RESOLUTION NO. 25-125
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO SUMMERS, MURPHY & PARTNERS, INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE SAN CLEMENTE PIER ENTRANCE DESIGN PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente initiated a Request for Proposals (RFP) process to procure professional design services for the San Clemente Pier Entrance Design Project, which seeks to enhance safety, aesthetics, and circulation at the Pier entrance in preparation for the City’s Centennial Celebration in 2028; and WHEREAS, the City received four (4) proposals in response to the RFP, which were evaluated by a selection committee based on criteria including design vision, relevant experience, methodology, cost, community engagement, proposal quality, and references; and WHEREAS, after thorough evaluation and scoring of the proposals received, Summers, Murphy & Partners, Inc. (SMP) was determined to be the most qualified firm offering the best overall value, with a proposal demonstrating alignment with project goals, strong design credentials, effective stakeholder coordination strategies, and a competitive fee proposal with prices that were fair and reasonable; and WHEREAS, the cost proposal submitted by SMP is within budget and the firm has demonstrated the ability to deliver the project on time and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and incorporated fully herein as findings.
SECTION 2. Based on a review of the record as a whole, this project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 CCR §15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities) and/or 14 CCR §15302 (Class 2 – Replacement or Reconstruction), as the project involves minor alterations and improvements to an existing public facility involving no expansion of use and there is no possibility of a direct or foreseeable indirect significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby awards the contract for professional design services for the San Clemente Pier Entrance Design Project to Summers, Murphy & Partners, Inc. in the amount of $72,570.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute said contract for professional design services for the San Clemente Pier Entrance Design Project with Summers, Murphy & Partners, Inc. in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on August 19, 2025.
SECTION 5. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute such other documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to complete the design project and accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 6. 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 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. 25-125 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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