Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING FUNDS, APPROVING THE NOTICE OF EXEMPTION NO. NOE48-25, RATIFYING THE EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, AND AUTHORIZING BALANCING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 FOR THE REPAIR OF VANDALIZED STREET LIGHTS, PROJECT NO. WD25048 The City is responsible for the operation and maintenance of more than 20,000 streetlights. On February 4, 2025, by Resolution No. 2025-02-04-1213, Council approved the Light Up Stockton, Project No. WD25046, to address streetlight repairs and upgrades throughout the City. This project replaced approximately 73,000 linear feet of wire that had been stripped from streetlights and their pull boxes at 41 locations Citywide, causing street light system outages; and The Emergency Construction Contract was processed in accordance with the City Manager Emergency Contract and Procurement Administrative Policy No. 17.05.150, which provides a process for rapidly acquiring the services needed for critical, unforeseen government needs amid an emergency situation as defined in Chapter 3.68.070 of the Stockton Municipal Code (SMC); and On February 6, 2025, the City Clerk of the City of Stockton opened, examined, and publicly declared the sealed proposals or bids offered for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048; and On April 1, 2025, the City Manager approved an Emergency Construction Contract, in the amount of $643,500, to Bockmon & Woody Electric Co., Inc. of Stockton, CA, for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048; and The project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as specified under section 15301(c) of the CEQA Guidelines, because this is a discretionary project under the City’s jurisdiction and qualifies as a project which has been determined to not have a significant effect on the environment; and Transfer of funds is needed to issue payment to Bockman & Woody Electric Co., Inc. for a total contract amount of $788,625 for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council approves the transfer of funds in the amount of $146,000 from the Light Up Stockton, Project No. WD25046, to the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048.
The City Council approves the filing of Notice of Exemption No. NOE48-25 under the California Environmental Quality Act for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by this reference.
The City Council approves findings pursuant to Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.070 in support of an exception to the competitive bidding process. These findings include:
The vandalized streetlight systems are located along heavily used arterial roadways such as Arch Airport Road, Eight Mile Road, and March Lane, and the lack of effective street lighting could adversely affect the public health, safety, welfare, and/or morale of the City of Stockton.
Failure to undertake emergency construction of the repairs of the streetlights may contribute to impending vehicle or pedestrian accidents along those portions of the roadway.
The vandalized streetlights are vulnerable to additional vandalism, which would significantly increase the cost of the project and impact on the economic and physical welfare of the City of Stockton.
The City Council approves findings and ratifies the City Manager’s approval to execute an Emergency Construction Contract in the amount of $643,500 to Bockmon & Woody Electric Co., Inc. of Stockton, CA, for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2 and incorporated by this reference.
The City Council authorizes Balancing Contract Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $145,125 with Bockmon & Woody Electric Co., Inc. for the Repair of Vandalized Street Lights, Project No. WD25048, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3 and incorporated by this reference.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED November 18, 2025 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton