Attachment 1Attachment 1RESOLUTION NO. 25-109
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF WATER METERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FROM FERGUSON WATERWORKS AND METRON-FARNIER FOR A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $122,140 BASED ON FIXED PRICING, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER CLASS 1 (EXISTING FACILITIES, 14 CCR SECTION 15301) OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente provides adequate supplies of potable and recycled water while meeting health and quality standards of the State Water Resources Control Board - Drinking Water Division and Federal Safe Water Drinking Act; and WHEREAS, the City’s water service area contains approximately 17,600 water meters ranging in size from one to six inches; and WHERAS, City staff periodically replaces old or damaged water meters as needed, and meters are also installed for new water services; and WHERAS, City staff previously researched and tested various water meter brands and received feedback from other agencies related to water meters; and WHERAS, Neptune meters are the most reliable, the highest quality, and the best fit for the City’s needs for small meters, and Ferguson Waterworks is the only distributor in Southern California for Neptune water meters; and WHEREAS, the large meters distributed by Metron-Farnier are the best fit for the City’s large meters based on performance and due to their exceptional accuracy with the large range from low to high flows that the meters are capable of reading, and Metron-Farnier is the only distributor in Southern California for these types of meters; and WHEREAS, Section XI - Exemptions To The Formal & Informal Solicitation Process, Section 1.7 of City Policy Number 201-2-1 (Procurement Policy and Procedure) allows for exemption from the Informal and Formal Bidding Process for sole source suppliers within the geographic region; and WHEREAS, City staff has obtained quotes from Ferguson Waterworks and Metron-Farnier for fixed pricing for the various sizes of meters that the City uses for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and the pricing is fair and reasonable; and WHEREAS, purchasing the meters from Ferguson Waterworks and Metron-Farnier is in the best interests of the City and the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein fully as findings.
SECTION 2. That this project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (Existing Facilities, 14 CCR section 15301) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, and there is no reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant direct or foreseeable indirect effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. That under Section 1.7 of City Policy Number 201-2-1, Ferguson Waterworks qualifies as a sole source supplier of Neptune water meters and Metron-Farnier qualifies as a sole source supplier of certain large water meters and the purchase of water meters for Fiscal Year 2025-26 from Ferguson Waterworks and Metron-Farnier are exempt from the City’s formal bidding process.
SECTION 4. That the purchase of water meters for Fiscal Year 2025-26 from Ferguson Waterworks and Metron-Farnier for a cumulative amount not to exceed $122,140 based on the fixed pricing presented to the City Council on August 5, 2025 is hereby approved.
SECTION 5. 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 ____________________, 2025.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the
San Clemente, California City of San 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. 25-109 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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