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RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA,
TO AUTHORIZING A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH COASTLAND CIVIL
ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE PHASE I
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE KELLER BEACH SANTIARY SEWER LINE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $475,000.
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WHEREAS, the City of Richmond (“City”) entered into a second settlement agreement with San Francisco Baykeeper (Baykeeper) in 2018 due to the fact that the City was not able to meet the terms of the 2016 Settlement Agreement regarding significant sanitary sewer overflows during wet rainy weather due to the condition of the City’s sanitary sewer collection system; and
WHEREAS, the City agreed within the settlement agreement with Baykeeper to make improvements to the City’s sewer collection system; and
WHEREAS, in addition to specific Capital Improvement Projects listed in the Settlement Agreement, Baykeeper requested that a feasibility study should be performed to determine the condition of the Keller Beach Sewer Trunk line due to the sensitive location; and
WHEREAS, the City established funding in the FY 2021-2022 budget in the amount of $500,000 to cover the cost of this study; and
WHEREAS, on January 18, 2022, City Council adopted Resolution 8-22 accepting the Keller Beach Assessment Study, which allowed for the Keller Beach Sanitary Sewer Moratorium to be adopted; and
WHERAS, the City has determined that the 63-year-old pipeline is in poor condition and cannot be maintained in its current location due to inadequate access, pipeline structural defects, and the unlikelihood of obtaining the necessary environmental permits to repair or replace the pipeline in place; and
WHEREAS, potential project constraints include topography, the location of existing utilities, public right-of-way and utility easements, geotechnical conditions, and environmental permitting requirements; and
WHEREAS, these constraints will need to be explored through surveys, studies, and investigations; and
WHEREAS, Coastland Civil Engineers has a unique skill set regarding the location and issues the City will face regarding the location and topography of the Keller Beach Sanitary Sewer Line that other firms could not offer; and
WHEREAS, City staff is requesting Council authorize a sole source contract to Coastland Engineering for the Feasibility Study of the Keller Beach Sanitary Sewer Line based on this unique skill set.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Richmond hereby authorizes a sole source contract with Coastland Civil Engineering for the Keller Beach Feasibility Study as presented.
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I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting thereof held July 26, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
PAMELA CHRISTIAN
CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
(SEAL)
Approved:
THOMAS K. BUTT
Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
State of California }
County of Contra Costa : ss.
City of Richmond }
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Resolution No. __________, finally passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on July 26, 2022.
Pamela Christian, Clerk of the City of Richmond
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CLERK’S CERTIFICATE
I, Pamela Christian, City Clerk of the City of Richmond, do hereby certify as follows:
The foregoing resolution is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. XX -XX duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City duly and regularly held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 26th day of July 2022, of which meeting all the members of said City Council had due notice and at which a majority thereof were present; and that at said meeting said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
An agenda of said meeting was posted before said meeting at City Hall, 450 Civic Center Plaza in the City of Richmond, California, a location freely accessible to members of the public, and a brief description of said resolution appeared on said agenda.
Such agenda was further posted, and such meeting was conducted in accordance with and pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, signed by the Governor of the State of California on March 17, 2020, and Executive Order N-35-20, signed by the Governor of the State of California on March 21, 2020.
I have carefully compared the foregoing with the original on file and of record in my office, and the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the original resolution adopted at said meeting.
Said resolution has not b een amended, modified, or rescinded since the date of its adoption and the same is now in full force and effect.
Dated: , 2022.
City Clerk of the City of Richmond
[SEAL]