RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, (1) DECLARING THAT THE EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK FOR THE EMERGENCY WORK TO THE WQCP GAS LINE TO BE OF URGENT NECESSITY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE, HEALTH, OR PROPERTY AND WAIVING THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS OF CITY CHARTER SECTION 1109; AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $112,682.51 TO A.M. ORTEGA CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
WHEREAS, the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant (“WQCP”) experienced a natural gas leak by the Collections Maintenance Building; and WHEREAS, due to the nature of urgency as it pertains to the employees’ health and safety, the Southern California Gas Company (“SoCalGas”) was called to assess the situation and determined the natural gas was leaking into a below ground electrical raceway in the MCC Room of the Collections Maintenance Building; and WHEREAS, after measuring the concentration of the gas and its surrounding locations, SoCalGas issued a “hazardous condition” notice to the WQCP; and WHEREAS, the WQCP was given 48 hours to correct the source of the gas leak, and if no progress has been made within 48 hours, SoCalCas would shut off the gas at the main meter; and WHEREAS, the WQCP has a South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) requirement for the operation of two (2) flares (burn off of methane) that use the natural gas from the gas line in question and cannot be shut off without affection operations; and WHEREAS, the violation would occur if the WQCP shut off the flare operations and then the WQCP would face fines by the SCAQMD; and WHEREAS, this gas line also supplies gas to the collections/maintenance building boilers, which provides hot water to the building and to the field workers’ shower facilities; and WHEREAS, two (2) companies were called for the emergency gas line repair, and the work was approved and authorized by the Purchasing Manager to proceed with the emergency work in the initial amount of $49,950.00 to A. M. Ortega Construction, Inc (“Contractor”); and WHEREAS, the emergency repair work was scheduled in four (4) working days and during the second day of the work, the Contractor isolated the gas line to the Collections/Maintenance and Maintenance Shop Building to allow the flare to operate unhindered; and WHEREAS, pressure tests were performed and the results indicated the gas line failed the pressure tests in multiple locations and it was determined that about 130 linear feet of gas line needed to be replaced; and WHEREAS, the Contractor’s subcontractor was called the next day to use ground penetrating radar to determine the underground utilities that were in conflict with the new gas line route; and WHEREAS, the repair work continued for another week and the additional work involved extra labor and materials, which increased the original Purchase Order No. 224758 amount of $49,950 to an additional cost of $62,732.51, for a total amount of $112,682.51; and WHEREAS, due to the emergency nature of this project, and based upon the facts set forth above, the Purchasing Services Manager approved an expenditure to the Contractor for the emergency repair work to the WQCP’s gas leak by the Collections Maintenance Building, the in the amount of $112,682.51, in accordance with City Charter section 1109 and Purchasing Resolution No. 23812, Sections 300-302; and WHEREAS, City Charter section 1109 provides that expenditures for such emergency repairs may be approved without advertising for bids if such work, supplies or materials shall be deemed by the City Council to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health or property, and shall be authorized by resolution passed by at least five affirmative votes of the City Council and containing a declaration of the facts constituting such urgency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The above recitals are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2: On the basis of the foregoing recitals and the staff report accompanying this Resolution, it is hereby found and declared that repair work to the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s gas leak by the Collections Maintenance Building was of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health, or property, and waiving the formal competitive procurement requirements of City Charter 1109.
Section 3: The expenditure to A. M. Ortega Construction, Inc. in the amount of $112,682.51 for the repair work to the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s gas leak by the Collections Maintenance Building is hereby authorized and approved as emergency construction repairs.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _____ day of _______________, 2023. ______________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
______________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the _____ day of ________________, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this _____ day of _______________, 2023. ______________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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