REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Award of Contract to Carollo Engineers, Inc. for Professional Design Services Associated with the Sunnyvale Cleanwater 2.1 Project: Existing Plant Rehabilitation - Split Flow and Approve Budget Modification No. 5 in the amount of $3,157,011 (F19-179)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract in the amount of $7,315,615 to Carollo Engineers, Inc. of Walnut Creek for professional design services associated with the Sunnyvale Cleanwater 2.1 Project: Existing Plant Rehabilitation - Split Flow, a 10% design contingency in the amount of $731,562, and for Budget Modification No. 5 to provide additional project funding.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by a motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose or another, or to appropriate available revenue included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This award is for the design phase and construction support services; therefore, the action being considered does not constitute a "project" within 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. However, it is expected that a CEQA memorandum will be filed, which documents the activities, impacts, and mitigation measures presented in the Sunnyvale Clean Water Program's approved Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (RTC No.16-0663) that are applicable to this project. It is anticipated that the project wil...
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