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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-06-11; Municipal Water District; Resolution 1739RESOLUTION NO. 1739 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE WATER OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT'S PORTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KENNEDY/JENKS CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE POTABLE WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLAN UPDATES WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, or CMWD Board, of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that it is necessary, desirable and in the public interest to seek engineering services for the Potable Water and Sewer Master Plan Updates; and WHEREAS, on March 1, 2024, staff published a request for proposals for engineering services for the Potable Water and Sewer Master Plan Updates in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code, or CMC, Sections 3.28.050 and 3.28.060; and WHEREAS, on April 10, 2024, staff received two proposals in response to the advertisement; and WHEREAS, after a review of the proposals based on best-value criteria consistent with CMC Sections 3.28.050 and 3.28.060, staff selected Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc., or KJ, as the most qualified firm for the project; and WHEREAS, the City Council authorized and directed the Mayor to execute an agreement with KJ to provide engineering services for the Potable Water and Sewer Master Plan Updates in an amount not to exceed $791,638; and WHEREAS, the CMWD's pro rata share of costs for the water portion of the engineering services for the Potable Water Master Plan Update is $367,393; and WHEREAS, sufficient funding is available to complete the professional services for the project; and WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, the action to award a professional services agreement for planning, engineering, or environmental services does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and therefore does not require environmental review at this time. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That the CMWD's water operating budget will pay $367,393 of the total agreement awarded to KJ for engineering services, for the water portion of the project related to the Potable Water and Sewer Master Plan Updates. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council and the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors of the City of Carlsbad on the 11th day of June, 2024, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER. NONE. NONE. LUNA. KEITH BLACKBURN, President cj~ Km~ ~HERRY FREISINGER, Secretary I.J' (SEAL)