REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award a Contract for the Installation of Landfill Gas Condensate Retrofit Pumps and Ancillary Equipment (F18-275) and Approve Budget Modification No. 2
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract in the amount of $175,774 to Real Environmental Products of Jackson, California to install 12 Landfill Gas Condensate Retrofit Kits.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for contracts exceeding $100,000. Consistent with the provision of Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 2.08.070(b)(4), contracts for the procurement of sole source goods or services may be exempted from the competitive bidding process.
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 motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section15302 in that it involves replacement and/or alteration of mechanical equipment at an existing facility with equipment of substantially the same size, purpose, and capacity as the equipment replaced with no expansion of the existing use of the facility and CEQA Guideline Section15301 as it involves the maintenance or repair of an existing facility involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond which presently exists.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
One of the services provided by the Environmental Services Department is post-closure monitoring, involving maintenance and repair of the environmental control systems at the 100-acre Sunnyvale Landfill, located behind the north curb of Caribbean Drive. One of the control systems is the landfill gas (...
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