FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Lan C. Wiborg, Director of Environmental Services
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PURCHASE ORDER FOR CALIFORNIA RECREATION COMPANY MARINA SLIP RENTAL AGREEMENT
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
A. Approve a purchase order to California Recreation Company (CRC) Marinas for the rental of an end tie boat slip in Newport Beach Harbor, in an amount not to exceed $159,794 for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with nine (9) optional one-year renewals; and
B. Approve an annual increase not to exceed 10% of the previous year's amount.
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BACKGROUND
For over 20 years, Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) has owned and operated a 58-foot monohull ocean monitoring vessel, Nerissa, for collecting compliance samples in the receiving environment to meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permit (NPDES) ocean discharge permit requirements. Nerissa is now nearing the end of service life, thus in May 2024, the Board of Directors approved the construction of a new 65-foot plug-in hybrid vessel, which will require an end tie rather than a conventional boat slip to accommodate the new vessel's wide beam. As end ties are in short supply with a 10-year waiting list, in January 2024 staff seized the opportunity to rent an 82-foot end tie at Balboa Marina in Newport Harbor to ensure efficient and safe operation of the new vessel after it is commissioned in 2027. Nerissa will continue to be docked at the end tie until the new plug-in hybrid vessel is delivered.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Comply with environmental permit requirements
* Protect OC San assets
* Commitment to safety and reducing risk in all operations
* Sustain 1, 5, 20-year planning horizons
* Ensure the public's money is wisely spent
PROBLEM
The cost of boat slips continues to increase across Southern California and end ties are in short supply wi...
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