What OC Sanitation District is about to decide
The Operations Committee meets Wednesday at 5:00 PM in the Board Room at OC San Headquarters, 18480 Bandilier Circle, Fountain Valley. Most items on this agenda are committee recommendations that go to the full Board of Directors for final action; two smaller purchase orders are up for committee approval directly. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — not outcomes. Every item links to the official record.
Source: official agenda (PDF) · Full documents: meeting page · Next meeting: October 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
✅ What actually passed (confirmed from the Legistar vote record): According to the District's Legistar meeting record (minutes status: draft), the Operations Committee approved every action item on the agenda without a dissenting vote. The consent calendar (Items 1–10) — including the recommendation to the Board on the $1,844,000 fleet-vehicle purchases (4), the Ovivo trickling-filter bushings (6), the WEX fuel-program change order (2), the 3150 Bear Street easement relinquishment (9), and the Founders RSG lease (10), plus the two committee-level purchase orders for Cooper Machinery Services (5) and Flo-Services (7) — carried 11-0, with Director Johnathan Ryan Hernandez and alternates Dan Ferons and Cindy Tran recorded absent. The $2,781,000 HDR Engineering siphon-assessment agreement (11) was recommended to the Board 11-0 after an engineering staff presentation. The $1,260,350 Ayala Engineering manhole frame-and-cover contract (12) and the Polydyne liquid anionic polymer agreement (13) were each recommended to the Board 12-0, with Cindy Tran recorded present for those two votes. The sale-of-energy-credits presentation (14) was received and filed. The Board-referred items still require final action by the full Board of Directors; the record lists no mover or seconder by name and shows no roll-call dissent on any item.
The headline: the committee will consider recommending a $2,781,000 professional services agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. to assess sewer siphons in Anaheim, Newport Beach, and Orange (Project No. PS25-01), plus a 10% contingency of $278,100. It is the largest of a dozen contracts, purchases, and property items on the agenda, which also include a $1,844,000 fleet-vehicle replacement authorization and a $1,260,350 manhole frame-and-cover services contract.
🏗️ Contracts, bids & infrastructure
- Siphon Assessments in Anaheim, Newport Beach, and Orange (Project No. PS25-01): a non-consent recommendation to the Board to approve a Professional Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for engineering services, not to exceed $2,781,000, with a $278,100 contingency (10%). The recommendation also includes a finding that the work is exempt from CEQA under the Class 6 categorical exemption (Section 15306, Information Collection) and the statutory exemption for feasibility and planning studies (Section 15262). Item 11
- Manhole Frame and Cover Replacement Services (Spec. No. S-2026-729BD): a non-consent recommendation to the Board to award a General Services Contract to Ayala Engineering, Inc., not to exceed $1,260,350 for November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027, with four one-year renewal options and an annual contingency of $126,035 (10%). Item 12
- Fleet vehicle replacement purchases: a recommendation to the Board to approve the purchase of replacement vehicles and electric utility carts, as included in the adopted FY 2026-27 Budget, not to exceed $1,844,000, and to authorize the General Manager and Purchasing Manager to make those purchases during the fiscal year using whichever procurement method the Purchasing Manager determines to be in the District's best interest. Item 4
- Plant No. 2 Trickling Filter A, B & C filament-wound bushings: a recommendation to the Board to approve a sole-source purchase order to Ovivo USA, LLC for four filament-wound bushing conversions, not to exceed $370,940 plus applicable sales tax, with a $37,094 contingency (10%). Item 6
- Cooper LSVB intake manifolds at Plant No. 1: committee approval (not a Board referral) of a sole-source purchase order to Cooper Machinery Services for two spare air intake manifolds for three Central Generation engines, not to exceed $242,431 including sales tax and freight, with a $24,243 contingency (10%). Item 5
- Bitter Point Pump Station main sewage pump overhaul: committee approval of a sole-source purchase order to Flo-Services, Inc. to repair one Hidrostal main sewage pump, not to exceed $149,755 including sales tax and freight, with a $29,951 contingency (20%). Item 7
💰 Purchasing & supply agreements
- Liquid anionic polymer supply (Spec. No. SSJ 2945): a non-consent recommendation to the Board to approve a sole-source Chemical Supplier Agreement with Polydyne, Inc. for a five-year term, November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2031, at a unit price of $5.18 per active pound delivered plus sales tax — an estimated first-year cost of $600,880 — with an annual unit-price contingency increase of up to 5%, estimated at $30,044 for the first year. Item 13
- Fleet fuel program: a recommendation to the Board to approve a $135,000 change order to Blanket Purchase Order 109745-OB with WEX Bank under the State of California Department of General Services Master Agreement No. 5-19-99-19, bringing the total to not exceed $275,000 for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; a one-year renewal option at up to $275,000; and an annual contingency of $55,000 (20%). Item 2
🤝 Property, easements & leases
- 3150 Bear Street, Costa Mesa: a recommendation to the Board to execute a Partial Quitclaim Deed and Easement Relinquishment Agreement with MTHCALV-I BEAR STREET, LLC, accepting $165,000 as consideration for the relinquished easement rights, together with a new Grant of Easement and an Encroachment Agreement, and to direct the Clerk to record the documents with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder. Item 9
- 21532 South Brookhurst Street, Huntington Beach: a recommendation to the Board to approve a lease with Founders RSG LP allowing paving, striping, parking, and related improvements over a 4-foot-wide strip of the District's 50-foot utility corridor — an initial five-year term with two optional five-year extensions, at annual rent of $500, plus collection of $442.50 in back rent for the interim occupancy period. Item 10
🪑 Also on the agenda
- Sale of energy credits: an information-only presentation from the Director of Finance; no action is recommended. Item 14
- Receive and file the Engineering Program Contract Performance Report for the period ending June 30, 2026 (recommendation to the Board). Item 8
- Review and file the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Fourth Quarter Odor Complaint Report. Item 3
- Approve minutes of the July 1, 2026 Operations Committee meeting. Item 1
- No closed session is scheduled. The agenda adjourns the committee to its next regular meeting on October 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM.
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