RESOLUTION NO. 24-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO EAGLE AERIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THREE SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WATERVIEW SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE PORTAL, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $140,800, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER 14 CCR SECTION 15306 – CLASS 6 (INFORMATION COLLECTION) WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente Utilities Department houses a Water Conservation Program consisting of one full-time staff member; and WHEREAS, in 2018, the Governor of the State of California signed into law AB 1668 and SB 606, collectively known as the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” legislation; and WHEREAS, on March 22, 2023, and again on October 4, 2023 the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) held rulemaking workshops to propose final regulations for the implementation of AB 1668 and SB 606; and WHEREAS, the proposed Water Board regulations will require all urban retail water suppliers, including the City of San Clemente, to develop and comply with an annual water use objective (WOU) that is a function of, among other inputs, residential population and aggregate landscape area throughout its water service area; and WHEREAS, the City currently has over 17,700 diverse and unique potable and recycled water connections to consider when determining which customers to reach out to on conservation issues, and how; and WHEREAS, City staff will require additional resources to evaluate, and if necessary, educate and/or enforce on, individual cases of excessive water use that may be impeding the City from achieving or maintaining aggregate compliance with the State Board’s WUO; and
WHEREAS, the City conducted a Request for Proposals (RFP) in February 2023 for Land Use Software for WUO Compliance, following which Eagle Aerial Solutions was determined to be best qualified to meet the City’s needs with their WaterView platform, and their price was fair and reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
Section 1. That based on a review of the record as a whole, the City Council finds that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR section 15306 – Class 6 (Information Collection) because it consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management and resource evaluation activities that do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby awards a professional services agreement to Eagle Aerial Solutions for an annual subscription to the WaterView water conservation/land use portal for three years in an amount not to exceed $140,800.
Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute a professional services agreement with Eagle Aerial Solutions for an annual subscription to the WaterView water conservation/land use portal in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on April 16, 2024.
Section 4. 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 ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
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. 24-53 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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