RESOLUTION NO. 25-130
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING AN EXEMPTION TO THE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS, APPROVING THE AGREEMENT FOR SHARING CONSULTANT COSTS FOR THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN (“AGREEMENT”) WITH THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, AND FINDING THE PROJECT STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT WHEREAS, under California Water Code section 10621(a), urban water suppliers are required to update their respective Urban Water Management Plan ("UWMP") at least once every five years; and WHEREAS, the purpose of UWMPs and their regular updates is to support the long-term resource planning of water suppliers and ensure the availability of adequate water supplies to meet both existing and future needs. The information contained within the UWMPs is valuable for water planning at local, regional, and state levels; and WHEREAS, the 2025 UWMPs are required to be updated and submitted to the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) by July 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City and every other Participating Agency has the responsibility to prepare a separate 2025 UWMP for submission by July 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City and the other Participating Agencies share many water supply characteristics, including water sources, regional water management agencies, location, climate history, and demographics; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Water Code section 10620, subdivision (d)(3), the City and the other Participating Agencies wish to coordinate the preparation of their 2025 UWMP’s in the interest of reducing preparation costs; and WHEREAS, the Participating Agencies and MWDOC desire to cooperate with each other to obtain economies of scale and thereby reduce preparation costs for each of the Participating Agencies; and WHEREAS, MWDOC and the Participating Agencies have jointly prepared and agreed to a Scope of Work that was incorporated into a Request for Proposals. In response, two consulting firms submitted proposals which were reviewed by a panel comprised of representatives of MWDOC and several Participating Agencies and which resulted in the selection of Carollo Engineers, Inc. ("Consultant") as the consultant to prepare UWMPs for the Participating Agencies (the “Work”); and WHEREAS, City Purchasing Policy 201-2-1, Section XI.A.1.14 allows for an exemption to the formal bidding process when purchasing from, joining in a cooperative purchase with or selling to any other governmental agency or joint powers authority when the action is beneficial to the interests of the City of San Clemente; and WHEREAS, MWDOC and its staff are willing to coordinate this process, including the preparation and administration of a professional services agreement with the Consultant; and the administration of the cost sharing provisions of this Agreement; and 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 by reference.
SECTION 2. Based on a review of the file as a whole, this is project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as set forth in Water Code Section 10652, which states that CEQA does not apply to the preparation and adoption of UWMPs or to the implementation of actions taken pursuant to Section 10632 of the Water Code.
SECTION 3. That the Agreement for Sharing Consultant Costs for 2025 Urban Water Management Plans (“Agreement”) with the Municipal Water District of Orange County will result in cost savings to the City for the compilation of the 2025 UWMP.
SECTION 4. That the approval of the Agreement will allow the City to complete and submit the 2025 UWMP to DWR by the July 1, 2026 deadline.
SECTION 5. That this Agreement is exempt from the City’s formal bidding process under City Purchasing Policy 201-2-1, Section XI.A.1.14.
SECTION 6. That the Agreement is hereby approved.
SECTION 7. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Agreement in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on September 2, 2025.
SECTION 8. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute such other documents and take such other and further action as is necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this resolution and complete and submit the 2025 UWMP to DWR by the July 1, 2026 deadline.
SECTION 9. 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 City San Clemente, California 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. 25-130 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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