City Council

12.\nCustomer Support Agreement with Siemens Energy Inc.\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that approval of the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, because it is a government fiscal activity that will not result in\ndirect or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore does not constitute a\n“project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378; to the extent the Services\nAgreement with Siemens Energy provides for facility and equipment maintenance or\nrepairs, such work is categorically exempt from CEQA review, in accordance with CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15301, because the project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor\nalteration of existing structures, facilities, or equipment, and involves negligible or no\nexpansion of an existing use;\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Customer Support Agreement\nwith Siemens Energy Inc. (Siemens Energy), in substantially the same form as submitted, in\nan amount not-to-exceed $1,105,373, to upgrade the existing SPAA-T3000 control system\nand provide for ongoing service and maintenance needs;\nC. Authorize a contingency amount of ten percent (10%) or $110,537 for emergent software\npatches, updates, and non-warranted equipment or parts and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue Change Orders for an amount up to the contingency amount, if\nnecessary; and\nD. Approve the issuance of a blanket Purchase Contract in an amount not-to-exceed\n$25,000, for maintenance services and parts with Siemens Energy for Fiscal Year 2023-24.