RESOLUTION NO. 26-71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A CONTRACT TO UNITED BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC FOR THE DEMOLITION, REMOVAL, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BUILDING K FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER CLASS 1, SECTION 15301 (EXISTING FACILITIES, 14 CCR 15301) OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente operates and maintains facilities that include server and control rooms requiring specialized fire suppression systems to protect critical infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the existing clean agent fire suppression system has reached the end of its useful life and requires replacement to ensure continued safety, compliance, and operational reliability; and WHEREAS, the City solicited proposals from qualified contractors experienced in engineered fire suppression systems; and WHEREAS, the City received two bids and one “no bid” response for the project; and WHEREAS, United Building & Development Services, LLC submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid in an amount not to exceed $175,025; and WHEREAS, the proposed project, which includes demolition and removal of the existing system and installation of a new engineered clean agent fire suppression system, is needed to protect critical facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Based on a review of the record as a whole, the City Council hereby determines that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1, Section 15301 (Existing Facilities, 14 CCR 15301) of the state CEQA Guidelines because it consists of minor alterations to an existing public facility involving negligible or no expansion of use.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby awards a contract to United Building & Development Services, LLC in the amount of $175,025, for the demolition, removal, and replacement of the clean agent fire suppression system.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on April 21, 2026.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is further authorized and directed to execute such additional documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to complete the project and accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 5. 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 Rick Loeffler, Mayor of the City of San Clemente, California 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. 26-71 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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