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CC RESOLUTION 5343RESOLUTION NO. 5343 A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE §§ 1102, 20168, AND 22050 REGARDING THE IMMEDIATE REPAIR OF POOL HEATERS REQUIRED AT 2240 EAST GRAND AVENUE. The City Council of the city of El Segundo does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds as follows: A. State law authorizes a city to award a contract without competitive bidding or notice to bid if the legislative body makes required findings by a four -fifths vote by resolution that an emergency exists that requires the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, property, or essential public services (Pub. Contract Code, §§ 1102, 20168, 22050.) B. The pools available for public use at the aquatics center located at 2240 East Grand Avenue in the City (the "Aquatics Center") provide a critical municipal public services offering the a family -friendly forum for recreational and competitive swimming, including organized local swimming groups, that fosters the public health and welfare. C. The availability of public health -oriented amenities like the pools at the Aquatics Center are especially vital in light of the COVID-19 pandemic's detrimental impacts on the public's physical and mental wellness. D. The public's safe use and enjoyment of the pools at the Aquatics Center depends on the proper heating of the water in the respective Aquatics Center pools. E. The sudden and unexpected failure of the Aquatics Center pool heaters constitutes an emergency, as defined in Public Contract Code § 1102, and poses a clear and immediate danger to the public's physical and mental health; public property; and the City's provision of essential wellness services through a fully functional Aquatics Center. F. The urgency of this emergency precludes the City from making a competitive solicitation for bids related to the repair of the Aquatics Center pool heaters, and action is necessary to respond to such emergency. SECTION 2. Approval; Delegation; Direction. A. Based on the findings above, the City Council approves the immediate expenditure of City funds to cause the Aquatics Center pool heaters to be repaired without competitive bidding. B. Pursuant to Public Contract Code § 22050(b) and El Segundo Municipal Code Chapter 2-2, the City Council delegates the authority to order any action required to address the stated emergency to the City Manager. C. Pursuant to Public Contract Code § 22050(c), the City Council must review the proposed emergency action and any related orders at its next regular meeting and at each regularly scheduled meeting until the proposed action is terminated. SECTION 3. Severability. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are severable. SECTION 4. Electronic Signatures. electronic signatures in accordance with signatures will be treated in all respects signature. This Resolution may be executed with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic as having the same effect as an original SECTION 5. Signature Authority. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council of the City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to attest thereto. SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Resolution will take effect immediately upon adoption by four -fifths vote of the City Council, pursuant to Public Contract Code §§ 20168 and 22050 and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded. SECTION 7. City Clerk Direction. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, enter it in the City's book of original Resolutions, and make a record of this action in the meeting's minutes. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day ofq&-U.", 2022. 01 OZ V �;, Drew Boyles, Mayor ATTEST: Tracy Weave , City Clerk APPR � VED AS TO FORM; Mark Hensley, City Attorn CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 5343 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 7t" day of June, 2022, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council Member Nicol and Council Member Giroux NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this day of June, 2022, bw_'rx Tra4 Weave Y r City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California