HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 99-025 - Authorizing the Purchase of Inlet Air-Cooling Equip for the Redding Peaking Power Project from Mee Industries, Inc � �
RESOLUTION NO. 99-�S
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF INLET AIR-
COOLING EQUIPMENT FOR THE REDDING PEAKING POWER
PROJECT FROM MEE INDUSTRIES, INC., NOT TO EXCEED
$118,400.00.
WHEREAS:
A. At the present time the Redding Power combustion turbines use evaporative cooling to cool the
inlet air.
B. New technology is available whereby computer-controlled equipment will enhance the evaporative
air-cooling process by further densifying the inlet air by injecting water vapor.
C. This equipment is available only from Mee Industries, Inc. of Monrovia, California.
D. Sufficient funds are available to purchase the new equipment for two combustion turbines due to
lower-than-expected expenses.
E. It is in the best interests of the City that this new technology/equipment be installed at the Redding
Peaking Power Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the City Council that:
1. The Council finds and declares that there is only one available source, Mee Industries, Inc. of
Monrovia, California, that can supply the new inlet air-cooling technology/equipment for two units at
the Redding Peaking Power Project.
2. Pursuant to Redding Municipal Code Section 4.20.120(H)(2), the Council authorizes the purchase of the
new inlet air-cooling equipment from Mee Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $118,410.
3. The City Manager is authorized to execute the necessary documentation, and the City Clerk is directed
to attest his signature and affix the official seal of the City.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of February, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: COiJNCILMEMBERS: Cii�ula, Kight, McGeorge, Pohlmeyer and Anderson
NOES: COiJNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COiJNCII,MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COLTNCIL MEMBERS: None
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ROBERT C. ANDERSON, Mayor
Attest: Form Approved: �
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