RESOLUTION NO. 24-155
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO DIAMOND CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN FOR THE STORM DRAIN GRAVITY MAIN SWGM-16135 REPAIRS, PROJECT NO. 26001; APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $735,000 FROM Storm Drain FUND INTO ACCOUNT NO. 059-553-43420-000-26001; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $573,637; AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT WHEREAS, due to heavy rains of the winter months of 2024, the 30-inch corrugated storm drain metal pipe (CMP) was corroded and failed, and a 28-foot-deep sinkhole appeared at the bottom of the slope; and WHEREAS, repairs are needed to backfill the sinkhole and replace approximately 230 linear feet of the corroded CMP pipe with a corrugated plastic pipe; and WHEREAS, the City conducted formal competitive bidding for the Storm Drain Gravity Main SWGM-16135 Repairs, Project No. 26001 (Project); and WHEREAS, on September 18, 2024, the City received four (4) bids ranging from $558,637 to $930,950 for the Project; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder was Diamond Construction & Design of San Clemente, California, in the amount of $573,637, based on the low base bid and the alternate bid item.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein.
SECTION 2. That the Storm Drain Gravity Main SWGM-16135 Repairs, Project No. 26001, is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 2 (Replacement or Reconstruction, 14 CCR section 15302) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it consists of replacing existing public structures or facilities, involving negligible or no expansion of an existing or former use and there is no possibility of a direct or foreseeable indirect significant impact on the environment.
SECTION 3. That a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $735,000 from the Storm Drain Fund, into Account 059-553-43420-000-26001, which will be by a loan from the Local Drainage Fund in an amount up to $735,000 from the Catch Basin and Storm Drain projects, is hereby approved.
SECTION 4. That the construction contract for the Storm Drain Gravity Main SWGM-16135 Repairs, Project No. 26001, is hereby awarded to Diamond Construction & Design as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, based on the Base Bids.
SECTION 5. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute a construction contract for the Storm Drain Gravity Main SWGM-16135 Repairs, Project No. 26001, with Diamond Construction & Design in an amount not to exceed of $573,637, in a form substantially similar to that presented to City Council on October 1, 2024.
SECTION 6. That a 19% construction contingency of $109,000 for Project No. 26001 is hereby approved. The City Manager is authorized to utilize the Project contingency to the extent necessary and proper.
SECTION 7. 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 ____________________, 2024.
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. 24-155 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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