For City Council Meeting May 26, 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 the City Council to: (1) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8520 Amending the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget to Appropriate $800,000 to Capital Projects Fund 3300; (2) Approve a Purchase and Installation Agreement with Mobile Modular Management Corp Inc., Substantially Similar to the Agreement Attached to the Staff Report and Approved as to Form by the City Attorney in the Amount of $2,859,987, for the Acquisition and Installation of a Mobile Modular Office for the Public Works Department; 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 budget resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 budget to appropriate $800,000 to Capital Projects Fund 3300;
2) Approve a purchase and installation agreement with Mobile Modular Management Corp Inc., substantially similar to the agreement attached to the staff report and approved as to form by the City Attorney in the amount of $2,859,987, for the acquisition and installation of a mobile modular office for the Public Works Department; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
On Friday, August 20, 2021, staff were alerted to a fire at the Public Works Department building located at 335 W. Rialto Avenue. The fire incident caused extensive structural damage to the building, along with water and smoke damage. As a result, the building was boarded up and secured that evening. To ensure seamless delivery of essential services to the community and local businesses, staff transitioned operations to the Public Works breakroom.
Administrative recovery efforts began shortly after, on September 14, 2021, when the City Manager was granted authority to approve remediation services up to the init...
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