HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 15449 (Pacific Gas & Electric Company Project Contracts)RESOLUTION NO. 15449
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS
WITH PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR THE SECOND STREET UTILITY
UNDERGROUNDING (PHASE 2) PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $255,351
AND THE FOURTH STREET AND WEST CRESCENT DRIVE INTERSECTION
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $34,224, AND
APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS; CEQA DETERMINATION:
EXEMPT PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15378(b)(5)
WHEREAS, Pacific Gas and Electric Company requires contracts from the City of San
Rafael to guarantee available funding for the utility undergrounding and installation of new
utilities for the Second Street Utility Undergrounding (Phase 2) Project and the Fourth Street and
West Crescent Drive Intersection Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, appropriations for the construction phase of the Second Street Utility
Undergrounding (Phase 2) Project were included in the FY 2025-26 Budget approved by the
City Council on June 2, 2025, as part of the capital improvement program budget; and
WHEREAS, funding for the construction phase of the Fourth Street and West Crescent
Drive Intersection Improvements Project was projected to be included in the FY2026-27
Budget as part of the capital improvement program budget; and
WHEREAS, the City has adequate funds in the Gas Tax (206) to cover the contract cost
for the construction of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company scope of work for the Fourth
Street and West Crescent Drive Intersection Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, supplemental budget appropriations are requested to support Pacific Gas
and Electric Company’s scope of work for the Fourth Street and West Crescent Drive
Intersection Improvements Project to be funded through the available balance within the Gas
Tax (206) fund; and
WHEREAS, this action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) in that the action
does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project” because the action does not have the potential
for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable
indirect physical change in the environment; and
WHEREAS, the required environmental review and clearance will be conducted as part of
the preliminary engineering and environmental planning phase of the projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
hereby finds the foregoing recitals are true and correct, determines that this action is exempt
under CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(5) and authorizes the City Manager to enter into
contracts with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the Second Street Utility Undergrounding
(Phase 2) Project in an amount not to exceed $255,351 and the Fourth Street And West
Crescent Drive Intersection Improvements Project in an amount not to exceed $34,224 and
authorizing supplemental budget appropriations from unencumbered Gas Tax Fund (206)
balance.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 18th day of August 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers: Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Vice Mayor Bushey
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: Mayor Kate
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Lindsay Lara, City Clerk