2019/01/30 Council Agenda Packet

11ip 11//411 1....ii:c'; RESOLUTION NO. f1J?ETT A RESOLUTION DECLARING AN EMERGENCY REGARDING PROCUREMENT OF BACKUP POWER GENERATORS AT THE WATER FILTRATION PLANT WHEREAS, A. The City operates a Water Filtration Plant that is continuously operated to meet the drinking water demands of most of Snohomish County. B. The Snohomish County PUD provides the electrical power service to the Water Filtration Plant. Due to its location and criticality,the plant needs to have backup generators in case of power outages and service interruptions to continue to produce the drinking water for most of Snohomish County. C. Because of a recent failed power synchronization,the City's backup generators were damaged. The City's back-up generators need to be immediately taken out of service and tested and evaluated to determine their reliability and functionality. The City's backup generators need to be immediately replaced with leased generators until such time that the City's backup generators can be repaired or replaced (the leasing of generators and the repair of the City's backup generators, collectively the "Project"). The Project is estimated to cost about$15,000 per month to lease and maintain generators, in addition to potentially over$100,000 to evaluate, test, and repair the City's backup generators. The Public Works Department has completed scoping the testing and evaluation of the City's backup generators and has obtained quotes to lease generators until the City's backup generators are repaired or replaced. D. The City needs to immediately evaluate and test the City's backup generators, which means that it must immediately lease and install backup generators to ensure the Water Filtration Plant has a secure backup power supply. The procurement process will start immediately after a passage of this resolution, as vendors have been contacted and quotes are in place and awaiting execution. Secure backup power can be in place by the end of the week. Testing, evaluations and repairs of the City's backup generators may take months. E. It is the professional engineering opinion of the Public Works Department, including its Director and its Operations Superintendent that the City needs to immediately implement the Project to avoid the unacceptable risk of not having adequate and dependable backup power generators at the Water Filtration Plant during a power outage or if service is interrupted. Water delivery will suffer if the plant is without power for more than a few hours, which can result in health advisories, and water shortages if long term. F. Because of the imminent threat and the need for immediate action to immediately proceed with the Project, an emergency exists. Time is of the essence in proceeding with the Project.