HomeMy WebLinkAbout11 APPROVE PLANS AND SPECS FOR TUSTIN RANCH IRRIGATION UPGRADESAGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: APRIL 19, 2011
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, INTERIM CITY MANAGER
Agenda Item 11
Reviewed: /
City Manager V
FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE TUSTIN RANCH IRRIGATION
UPGRADES CIP NO. 10064
SUMMARY
Plans and specifications for the Tustin Ranch
prepared and the project is now ready to be bid.
Irrigation Upgrades CIP No. 10064 have been
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 11-26 approving the plans and
specifications for the Tustin Ranch Irrigation Upgrades CIP No. 10064 and authorize the City Clerk
to advertise and receive bids.
FISCAL IMPACT
$1,500,000 has been budgeted and appropriated in this Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Capital
Improvement Program for this project utilizing Tustin Re-Assessment District 95-1 funds for
maintenance projects within the District.
DISCUSSION
On November 17, 2009 City Council adopted Resolution No. 09-57 declaring a surplus in the
Improvement Fund for Re-Assessment District No. 95-1 and authorized the transfer of surplus
funds to a special Public Works Maintenance Account to be used for maintenance projects within
the District.
The proposed project includes upgrading improvements at various locations within the Tustin
Ranch Landscape and Lighting District. The improvements include new points of connection,
piping, valves, meter pedestals and irrigation controllers that are compatible with the City's
centralized irrigation control system. The project will significantly improve the backbone irrigation
system efficiency and decrease overall water usage.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 11-26 approving the plans and
specifications for the Tustin Ranch Irrigation Upgrades CIP No. 10064 and authorize the City Clerk
to advertise and receive bids.
S. Stack, P.E.
of Public Works/City Engineer
Attachments: Resolution No. 11-26
RESOLUTION NO. 11-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
TUSTIN RANCH IRRIGATION UPGRADES CIP NO. 10064 AND
AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California
to contract for the construction of the Tustin Ranch Irrigation Upgrades CIP No. 10064;
and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented plans and specifications for the
construction of said work; and
WHEREAS, this project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act; Class 1, Section 15301: Existing Facilities; and
WHEREAS, this project is categorically excluded from the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the plans and specifications
presented by the City Engineer are hereby approved as the plans and specifications for:
Tustin Ranch Irrigation Upgrades CIP No. 10064
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to advertise as required by law for the receipt of sealed bids or proposals for
the performance of the work specified in the aforesaid plans and specifications;
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Tustin held on the 19th day of April 2011.
Jerry Amante, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela Stoker
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 11-26 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19th day of April, 2011
by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
PAMELA STOKER,
City Clerk