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Home My WebLink About1976-02-03; City Council; 3545-1; Approval of Specifications for Emergency GeneratorCITY OF CARLSBAD AGENDA BILL NO. 3545 Supplement NO. / DATE : February 3, 1976 DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS Initial : Dept €Id. Subject: APPROVAL OF SPEC1 FICATIONS FOR AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR . Statement of the Matter The City Council adopted Resolution 3811 on December 16, 1975, approving consultant services for the preparation of specifications and assistance in bid review for a generator to provide emergency power at the sewer lift stations. The consultant has prepared specifications which have been reviewed and approved by staff. estimates cost of the generator to be approximately $21,000. He has further recom- mended that the Home Plant Station and Foxy's Station be modified prior to delivery of the generator, - other stations will require modification some time after delivery, but can be accomplished on a lower priority basis. Modification of Home Plant and Foxy's will require approximately $3,000. stations will be completed as a part of the consultant contract'and it*is expected that city forces can make the electrical. modification. Consultant Drawings and equipment lists for all EXHIBITS A. Summary report of progress to date by Mr. Bernard O'Neill. .. B. Proposed specifications for an emergency Generator. (on -file in the .. Off ice of. the City Engineer) C. Resolution No.= approving specifications & authorizing City Clerk RECOMMENDATION: to advertise for bids Should Council agree to proceed with ,the provision .of emergency power generators to City sewer lift stations, approve specifications and authorize the City Clerk to solicit bids, by adopting Resolution No.-. . Council action 2-3-76 Resolution f3842 was adopted, approving specificationsc and author- izing. City Clerk to advertise for bids. .\ . 4 RN ARD 07 N E ILL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER CITY of CARLSBAD City Maintenance Department 405 Oak Avenue Carlsbad, California 92008 Attention: Mr. Roger Greer TELEPHONE: (714) 222-7643 POST OFFICE BOX 7501 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92107 PROJECT NO, 520 JANUARY 19, 1976 PROJECT: ,125 KW TRAILER MOUNTED GENERATOR UNIT Emergency Power for Sewage Pumping Stations SUBJECT: Prefinal Design Concepts Meeting Date/Time: January 79, 1976, 2:OOPM Present: Mr. Roger Greer, City Maintenance Dept. Mr. B, J, O'Neill, Electrical Consultant Gent1 emen : This letter confirms subjects discussed relating to design concepts and engineering progress on the above named project, Items Discussed: (1 ) Review of the consultants agreement regarding time schedules and work progression, Trailer mounted generator specifications and drawings/ sketches to be submitted completed to the City on Jan, 22nd. Engineering work related to revisions of the various sewage pumping stations to follow within 30 days after approval of the design concepts, -Revisions/changes/additions to the "Home Plant" and "Foxy's Landing" pumping station should be completed before delivery of the new generator unit. pri ori ty "Home Plant" additions to take 3 copies of the proposed specifications and cost estimates for the generator set were presented to Mr, Greer for study and review. Other materials submitted: Photographs of the proposed generator unit showing general appearance, configuration and size. E X H I B I T "A" *BERN ARD J* 0' NE ILL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER TELEPHONE: (714) 222-7643 POST OFFICE BOX 7501 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92107 City of Carlsbad, Minutes of meeting, 1/19/76 continued Page 2 Catalog data sheets on the diesel engine and generator equipment, Mr, Greer approved the general appearance, design and configuration, Mr. O'Neill will proceed, finalize and complete drawings/sketches to accompany the final specifications for submittal on Jan, 22nd. Engine-generator design: The feasibility and costs of providing two generators was discussed and the decision arrived at, to provide one gen- erator unit at this time which will service all existing pumping stations. A 2nd smaller unit would be considered at some future date as the need demanded, Mr. O'Neill then proposed and recommended a generator set sized to handle the existing maximum pumping loads, Reason for not sizing a generator set to serve 3 - 30 Hp pumps, (2 existing & 1 future) at Foxy's Landing, the installation of the 3rd future pump would function as a standby pump in the event one of the other 2 pumps failed to operate. In the event of a power outage, 2 pumps operating on emergency power will handle all pumping requirements in the forseeable future estimated at 10 to 15 years. Mr. O'Neill proposed and recommended that the new generator unit be parked and maintained at the "Home Plant" pump station, That automatic power transfer facilities (switch) be provided at the "Home Plant" since all indications show this pumping facility is the most critical relating to length of time of an outage, The other pumping stations would be provided with manual power tra.nsfer switches, The proposed generator unit would not require an expensive auto- matic transfer switch with this design concept. Specification items were reviewed regarding coordination of functions of the individual pump stations and the proposed generator unit. Mr. Greer requested a list of at least 3 qualified bidders. E XH I B I T "A" -BERNARD J. O'NEILL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER TELEPHONE: (714) 222-7643 POST OFFICE BOX 7501 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92107 City of Carlsbad, Minutes of meeting, 1/19/76 continued Page 3 The specification describe a Caterpillar Diesel engine and Lima generator equipment or approved a1 ternate. Supplier: Pacific Engines & Power Systems (Caterpillar Tractor Co,) Attention: Mr, Don Anderson 8011 Armour St. San Diego, California 92111 (Tel : 279-4320) Other suggested Bidders : California Electric Works Attention: Mr, Joe Pickins P.0, Box 389 4567 Federal Blvd, San Diego Cal i forni a 921 12 (Onan Elect. Power Systems) (Tel : 263-21 81 ) Engineering Representatives (Katolight Power Systems) Attention: Mr. Frank Verbeke, P,E. 8050 Amour St, San Diego, California 92111 Bay City Electric Works Attention: Mr, Charles Norris 3375 Hancock St. San Diego, California 92110 (Tel : 565-6105) (Kohler Electric Generators) (Tel : 298-61 93) (6) Mr. O'Neill concluded with , he would submit the sketches, diagrams SUBMITTED BY E XH I B IT "A" 8 I 1 2 3 4 '5 6 7 -8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 en RESOLUTION NO. 3842 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SPECI- FICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO INVITE BIDS FOR GENERATORS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY POWER TO SEWER LIFT STATIONS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad has deter- Tnined that it is necessary and in the public interest to provide generators for emergency power to sewer lift stations; and WHEREAS, specifications for the furnishing of all labor, material, tools, equipment, transportation and other expense necessary or incidental for said project have been prepared and filed in the Engineering Department of the City of Carlsbad and are incorporated by reference herein; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That the specifications as presented are hereby approved. 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad is hereby authorized and directed to proceed to publish in accordance with law, notice to contractors inviting bids for generators to provide emergency power to sewer lift stations, hereinafter described, in accordance with the specifications hereabove referred to. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held the 3rd day of February , 1976, by the following vote, to wit: xxx xxx xxx xxx a z .--- I 1 2 3 4 '5 '6 7 -0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ia 19 20 ' 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 A* AYES : Councilmen Frazee, Chase, Lewis, Skotnicki and NOES : None Councilwoman Casler ABSENT: None C Ac,o, KOBERT C. FRAZEE, May& ATTEST : -2-