DATE: June 4, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Water Utilities Department
TITLE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH D-MAX ENGINEERING, INC. FOR ON CALL TECHNICAL MUNICIPAL STORMWATER COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve a three-year Professional Services Agreement with D-Max Engineering, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per year, for a total not to exceed contract price of $300,000 for the three-year term, for on-call stormwater compliance consulting services to maintain compliance with the Regional Municipal Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City of Oceanside is one of 21 regional public agencies (collectively titled Co-permittees) enrolled under the Regional Municipal Stormwater Permit issued by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SD-RWQCB). The City is required to comply with this Permit to protect waterways from pollutants in stormwater and non-stormwater discharges.
The City of Oceanside Watershed Protection Program utilizes management plans that guide how the City will improve water quality in local rivers, creeks, lagoons, sloughs, and the Pacific Ocean (surface waters). The City's Jurisdictional Runoff Management Plan (JRMP) and Water Quality Improvement Plans are a written set of procedures and policies, that, through their implementation, are designed to prevent pollution from entering the municipal stormwater sewer system (MS4) or storm drain system. Each are dynamic plans that implement programmatic strategies to improve water quality and are required to be revised after the issuance of a new regulatory permit by the SD-RWQCB. The City anticipates a new Permit will be adopted during the contract period. The as needed consultant services are intended to provide recommendations and assist w...
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