REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of a Contract for Design Services to Upgrade the SMaRT Station Stormwater Management System in Conjunction with the San Francisco Baykeeper Settlement (F16-71)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to Geosyntec of Oakland in the amount of $149,563 for design and preparation of bid documents and construction support services for the SMaRT Station Stormwater Management System Upgrade project. Approval is also requested for a 10% design contingency in the amount of $14,956.
EXISTING POLICY
Policy EM-10.3 - Reduced Runoff and Pollutant Discharge requires the incorporation of appropriate stormwater treatment and control measures for industrial and commercial facilities as identified in the stormwater municipal regional permit.
Consistent with the provisions of Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, civil engineering design work is solicited through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process, unless otherwise exempt from the competitive bidding process.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This award is for the design phase and 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. It is anticipated that the CEQA determination for the actual construction will be a Class 1 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 for alterations to existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In 2013, San Francisco Baykeeper filed a lawsuit claiming that the City had failed to comply with the Industrial Stormwater Permit requirements of the federal Clean Water Act with regard to stormwater runoff at the SMaRT Station and various locations on the closed ...
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