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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-128
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2012/2013
CIP BUDGET AND ESTABLISHING A NEW CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT "EMERGENCY SEWER
REHABILITATION ON THIRD A VEl\TUE BETWEEN 'W
STREET AND WHITNEY STREET (SW279)"; ACCEPTING
THE FINAL REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE
"EMERGENCY SEWER REHABILITATION ON THIRD
A VENUE BETWEEN 'H' STREET AND WHITNEY STREET
(SW279)": REDUCING THE SW271 CIP BUDGET BY $152,000
AND APPROPRIATING THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT TO
SW279: MAKING A FINDING THAT AN EMERGENCY
EXISTED; AND, RATIFYING THE CONTR.ACT WITH
BUR TECH PIPELINE, INe. FOR SAID EMERGENCY REPAIR
WHEREAS, on October 11,2012, Public Works Operations staff informed Public Works
Engineering staff that the existing vitrified clay pipe (Pipe ID #5566 flows from MH3352 to
MH5427) at the intersection of Third Avenue and 'H' Street had holes and structural damage to
several segments of the pipe within Third Avenue between 'H' Street and Whitney Street; and
WHEREAS, based on the assessment of this sewer line, City staff concluded that
rehabilitation must be performed immediately, on an emergency basis, due to imminent threat to
public safety and to public and private property; and
WHEREAS, if the sewer pipeline were not immediately repaired, failure of any portion
of this sewer line would have led to the undermining of the roadway and potential risk to public
safety and/or damage to public and private property; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with City Charter Section 1009, and based upon the urgent
necessity for the preservation of life, health and property, City staff solicited three informal bids
and contracted the services of the lowest responsive bidder, Burtech Pipeline, Inc., to repair the
distressed sewer facilities; and
WHEREAS, there is no impact to the General Fund as there are sufficient Sewer Facility
Replacement funds in the existing SW271, "Sewer Rehabilitation, Fiscal Year 2011/2012" CIP
project budget to fund the emergency repair work; and
WHEREAS; the SW271 project was established in the Fiscal Year 201112012 CIP budget
for the yearly Sewer Rehabilitation Program throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, the repair was completed on February 15,2013. An Informational Item was
submitted on November 27, 2012, with the plan to report back to City Council after the full cost
of the project was identified.
Resolution No. 2013-128
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby amend the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 CIP budget and establish new CIP Project
"Emergency Sewer Rehabilitation on Third Avenue between 'W Street and Whitney Street
(SW279)"; accept the final report of expenditures for the "Emergency Sewer Rehabilitation on
Third Avenue between 'H' Street and Whitney Street (SW279)"; reduce the SW27L "Sewer
Rehabilitation, Fiscal Year201 1/2012" CIP budget by $152,000 and appropriate the equivalent
amount to SW279; make a finding that an emergency existed; and, ratify the contract with
Burtech Pipeline, Inc for said emergency repair work.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Richard A. Hopkin Y Gl n R. Go gins
Director of Publi Works City ey
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 9th day of July 2013 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Aguilar, Bcnsoussan, Ramirez, Salas and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
L Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2013-128 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 9th day of July 2013.
Executed this 9th day of July 2013.
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