City Council

B. Approve Acceptance of Environmental Protection Agency Grant and Purchase of Street Sweepers for\nthe Resource Recovery and Recycling Division\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15302 (Replacement or\nReconstruction) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in the amount of\n$945,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the Clean Heavy-\nDuty Vehicles Grant Program for the City of Santa Monica Street Sweeper Replacement\nProject in the Public Works Department, and to accept all grant renewals;\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to accept the grant, all\ngrant renewals, and modifications;\n4. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Municipal\nMaintenance Equipment (“MME”), a California-based company, for the purchase of three\nRavo Electric R5-eSeries sweepers for the Public Works Department, Resource\nRecovery and Recycling Division. This recommended award is made as an exception to\nthe competitive bidding process pursuant to Section 2.24.250 (c) and is for a total amount\nnot to exceed $2,428,833 including a 10% contingency;