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Consider recommendations regarding a request for Waiver of Competition in the purchase of a replacement ultraviolet disinfection system at the Laguna County Sanitation District Wastewater Reclamation Plant, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District:
a) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to procure an ultraviolet disinfection system in an amount not to exceed $540,000.00 from Aquionics, Inc., not a local vendor, without being required to conduct a formal bid process through June 30, 2020;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0006547 to appropriate $540,000.00 towards the replacement of the existing ultraviolet disinfection system funded by District capital reserves; and
c) Find that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the replacement ultraviolet disinfection system at the Laguna County Sanitation District Wastewater Reclamation Plant, or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures. Therefore, the equipment replacement is within the scope of the project covered by the Mitigated Negative Declaration (April 2000) prepared for the Laguna County Sanitation District Total Dissolved Solids Reduction and Recycled Water Project (Brinex) adopted by the Board of Directors on April 18, 2000 and the Wastewater Reclamation Plant Facilities Master Plan and Habitat Conservation Plan Final Mitigated Negative Declaration 17NGD-00000-000-15 adopted by the Board of Directors on July 3, 2018.