HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-07-23; City Council; Resolution 2024-182RESOLUTION NO. 2024-182
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGERS FROM WESTSIDE SOLUTIONS INC. FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $128,365 FOR THE STATE STREET PARKING LOT ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING STATIONS PROJECT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
PROJECT NO. 4090
WHEREAS, the city requires electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations for the State Street Parking
Lot Electric Vehicle Charging Stations project, Capital Improvement Program Project No. 4090, or
project; and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code, or CMC, Section 3.28.100 allows for procurement of goods
and/or services through cooperative purchase agreements established by another agency when that
agency has made their purchase in a competitive manner and the city's Purchasing Officer has
determined that the purchase is in the city's best interest; and
WHEREAS, CMC Section 3.28.100 also provides that the city's Purchasing Officer has the
authority to join with other public agencies in the cooperative purchasing of such goods and/or services
as long as the cost of services is at, and by logical extension below, the contract price established by
the other public agency; and
WHEREAS, Westside Solutions Inc. is an EV charger distributor and has an established
cooperative purchasing agreement through Sourcewell contract #042221-CPI for EV chargers and
charging services; and
WHEREAS, the city received a quote from Westside Solutions Inc. to provide the city with EV
chargers, networking services and warranties for the project for purchase through a cooperative
purchase agreement competitively selected and priced; and
WHEREAS, the city's Purchasing Officer has determined that it is in the city's best interest to
procure the EV chargers for the project using pricing established through the cooperative purchase
agreements and therefore approved a bidding exemption; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funding is available in the project budget, and no additional appropriation
is required; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that the project is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, under Guidelines Section 15301(b), which covers the minor
alteration of existing public facilities, including existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned
utilities, involving negligible or no expansion, and no exception to the exemption as set forth in CEOA
Guidelines section 15300.2 applies to this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the purchase of EV chargers, networking services and warranties through Westside
Solutions Inc. for the State Street Parking Lot EV Charging Stations project, Capital
Improvement Program project No. 4090, in an amount not to exceed $128,365 is
approved.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 23rd day of J.!!!y, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT :
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
NONE.
NONE.
NONE.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
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