Title
Approving a lease agreement with United Rentals in the amount of $1,062,390 for a temporary power generator associated with the Surface Water Treatment Plant Emergency Generator Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
As has been noted on previous City Council items, the Surface Water Treatment Plant and Lake Pump Station currently do not have backup power supply in the event of an extended power failure as was experienced from February 15, 2021 to February 17, 2021. This creates a significant risk for the City’s Public Water System as the plant produces most of the water that is used within the City. Due to this risk and the need to make the City's water system more resilient in the event of an emergency, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with Gupta and Associates, Inc. on September 22, 2020 to design the emergency generator power system.
As the global market has seen significant delays in electrical components, the emergency generator project has seen delays in the generators and transformers for the project which has created a problem with the project is critical to both the City’s core water infrastructure as well as the Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion project as that construction will need to have the generator equipment installed. Even though the equipment was both pre-purchased by the City and ordered early in the project by the contractor, we have still seen a delay in the generators slip by roughly 4 months and the transformer for the project be delayed until November 2023.
As the temporary equipment that was provided by United Rentals is already on-site and installed, this agreement would only extend the time that the equipment is on-site until the permanent equipment arrives. Also, after the passage of SB3 after winter storm Uri, the City is now required to have the generators at the facility to comply with state law to always have the ability to maintain 35 psi within ...
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