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Resolution No. 6681 1 RESOLUTION NO. 6681 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND BLACK & VEATCH FOR ASSISTANCE IN A VICTORVILLE- LUGO LINE RATING REVIEW 4 5 6 7 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon has requested firm 8 transmission service on the Victorville-Lugo 500 kV line (VLTL) to 9 schedule its entitlements in the Mead-Phoenix/Mead-Adelanto 10 11 12 Projects; and WHEREAS, studies of the VLTL performed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison 13 Company have produced different rating information and disclosed 14 potential operating constraint problems on the line; and 15 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon and Black & Veatch desire to 16 enter into a consulting engineering services agreement setting 17 forth the terms and conditions under which Black & Veatch would 18 assist the City of Vernon in a victorville-Lugo Line Rating Review 19 and an evaluation of the availability of transmission service 20 21 across the VLTL path. 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 23 SECTION 1: The city Council of the City of Vernon does 24 hereby find and determine that the recitals contained hereinabove 25 26 are true and correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the city of Vernon hereby 27 approves the Agreement for Consulting Engineering Services, a copy of which has been presented to the city Council concurrently with 28 1 this resolution, and the City Council hereby orders said Agreement 2 to be received and filed by the City Clerk. 3 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 4 authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said Agreement 5 for, and on behalf of, the City of Vernon. 6 SECTION 4: The City Clerk of the city of Vernon shall 7 certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and 8 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. 9 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of September, 1995. ~;~~-/A~~ ~~~<c: MA~URG;M;;fc,r ' 10 11 12 ATTa /~ 13 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- " " .}- 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 2 3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of 4 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being 5 6 Resolution No. 6681, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the city Council duly held 7 on Tuesday, September 5, 1995, and thereafter was duly signed by 8 the Mayor of the City of Vernon. 9 10 11 12 (SEAL) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ~ ~. BRUCE V. -3- Agreement for Consulting Engineering Services Between The City of Vernon, California and Black & Veatch August 28, 1995 1103/12J92 Contents Article 1 -- Services to be Performed by Engineer Article 2 -- Compensation Article 3 -- Standard of Care Article 4 -- Opinions of Cost and Schedule Article 5 -- Liability Article 6 -- Owner's Responsibilities Article 7 -- Termination of Agreement Article 8 -- Governing Law 1103/12192 Agreement For Consulting Engineering Services THIS AGREEMENT, betWeen The City of Vernon, California (herein referred to as Owner), and BLACK & VEATCH (herein referred to as Engineer), is as follows: Article 1 -- Services to be Performed by Engineer Engineer shall perform the Services described in Attachment A, Scope of Services, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. Article 2 -- Compensation Owner shall pay Engineer for the performance of Services as follows: per Attachment A. Article 3 -- Standard of Care Engineer shall exercise the same degree of care, skill, and diligence in the performance of the Services as is ordinarily provided by a professional engineer under similar circumstances.' Article 4 -- Opinions of Cost and Schedule Engineer's opinions of probable cost and forecast schedules shall be made on the basis of his experience and qualifications and shall represent his best judgment as an experienced and qualified professional engineer. Article 5 -- Liability Engineer shall, at no cost to Owner, re.perform services which fail to satisfy the foregoing standard of care. Engineer's liability shall not exceed Engineer's compensation under Article 2. Article 6 -- Owner's Responsibilities Owner shall supply to Engineer, either directly or indirectly from others, all available information and data which are required by Engineer. 1103/12/92 Article 7 -- Termination of Agreement Owner shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for Owner's convenience upon written notice to Engineer, and Engineer shall terminate performance of services on a schedule acceptable to Owner. In the event of termination for Owner's convenience, Owner shall pay Engineer for all services performed. Article 8 -- Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of California. Article 9 -- Engineer's Qualification Engineer represents that it has transmission planning experience and is qualified to perform the services described in Attachment A. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the 28th day of August, 1995. /~ Bruce V. Ma1.k.erihorst City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~ ~(~J\PA_J()/ David B.BrecttkY-/ City Attomey CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA By ~~.'7-//.'i(, - Leonis C. Mal . . (Date) Title Mayor BLACK & VEATCH Dp~" A ~ , ~ ~ I;) (Date) By Title General Partner 1103/12/92 ATTACHMENT A ~ BLACK & VEATCH 11900 East Cornell Avenue. Sulle 3'::0. Aurora. Colorado 800 14 (3031671.~2JO rex 13031671.4285 City of Vernon Victorville-Lugo Line Rating Review August 22, 1995 City of Vernon 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, California 90058 Subject: Engineering Services Proposal Attention: Kenneth J. DeDario, Director of Light & Power Gentlemen: In accordance with your request, Black & Veatch is pleased to submit this proposal for assistance in a Victorvi1le-Lugo Line Rating Review. This Proposal is intended to provide the Scope of Services - Tasks . outlined in the City of'Vernon request for proposal dated August 21, 1995 (copy attached). Black & Veatch proposes to provide the following services: 1. Evaluate the Victorville-Lugo 500 kV line (VLTL) Rating Study - Final Report and summarize in a memorandum any relevant or significant findings. 2. Attend up to three, one day meetings in California with the City, LADWP and SeE to review the line ratings. These meetings and the previous document review would also result in a determination of wsec procedural compliance and a determination of the appropriateness of the system representation and study methodology used in the Rating Study. 3. Review the available information, provided by the City, and summarize the significant factors resulting in the VLTL line rating variation of 1,650 MW to 1,950 MVI, along with appropriate opinions. 4. Summarize an opinion as to the availability of transmission service across the VLTL path. ,.....................".,.. Page 2 City of Vernon Kenneth J. DeDario August 22, 1995 5. Prepare testimony and testify before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as required. Black & Veatch propose to provide the services outlined above as items one through four on a cost plus billing basis for a not-to-exceedprice of 515,000. A standard billing schedule is attached. A not-to-exceed price for item 5 cannot be determined at this time. An estimate of costs for item 5 will be provided later once a better' definition of the services required can be quantified. If this proposal is acceptable, a standard contract agreement will be prepared and forwarded to the City for execution. We appreciate this opportunity to submit our proposal for this important project. As you review our proposal, please contact us with any questions you may have or for any additional information that may be needed. Please call either Don Mundy (303) 671-4216 or the undersigned at (303) 671-4245 to discuss any comments that you may have concerning our proposal. Very truly yours, BLACK & VEATCH , ~~ ".. " . . :..' ,~. /II' ... . . ~nfS 'Jf....~dwa son, General Partner Director, T&D Services Western Region Black & Veatch Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates Office Personnel(1,2,3) January 2, 1995 through December 31, 1995 I TItleIDescriptionIHourly Billing' Rate($) ,..",' I " , Stenographic Office support including clerical, secretarial, word processing, document control. and related group supervisors. Secretary $32.00 Graphics Drafting, illustrating, or design functions for graphic presentation including plans production. Drafter Senior Drafter $30.00 $37.00 Technical Support Technical functions which support engineering and other project efforts. Includes schedulers, estimators, model builders, technicians, and others. Technician Senior Technician $46.00 $55.00 Specialized Staff Legal, scientific, economic, and related services for project assignments. Includes scientists, geologists, environmentalists, oceanographers, lawyers, economists, etc. Staff Senior Staff $70.00 $100.00 Engineering Engineering design, analysis, and management. Includes departmental and project assignments including project management and engineering department management. Staff Engineer Senior and Project Engineers Project Manager Senior Project Manager Regional Manager Partner $65.00 $90.00 $100.00 $125.00 $140.00 $145.00 Owner Billings Owner shall pay Engineer for the performance of Services on a cost plus basis the sum of the following amounts. (1) The amount of Hourly Billing Rates in accordance with the above "Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates. for the actual time of personnel applied to the Services. (2) An amount equal to the actual out-of-pocket cost for travel and living expenses. (3) An amount of 10% of the amount of actual charges for personnel time under item (1) above,to cover Engineer's internal expenses including computer usage, word processing, reproduction, long distance telephone calls and express mailing expenses. (4) The actual cost paid by the Engineer to third parties or subcontractors plus 7.5% of the actual cost. 1. Black & Veatch's accounting year consists of 12 periods. for a total of 2,080 working hours per ~-ear. 2. Billing rates for 1995 are listed in the table above. Billing rates for 1996 and suhsequent years will he adjl.lSted automatically by 5% each year. 3. Billing rates will be automatically adjusted and increased by twenty five pel'tent (25%) for all time charges directly associated with the preparation of and delivery of expen testimony. , , , "',' 'C , , .."", , ,~ ,', , 11~/~1/l:l5 .\iV.'" 1;):4J r.U ~lJ ;)I)J l~I)J \.....1 J. 1 vr "L:.l\..i.'\.,J.:.' L! C ur:..r J. CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayoc 1HOMAS A. YBARRA MlIyot Pro- '[em Wm. "BnL" DAVJS Council~ H. "LARRY" GONZALES Counc:i.l.man w, MICHAEL McCORMICK Councihnan CITY HALL BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City AdnUnistntor/City Oerk FAX: (213) 581.7924 ~VV_ DAVID B. BREARLEY CityAtto1'tleY FAX: {BlB} 330-5818 S. KEVIN WILSON Acting Director oC Community Servioes &: Water FAX: (213) 588-2761 KENNETHJ. DeDARlO Director of Light &:Powe:r FAX:. (213) 583-1983 DAVE TELFORD FIre Chief PAX: (213) 581-1385 LOUIS ROSE:NKRAl'-1"fZ Police Chief FAX: (213) 581-1178 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 9OOS8 ~f[()~(213)~11 VIA TELEFAX Mr. Don Mundy Black & Veatch 11900 E. Cornell, Aurora, lorado suite 300 80014 Dear Mr y: Subject: scope of Services Enclosed is a proposed scope of services. If we can come to an understanding by Thursday, August 24, 1995, I can submit to our City Council for approval on August 29, 1995. I apologize for the confusion and delay in gettir:g this to you. -Please call me if you have any questions. Sincerely, ~~ Power Engineer J'RS:rmt Enclosure .. . ').1)/ ;':1../~;) ~V.' J.;);;,) r.~ ';;'.J.o.) 010.) .J..;;>00.) """.L~'" v.. ...........~.--.. -... --..- SCOPE OF WORK saekqround and Understanding The city of Vernon has requested firm transmission on the Victorville-Lugo 500 kV line ("VLTL") to schedule its entitlements in the Mead-PhoenixjMead-Adelanto Projects. In the City of Vernon I s initial request for firm transmission, a transmission study performed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (lLADwP") indicated that the acceptable rating of the line was 1,650 MW, a rating which was used by LADWP to deny or limit the request for firm transmission. Subsequently, an additional study was completed by Southern California Edison ("SCE") which placed the acceptable line rating at 1,950 MW. Given the latter rating the request for firm transmission would be possible. However, both LADWP and SCE have indicated that this line is affected by unscheduled flows which may require that the scheduled line flows be curtailed under heavy load conditions. The advance knowledge of this potential operating constraint has caused the City of Vernon to question both the acceptable rating and the availability of the line. The City of Vernon has requested that you provide cost information for the following scope of services. Please provide cost not to exceed for items 1 through 4. Price item 5 separately. Scope of Services - Tasks 1. Evaluate the vict6rville-Lugo 500 kV Line (VLTL) Rating Study - Final Report dated February, 1995 prepared by the System Planning Staff of Southern California Edison Company (SCE) and Los Angeles Depar~ent of Water and Power (LADWP). 2. Represent the Ci tyof Vernon in meetings with LADWP and SCE to determine if the proposed rating for the VLTL is appropriate. a. Determine that the proposed rating determination compiles with appropriate WSCC procedures. b. Determine that the system representation and study methodology used is appropriate and adequate. 3. Compare study supporting proposed rating of 1,950 MW with previous study supporting lower rating of 1,650 MW. 4. Evaluate availability of transmission service across this path. 5. Prepare testimony and testify before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as required.