HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-164 N.C.S. 10/17/2022 DocuSign Envelope ID:2EEOBF9F-4DDE-4807-AAFA-3F2E1C7F442E
Resolution No. 2022-164 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
APPROVING PURCHASE OF A VOLTSTACK 30 KW MOBILE BATTERY TRAILER
FROM PORTABLE ELECTRIC IN THE AMOUNT OF $165,000 AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE
WHEREAS,the City of Petaluma successfully received a Public Safety Power Shutoff(PSPS)Mitigation
from the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) on March 12, 2021 in the amount of$300,000
for specified uses; and
WHEREAS,purchase of a mobile energy storage system is an allowable use of the abovementioned grant
funds, as determined by CaIOES; and
WHEREAS, staff received a quote from Portable Electric for a VOLTstack 30 K mobile energy storage
system in the amount of$170,000; and
WHEREAS, $96,671.50 shall be used from the CaIOES PSPS Mitigation grant and$73,328.50 from the
City Facilities Impact Fee shall be used to purchase the VOLTstack 30 K system; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.04.050 of the Petaluma Municipal Code allows dispensing with formal bidding
when a commodity can be obtained from only one vendor; and
WHEREAS,the VOLTstack 30 K station provides 80 kWh of energy storage and up to 27 kW of nominal
power, which is more than any other model and is the only model sufficient to meet the City's needs and
specifications; and
WHEREAS,Portable Electric is the only company that sells this model; and
WHEREAS, as the VOLTstack 30 K trailer-mounted mobile charging station is the only model that can
meet the City's requirements and Portable Electric is the only company that sells this model, the purchase of
the VOLTstack 30 K system can be sole-source purchased and the City's Charter and Code requirements are
satisfied; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that purchasing a mobile battery system
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 because the action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments
that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Relatedly, if the proposed action
did constitute a project under CEQA the action is exempt under the common-sense exemption, CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as the mobile battery system is expected to be charged at a City facility with
electricity from Sonoma Clean Power's EverGreen program, which is associated with negligible greenhouse
gas emissions and CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as the operation of a public mechanical equipment
involving negligible or no expansion of use.
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NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. Finds the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as findings of this Resolution.
2. Authorizes the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to complete the purchase of a VOLTstack
30 K mobile energy storage system.
3. Finds that the purchase of the VOLTstack 30 K mobile energy storage system can only be obtained from one
source and that the City complied with the purchasing requirements of the Petaluma Charter and Municipal
Code.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 17th day of October DocuSignedcy;m:
2022,by the following vote: 1 J
ity ttomey
AYES: Mayor Barrett,Vice Mayor Pocekay,Fischer,Healy,McDonnell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Barnacle,King
ABSTAIN: None
DocuSigned by: DocuSigned by:
ATTEST:
FL
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City er Mayor
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