RESOLUTION NO. 23-118
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING AN EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH O’CONNELL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE RESERVOIR 13 ISOLATION VALVE REPLACEMENT, PROJECT NO. 24405, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $96,800 WHEREAS, on September 18 2023, City staff was performing a shut down for water main repairs, of isolation valves for Reservoir 13; and WHEREAS, when restoring the valves to normally open operating condition they broke and remained in the closed position; and WHEREAS, this necessitated an emergency repair to remove and replace two isolation valves to Reservoir 13; and WHEREAS, staff determined that the work was categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (i.e. Existing Facilities - CCR §15301), Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, on September 25, 2023, staff contacted O’Connell Engineering & Construction, Inc. (O’Connell), GCI Construction, Inc, and Ferreira DBA Ferreira Coastal Construction Co., to bid the repair work immediately under the Reservoir 13 Isolation Valve Replacement, Project No. 24405 (Project) and received bids from those three contractors; and WHEREAS, O’Connell was the lowest bidder; and
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2023, O’Connell mobilized to the site and began work preparing and excavating the site.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That an emergency existed due to the loss of redundancy in the water distribution system and required immediate action to replace isolation valves and restore normal operation of the Reservoir 13 water storage reservoir to maintain system integrity and an abundant supply of readily available potable water and to prevent or mitigate impairment to property and public services that might otherwise occur if the City were required to incur delays attributed to the competitive bidding process.
SECTION 3. That the public interest and necessity demanded the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard public property and health.
SECTION 4. That the construction contract for the Reservoir 13 Isolation Valve Replacement, Project No. 24405, with O’Connell Engineering & Construction in an amount not to exceed $96,800, as presented to City Council on October 17 2023, is hereby ratified and approved.
SECTION 5. That a 15% project contingency of $14,520 is hereby approved.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, 2023.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 23-118 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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