HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2012-230RESOLUTION NO.2012-230
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA (1) APPROVING NEW CITYWIDE LED
STREET LIGHT SPECIFICATIONS, (2) UPDATING THE
SUBDIVISION MANUAL AND DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
STANDARDS ACCORDINGLY, AND (3) APPROVING THE
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN-BUILD AGREEMENT
WITH SOUTHERN CONTRACTING INC. FOR THE
MUNICIPAL STREET LIGHT RETROFIT PROJECT PHASE II
(GG214) TO REVISE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department successfully converted over 4,300 streetlights
in 2011 to new energy-saving LED fixtures throughout residential neighborhoods (Phase I); and
WHEREAS, streetlights represent approximately 38% of municipal electricity use costing
over $800,000 annually and are responsible for about 15% of municipal greenhouse gas emissions;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved aDesign-Build agreement in May 2012 with
Southern Contracting, Inc. for the conversion of arterial and collector roadway street lights to
LED technologies; and
WHEREAS, as part of the design process, the contractor performed a modeling analysis
of LED street light performance to help create new LED street light specifications that provide
guidance on electrical, optical, and safety requirements and are aligned with CalTrans and
Illuminating Engineering Society (American National Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting)
standards; and
WHEREAS, another project design component was the verification of the quantity and
location of street light fixtures along arterial and connector roadways; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the updated inventory, the project's fixture count has increased
mainly due to the inclusion of intersection street lights, which were originally excluded from the
project due to the lack of a formal LED street light engineering analysis; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 11.2.1 and Article XIII of the Design-Build
agreement, the City Council may increase GMP by approving a change order; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the Request For Proposals, which was incorporated into the
Design-Build agreement for the Street Light Retrofit Project Phase II, anticipated an increase in
the GMP by stating that once a specification was developed for street lights, the GMP amount
could be increased to cover the newly specified fixtures; and
WHEREAS, the retrofit project's capital costs will be fully funded through the
previously-approved issuance of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs), which allow
local governments to access "below market" interest rates to fund energy upgrade projects; and
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WHEREAS, the bond debt service is repaid through the project's resulting energy cost
savings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby:
1. Approve new citywide LED street light specifications, and
2. Approve revising the Chula Vista Subdivision Manual and the Chula Vista
Design & Construction Standazds to include the new LED street light fixture
specifications, and
3. Approve the first amendment to the Design-Build agreement with Southern
Contracting, Inc. for the Municipal Street Light Retrofit Project Phase II (GG214)
to revise the "Guazanteed Maximum Price" to $2,174,204.47.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 4th day of December 2012 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Ramirez, Salas and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, yor
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norns, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2012-230 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regulaz meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 4th day of December 2012.
Executed this 4th day of December 2012.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk