For City Council Meeting January 27, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Yazdan Emrani, P.E., Director of Public Works
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Request City Council to: (1) Adopt Resolution No. 8458 Amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Budget; (2) Authorize a Contract Task Order in the amount of $136,929.20 with SPECS Engineering Group, Inc., pursuant to the City's "On-Call" Agreement for Construction Management, Inspection, and Materials Testing Services for Fire Station 201 Safety Improvements, City Project No. 25021; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests that City Council:
1) Adopt a resolution amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Budget;
2) Authorize a contract task order request in the amount of $136,929.20 with SPECS Engineering Group, Inc., pursuant to the City's "on-call" agreement for construction management, inspection, and materials testing services for Fire Station 201 Safety Improvements, City Project No. 25021; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
On the evening of May 11, 2024, an errant driver collided with the west side of Fire Station 201 (Headquarters) located at 131 S Willow Avenue, Rialto, CA. The collision caused significant structural damage to the building, including flooding to the station as a result of fire sprinklers that were struck during the collision. Fire staff were not injured as part of the accident. To date, all Fire and EMS operations have continued at the station with only a brief interruption following the incident.
A repeat incident occurred previously on January 8, 2026, where a driver traveling eastbound on Rialto Avenue at a high rate of speed collided into the curb and impacted the exterior of the fire station.
The Fire Station 201 Safety Improvements Project aims to prevent future accidents and consists of exterior safety improvements to th...
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