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2 CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. (2026)
APPROVING AN ALTERNATIVE PURCHASING PROCEDURE TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KENNEDY/JENKS CONSULTANTS, INC. AND AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,200,000 FROM THE SEWER FUND RESERVES TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT POLYMER INJECTION
SYSTEM PROJECT IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND
WHEREAS, the Clean Water Program (CWP) includes significant infrastructure upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP); and
WHEREAS, the WWTP Polymer Injection System Project (Project) is a project intended to improve operating pressures during the cake pumping process at the WWTP; and WHEREAS, a budget appropriation of $1,200,000 from the Sewer Fund Reserves to the Project budget account in the Capital Project Fund is required to account for design, engineering, construction, and project and construction management services; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are available in the Sewer Fund Reserves to appropriate to the Capital Project Fund; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code section 3.60.070(h)(3) provides that the City may use alternative purchasing procedures approved by the City Council if the City Council makes a finding concurrent with the award for the contract that the procedures are in the best interest of the City for the particular contract; and WHEREAS, entering into an agreement with Kennedy / Jenks Consultants, Inc. (Kennedy Jenks) for professional design services and professional services during construction for the Project is in the best interests of the City because Kennedy Jenks has unique familiarity with the WWTP cake pumps as it was involved in the original design of the cake pumps.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY FINDS AND RESOLVES that:
1. This City Council action is exempt from CEQA review as an “existing facility,” in that it consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.)
2. An appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000 from the Sewer Fund reserves to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Polymer Injection System Project in the Capital Project Fund is approved.
3. Pursuant to San Mateo Municipal Code Section 3.60.070(h)(3), an agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc. (Kennedy Jenks) to provide professional services for design and engineering services for the Project is in the best interests of the City because:
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2 • Kennedy Jenks was previously involved in the design of the WWTP cake pump system; and
• Kennedy Jenks’ familiarity with the system is essential to completing a successful project within a reasonable time frame and with reasonable costs.
4. An agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants to provide professional services for design and engineering services during construction in an amount not to exceed $311,055, with a contingency amount of $60,000, is approved.
5. The Public Works Director is authorized to execute this agreement and task amendments within the contingency amount in substantially the form presented.