RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CEQA ADDENDUM AND AWARDING THE SALINAS PROJECT TO ENHANCE REGIONAL STORMWATER SUPPLY CIP 9317 WHEREAS, On March 30, 2021, the City Council authorized entering into a funding agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board for the Salinas Project to Enhance Regional Stormwater Supply (SPERSS); and WHEREAS, in October 2024, LSA prepared a CEQA addendum for SPERSS; and WHEREAS, the SPERRS and SWSMP Projects have been examined and their effects independently determined to have been adequately analyzed in the CEQA Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (2015 EIR) as certified by the Monterey One Water (M1W) Board of Directors (M1W Board) on October 8, 2015 and the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Modifications to the Public Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (2021 SEIR) as certified by the M1W Board on April 26, 2021, inclusive of the Addendum to the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment and the Pure Water Monterey/Groundwater Replenishment Project Environmental Impact Report for the Hilby Avenue Pump Station (Addendum No. 1), Addendum No. 3 to the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment and Addendum No. 2 to the Pure Water Monterey/Groundwater Replenishment Project Environmental Impact Report for the Monterey Pipeline (Addendum No. 2), Addendum No. 3 to the Pure Water Monterey/Groundwater Replenishment Project Environmental Impact Report for the Advanced Water Treatment Facility Expanded Capacity Project Modifications (Addendum No. 3), and Addendum to the Expanded Pure Water Monterey/Groundwater Replenishment Project Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Deep Injection Well #6 Changes (Addendum to the 2021 SEIR), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the CEQA addendum included a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for SPERSS; and WHEREAS, on January 29, 2025, the City Engineer approved the project specifications and authorized the call for bids for the TP1 and IWTF Facilities Improvements project; and WHEREAS, on February 27, 2025, bids were publicly opened and examined for TP1 and IWTF Facilities Improvements, CIP 9317, in accordance with the project specifications; and WHEREAS, only one bid was received, which allowed a negotiated scope and fee for the project; and WHEREAS, the new scope and fee includes portions of the project that have been approved by the State Water Resources Control Board at a cost of $7,050,000; and WHEREAS, City staff thereupon reported the bid results to the City Council at its regular meeting on April 22, 2025, and the Council in open session at said meeting examined the staff report; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to Salinas Municipal Code Section 12-21, in reference to TP1 and IWTF Facilities Improvements, CIP 9317, that the bid from Mountain Cascade Inc., (hereinafter referred to as “Successful Bidder”), being the best bid which is hereby accepted. The subject contract is hereby awarded to said Successful Bidder for the sum of $7,050,000, and more specifically at the prices particularly set forth and contained in the Proposal for the TP1 and IWTF Facilities Improvements Project No. 9317, of said successful bidders previously filed in the office of the City Clerk; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said specifications for TP1 and IWTF Facilities Improvements Project No. 9317 are hereby approved for said work and said specifications are by reference incorporated in and hereby made a part of this resolution; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City of Salinas to execute a contract consistent with the Proposal of said Successful Bidder for said work; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes $352,500 (5%) above the bid price for construction contingencies; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized to approve any and all change orders for completion of the project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council hereby adopts the CEQA Addendum to the 2015 EIR including Addendum No. 1, Addendum No. 2, Addendum No. 3, the 2021 SEIR and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15164, the Addendum to the 2021 SEIR, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP).
PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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