RESOLUTION NO. 25-163
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO VICON ENTERPRISE, INC., TO PERFORM DIGESTER NO. 2 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL REHABILITATION, CIP PROJECT NO. 12204, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $715,000, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT 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 owns and operates a Water Reclamation Plant to physically and biologically treat wastewater generated from the City’s service area and Santa Margarita Water District’s Talega area through a contractual obligation; and WHEREAS, Digester No. 2 and Sludge Holding Tank No. 1 are utilized for processing of solid waste and are in need of rehabilitation; and WHEREAS, the City conducted formal competitive bidding for the Digester No. 2 Structural and Mechanical Rehabilitation, Project No. 12204 (Project); and WHEREAS, on August 28, 2025, the City received four bids ranging from $715,000 to $949,148 for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Vicon Enterprise, Inc. was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder with a bid of $715,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby finds, determines, and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein.
SECTION 2. Based upon a review of the record as a whole, that the project is hereby determined to be 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 repair of existing public facilities involving no expansion of an existing use and there is no possibility of a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect substantial impact on the environment.
SECTION 3. That the Construction Contract Agreement for the Digester No. 2 Structural and Mechanical Rehabilitation, CIP Project No. 12204 is awarded to Vicon Enterprise, Inc.
SECTION 4. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute a construction contract for the Digester No. 2 Structural and Mechanical Rehabilitation, CIP Project No. 12204 with Vicon Enterprise, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $715,000, in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on October 21, 2025.
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 October, 2025.
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Steve Knoblock Mayor of the City
of San Clemente, California
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK of the 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. 25-163 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on _______ day of October 2025, 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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