HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 083-15RESOLUTION NO 083- 1 5
A RESOLUTION DISPENSING WITH BIDDING
PROCEDURES DUE TO EMERGENCY
CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED TO INSTALL
ARSENIC REMOVAL EQUIPMENT AT CITY
DOMESTIC WATER WELL
WHEREAS, California is in its fourth year of an unprecedented drought and the
City of Bakersfield has limited surface water supplies available to provide water to
its domestic water service area customers; and
WHEREAS, due to the drought and lack of surface water supplies, the City
must ensure that its domestic water wells are operational to provide potable
pumped groundwater to its customers and to maintain adequate pressures; and
WHEREAS, the City operated domestic water well CBK 41 regularly until its
arsenic levels exceeded the State's maximum contaminant level, and thus the well
had to be taken out of service in 2009 and City relied on treated surface water
supplies from Kern County Water Agency's Improvement District No. 4 (ID4); and
WHEREAS, since there are now limited surface water supplies from ID4 due to
the drought, reactivating CBK 41 will improve the City's ability to deliver drinking
water to customers while reducing the need for a critical dry year water supply
from ID4's water treatment plant and will improve water pressure issues that have
historically occurred in the area, especially during the summer months; and
WHEREAS, City must maintain adequate pressure and water supplies to avoid
health and safety issues for its domestic water system customers; and
WHEREAS, City staff has worked with the City domestic water system's
operation and maintenance contractor, Cal Water, to determine an arsenic
treatment system that could be installed at CBK 41 for removal of arsenic; and
WHEREAS, the City has purchased the arsenic treatment media and
equipment but the site work consisting of installing site piping, arsenic treatment
equipment must be installed at the CBK 41 well site; and
WHEREAS, due to the urgent necessity to get CBK 41 back on line for the
above stated reasons, the City has received a proposal from WM Lyles to install the
site piping, arsenic treatment equipment, and other related items under an
emergency status; and
WHEREAS, WM Lyles is well qualified to manage and construct a project of
this complexity.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as
follows:
l . The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by
reference.
2. The work, supplies, equipment or materials for this project is required
due to urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health or property
3. The Finance Director is authorized to dispense with bidding in
accordance with Section 3.20.060 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code.
4. The expenditure of funds for said work, supplies, equipment or materials
shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000).
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held onJUN 2 4 2015 , by the following
vote:
AY
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
SENT:
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COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR, SMITH,
COUNCILMEMBER NV2'tQ
COUNCILMEMBER ��
COUNCILMEMBER ?9 nC
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SULLIVAN, JOHNSON
CITY CLERK AND he
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA, ENNARO
City) ney
By a
V GINIA ENNARO
City Attorney
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