Reso. No.
RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TASK AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 2022-23 GRADE 5 RISK ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS GRADE 5 SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE
SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM, AS REQUIRED IN THE BAYKEEPER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,075,622 WHEREAS, the City of Richmond entered into a settlement agreement with San Francisco Baykeeper in 2018 in connection with the City’s significant sanitary sewer overflows which occur during wet rainy weather due to the condition of the City’s sanitary sewer collection system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond agreed, as part of the settlement agreement with with San Francisco Baykeeper, to make improvements to the City’s sewer collection system by rehabilitating or repairing at least two (2) miles of Grade 5 pipes annually; and WHEREAS, these Grade 5 pipes have been identified through closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspection; and
WHEREAS, these Grade 5 pipes have been assigned a “Risk Assessment” based on the probability of failure by a licensed engineer; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond and Veolia collectively compiled a list of these Grade 5 pipes; and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2022, a request for proposals was posted to BidsOnLine; and
WHEREAS, thirty-four prospective applicants downloaded the documents from BidsOnline; and
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2022, Veolia conducted a mandatory walk-through with eleven (11) participants; and
WHEREAS, on November 30, 2022, four (4) bids were received from (in alphabetical order): Cratus, Inc., D’Arcy and Harty, Glosage Engineering, Inc.; and W.R. Forde and Associates.; and
WHEREAS, Yader A. Bermudez, (City of Richmond Retired Annuitant), Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Veolia Senior Project Manager, and Jayne Lopez, Veolia Collection System Project Manager, reviewed the bids and determined that D’Arcy and Harty Construction, Inc., was the lowest responsive bid; and
WHEREAS, the project also calls for compaction testing and engineering services during construction; and
WHEREAS, V.W. Housen & Associates and Questa Engineering, pre-qualified technical firms previously approved via Resolutions 84-19 and 82-19 respectively, submitted acceptable proposals for engineering services during construction and compaction testing, for amounts not to exceed $25,000 and $15,000 respectively; and WHEREAS, the FY 2022-23 Grade 5 Risk Assessment Analysis (RAA) Line Replacement Project will not exceed $2,075,622 [Project cost of $1,370,500, plus 16.5% mark- up of $226,133, plus 30% contingency of $478,990)]; and WHEREAS, the Water Resource Recovery Department will issue a project Task Authorization to Veolia and Veolia Water West Operating Services, Inc. will manage the subcontracts with D’Arcy and Harty Construction, Inc. (contractor), V.W. Housen & Associates, and Questa Engineering (consultants).
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Richmond hereby authorizes the Water Resource Recovery Department to issue a project Task Authorization to Veolia for the FY 2022-23 Grade 5 Risk Assessment Analysis (RAA) Line Replacement Project will not exceed $2,075,622 [Project cost of $1,370,500, plus 16.5% mark- up of $226,133, plus 30% contingency of $478,990)].
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I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed a nd adopted by the Co uncil of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting thereof held on March 21, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
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Approved:
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 March 21, 2023.
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. duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City duly and regula rly held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 21st day of March 2023, of which meeting all o f 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 car efully 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 resolut ion adopted at said meeting.
Said resolution has not been amended, modified, or r escinded since t he da te of its adoption and the same is now in full force and effect.
Dated: , 2023.
City Clerk of the
City of Richmond
[SEAL]