DATE: JUNE 30, 2026
DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS
FROM: DAVID JACOBS, PE, PLS, PW DIRECTOR
BY: VICTOR SANCHES, ASSISTANT ENGINEER
ADRIANA ROBLES, PE, CFM, CITY ENGINEER
TITLE: AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN E2 CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. AND THE CITY OF SALINAS RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to approve a Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. to increase the compensation for a revised not to exceed amount of $386,488.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Staff entered into an agreement with E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. for engineering and construction management support services for the Treatment Plant 1 and Industrial Wastewater Facilities Improvements Project Phase 2A, CIP 9317 (the “Project”).
Construction of the Project includes installation of new electrical and mechanical improvements at both the Treatment Plant (TP1) and Industrial Waste Treatment Facility (IWTF) site which includes, but is not limited to, new level transmitters/sensors, stormwater pump station control panels, actuated controlled valves, flowmeters/sensors, and new variable frequency drive motor controls for the new pumps.
Staff requested E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. provide a proposal for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming services which will enable the City to control and monitor the new improvements on City hardware offsite of the improvements.
BACKGROUND:
On April 22, 2025, the City awarded a contract to Mountain Cascade Inc. to construct the Treatment Plant 1 and Industrial Wastewater Facilities Improvements Phase 2A, CIP 9317 (the “Project”) in the amount of $7,050,000 (Resolution No. 23234). The City contracted engineering and construction management services from the project design consultant, E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc., to support the City during construction of the Project, in the amount of $197,413.00.
The project includes construction of new electrical and mechanical improvements at both the TP1 and IWTF sites. The improvements at the sites include, but are not limited to, new level transmitters/sensors, stormwater pump station control panels, actuated controlled valves, flowmeters/sensors, and new variable frequency drive motor controls for the new pumps. Although the project includes procurement and installation of the new electrical and mechanical components, the contract does not include the software and programming necessary to monitor or control the electrical components from the City’s existing hardware.
At the request of the City, E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. provided a proposal to provide Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming services. The requested SCADA and PLC programming services will enable the City to monitor and control various system operations such as valve/pump operation, flow monitoring, and alarm notification through City hardware allowing the City to control and monitor the new improvements without having to travel to the individual sites.
City Staff issued Amendment No. 1 to the contract with E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc., in the amount of $30,000.00 for special inspection services at the Police Department for the Energy Services Contract with Opterra Energy Services as the City needed immediate special inspections. City Staff also issued Amendment No. 2 which extended the contract term date from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027. This proposed Amendment No. 3 is in the amount of $159,075.00 which requires Council approval for the City to execute the amendment.
CEQA CONSIDERATION:
Not a Project. The City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 includes the general rule that CEQA applies only to activities which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Because the proposed action and this matter have no potential to cause any effect on the environment, or because it falls within a category of activities excluded as projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378, this matter is not a project. Because the matter does not cause a direct or foreseeable indirect physical change on or in the environment, this matter is not a project. Any subsequent discretionary projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES:
Yes. The Government Code §84308/Levine Act does apply to this project.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
The project addresses the City Council’s Strategic Goals of Infrastructure and Environmental Sustainability, and Economic Development.
DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION:
The Public Works department will manage the consultant’s contract with assistance from Finance department to administer payments.
FISCAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT:
Sufficient budget is available and appropriated to cover the additional contract costs.
Fund
General Ledger Number
(Operating/CIP)
General Ledger Account Name
Remaining Budget Appropriation
Amount Requested
6200
50.9317-63.5010
Outside services-Professional Services
$207,163
$159,075
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
Agreement
Amendment No. 3
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