RESOLUTION NO. 25-141
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO CAPO A GENERAL CONTRACTING FOR LIFEGUARD TOWERS REPLACEMENT (FY 2025), CIP PROJECT NO. 22104, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CAPO A GENERAL CONTRACTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $111,900, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER CLASS 2 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15302 (REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING FACILITIES, 14 CCR SECTION 15302) WHEREAS, the City’s beaches are served from 11 lifeguard towers to maintain and enhance emergency response; WHEREAS, the City is planning to replace 2-3 lifeguard towers per year that are nearing the end of their useful lives each year, depending upon the available of funding; and WHEREAS, three Lifeguard Towers Replacement (2024/25), CIP Project No. 22104, was completed on May 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City conducted formal competitive bidding for the Lifeguard Towers Replacement (FY 2025/26), CIP Project No. 22104 (Project); and WHEREAS, on August 26, 2025, the City received seven bids ranging from $78,000 to $272,700 for Base Bid, and $111,900 to $409,050 for Base Bid plus Alternate Bid for the Project; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder was Alexis Jo Maze dba Capo A General Contracting of San Juan Capistrano, California, in the amount of $111,900, based on the low base bid and the alternate bid item; and WHEREAS, Lifeguard Towers Replacement, CIP Project No. 22104, was previously determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 2 of the State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15302 – Replacement of Existing Facilities, since it consists of replacement of existing lifeguard towers where the new towers will be located on the same site as the towers replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity.
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 fully incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That based on the record as a whole, the Lifeguard Towers Replacement, Project No. 22104, 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 the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the base bid was Alexis Jo Maze dba Capo A General Contracting, in the amount of $111,900, and the construction contract for the Lifeguard Towers Replacement (FY 2025/26) CIP Project No. 22104, is hereby awarded to Capo A General Contracting.
SECTION 4. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute a construction contract with Alexis Jo Maze dba Capo A General Contracting in the amount of $111,900 for the Lifeguard Towers Replacement (FY 2025/26), CIP Project No. 22104, in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on September 16, 2025.
SECTION 5. That 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 accomplish the purposes of this resolution or implement the Project.
SECTION 6. 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. 25-141 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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