SECTION 9. The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute the PLHA Program Application, the PLHA Standard Agreement and any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents which are related to the Program or the PLHA grant awarded to Applicant, as the Department may deem appropriate.
The City Clerk of the City of Ontario shall certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21st day of April 2026. _____________________________________
PAUL S. LEON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________________
BEST BEST & KRIEGER, LLP
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF ONTARIO )
I, SHEILA MAUTZ, City Clerk of the City of Ontario, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that foregoing Resolution No. 2026- was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Ontario at a regular meeting held April 21, 2026 by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
The foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2026- duly passed and adopted by the Ontario City Council at a regular meeting held April 21, 2026. _____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
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Department: Management Services
Prepared By: Claudia Y Isbell
Staff Member Presenting: Claudia Y. Isbell,
Assistant City Clerk
Approved By:
Submitted To: Council/OHA
Approved: _______________________________
Continued To: ___________________________
Denied: __________________________________
Item No: 13
SUBJECT: CANVASS OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON MARCH 24, 2026
CITY OF ONTARIO
Agenda Report
April 21, 2026
SECTION:
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORTS/DISCUSSION/ACTION
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Ontario, California, reciting the facts of the Special Municipal Election held on March 24, 2026, and declaring the results thereof and such other matters as provided by law.
THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL GOALS ARE BEING ACHIEVED:
Operate in a Businesslike Manner
FISCAL IMPACT: The estimated cost of the Special Municipal Election held on March 24, 2026 is $1.2 million from the General Fund.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: On March 28 and April 7, 2025, the City Clerk's Office received notices of intents to circulate initiative petitions from Unite Here Local 11 seeking to qualify ordinances/measures; 1. Hotel, Event Center and Airport Worker Protection, Retention, and Minimum Wage Ordinances, and 2. Requiring voter approved development agreements for major hotel development and major event center projects. Both initiatives met the 10% register voter signature requirements established by the California Elections Code.
On December 16, 2025, the City Council heard impact reports regarding each of the initiatives and opted to put the measures to the voters at a Special Municipal Election scheduled for March 24, 2026.
Pursuant to the City Council's direction, a Special Municipal Election was held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, for the initiatives/measures. The County of San Bernardino Registrar of Voters has completed the canvass of the results and the appropriate Resolution, with results attached as Exhibit A has been prepared for adoption.
The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters has certified the election results with both measures failing to meet the required number of votes to pass. Copies of the Statement of Certification of Election Results for the 2026 Special Election, Final Certified Election Results, and Total Canvass declaring results of the failed measures are attached.
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RESOLUTION NO. _________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ONTARIO,
CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION HELD ON MARCH 24, 2026; DECLARING THE RESULTS
AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City of Ontario, California, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, as required by law; and WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in the time, form and manner as provided by law; voting precincts were properly established; election officers were appointed, and in all respects the elections were held and conducted and the votes were cast, received and canvassed and the returns made and declared in the time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California for the holding of elections in cities; and
WHEREAS, the County Election Department canvassed the returns of the election and has certified the results to this City Council; the results are received, attached, and made a part hereof as “Exhibit A”.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Ontario hereby finds, determines and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. That the whole number of ballots cast in the precincts including vote-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots are detailed in the Official Canvass attached as Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. That the measures voted upon at the election are as follows:
Measure V
Measure W
SECTION 3. That the number of votes cast in each precinct, and the number of votes cast in the City for each measure above-named, are set forth in “Exhibit A,” which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 4. That as result of the election, a majority of voters voting on the measures relating to Measure V and Measure W did not vote in favor of it, and that the measures were not carried, and shall not be deemed adopted and ratified.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City of Ontario, a statement of result of the election, showing:
1) The whole number of votes/ballots cast in the City;
2) The measures voted for;
3) The total number of votes cast for each measure.
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SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
SECTION 7. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, or clause or phrase in this Resolution or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Resolution or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted each section irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases are declared unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective.
SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21st day of April 2026. _____________________________________
PAUL S. LEON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________________
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF ONTARIO )
I, SHEILA MAUTZ, City Clerk of the City of Ontario, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that foregoing Resolution No. 2026- was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Ontario at their regular meeting held April 21, 2026 by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
The foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2026- duly passed and adopted by the Ontario City Council at their regular meeting held April 21, 2026. _____________________________________
SHEILA MAUTZ, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
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EXHIBIT A
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Elector Group Counting Group Voters Cast Registered Voters Turnout Total Mail Ballot 12,576 12.80%
Polling Place 547 0.56%
Total 13,123 98,239 13.36%
City of Ontario MEASURE V (Vote for 1)
Measure Mail Ballot Polling Place Total
YES 5,079 218 5,297 40.48%
NO 7,458 329 7,787 59.52%
Total Votes 12,537 547 13,084
City of Ontario Special Election
Final Certified Election Results
Next Update: Final Posting
San Bernardino County
City of Ontario Special Election
March 24, 2026
Summary Report #6
Precincts Reported: 80 of 80 (100.00%)
Precincts Reported: 80 of 80 (100.00%)
4/16/26, 10:31 AM 03/24/2026 - City of Ontario Special Election https://results.rov.sbcounty.gov/Results/20260324/ 1/2
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City of Ontario MEASURE W (Vote for 1)
Measure Mail Ballot Polling Place Total
YES 5,860 255 6,115 47.02%
NO 6,600 291 6,891 52.98%
Total Votes 12,460 546 13,006
Precincts Reported: 80 of 80 (100.00%)
777 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0770
Tel 1-800-881-VOTE • (909) 387-8300
4/16/26, 10:31 AM 03/24/2026 - City of Ontario Special Election https://results.rov.sbcounty.gov/Results/20260324/ 2/2
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