RESOLUTION NO. 24-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW AND BMP COMPLIANCE SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $299,935 FOR THREE YEARS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente owns and operates a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) for the purposes of separating stormwater flows from the collection of municipal wastewater and protecting infrastructure and private property; and WHEREAS, under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), the City must comply with the conditions of a valid permit for discharges from its MS4, specifically, Order Number R9-2013-0001, as amended by Order Nos. R9-2015-0001 and R9-2015-0100, issued and enforced by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (“MS4 Permit”); and WHEREAS, the MS4 Permit requires the City to include a review of potential water quality impacts when accepting applications for new and re-development, resulting in the categorization of higher-risk projects as Priority Development Projects, which require the development of adequate Best Management Practices (BMPs) detailed in a Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) for submittal to the City during the plan-check process; and WHEREAS, the MS4 permit also requires the prioritization and inventorying of and post-construction verifications of BMPs installed as indicated in an approved WQMP, and regular inspections of such BMPs in perpetuity with a frequency determined by level of priority; and WHEREAS, the City is also responsible for maintaining compliance of its own project BMPs, which the City may require technical guidance on, including the ongoing installation of stormwater inlet trash capture devices as required by what are known as the 2015 Trash Amendments to the permit; and WHEREAS, the City has limited engineering expertise specific to reviewing increasingly complex low-impact development (LID) and proprietary water quality treatment devices now available to developers looking to manage their projects’ stormwater flows and pollutant loads in compliance with the City of San Clemente BMP Design Manual, and limited staff who are qualified and regularly available to conduct completed BMP inspections and assessments; and WHEREAS, the City released a Request for Proposals in December 2023 for WQMP reviews and related BMP inspections and compliance planning, following which Geosyntec Consultants was determined to be best qualified meet the City’s needs, and its 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 the City Council hereby awards a professional services agreement to Geosyntec Consultants for the WQMP Review and BMP Compliance Services.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby directs and authorizes the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement to Geosyntec Consultants in an amount not to exceed $299,935 for three years in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on April 16, 2024.
Section 3. 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. 24-56 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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