REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Contract for Professional Design Services Associated with the Rehabilitation of Storm Drain Outfall (F18-179)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to BKF Engineers of Redwood City, in an amount not to exceed $170, 427 ($150,125 for professional design services and $20,302 for optional services, including biological construction monitoring and attendance of meetings and hearings), associated with the Rehabilitation of Storm Drain Outfall into Stevens Creek at Remington Court. Approval is also requested for a 15% design contingency in the amount of $25,564.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and/or services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction. Consistent with Section 2.08.070(14) of the Municipal Code, where competitive bids or proposals have been solicited and no bid or proposal has been received, the city manager may proceed to have the services performed or the goods procured without further competitive bidding.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The award is for the design phase of the project and is not a project with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Typically, rehabilitation of existing facilities at the same location with the same purpose and capacity is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302.
In March 2017, Public Works staff hired Redtail Consulting, an environmental specialist to perform a site visit and a search of the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) for the project. The result of the search shows that the central California coast steelhead, which is federally listed as threatened, is known to be present in Stevens ...
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