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05/04/2020 E. Other. Competitive Bidding Processes may be dispensed with in accordance with any other Section of the City Charter or this Article that provides such an exemption (e.g. highly specialized Professional Services exemption under Section 2.66.2). F. Purchases Not Susceptible to Competitive Bidding Process. Except where otherwise required by federal law or by reason of the source of funding for the project, Goods and Services may be obtained without a Competitive Bidding Process where such purchases are not readily adaptable to the open market and bidding processes. Such purchases include, but shall not be limited to: (1) utility services (telephone, gas, water, sewer and electricity) provided to City buildings and facilities, (2) franchises awarded by the City Council, (3) insurance or bond premiums, and (4) subscriptions, memberships, software licenses, advertisements and travel expenses. Sec. 2.67.5. IMPROVEMENT ACT: Whenever any Public Works Project is to be constructed pursuant to any improvement ordinance or State Improvement Act, competitive processes provided for therein shall control over any inconsistent provisions of this Article. Sec. 2.67.6. ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FORMATION: A. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to procure in accordance with this Article, expert personal services of engineering, appraisal, right-of-way acquisition, and legal nature, to the extent that such services are necessary or convenient to the formation and completion of such local special assessment districts as are authorized to be instituted by the City Council and to the extent that unencumbered funds are available therefor. B. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to acquire property necessary or convenient for the completion of Public Works Projects within such local public assessment districts as are authorized to be instituted by the City Council, and to the extent that unencumbered funds are available therefor. Sec. 2.68. through Sec. 2.84. RESERVED: Section 5. This ordinance is not a "project' within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves organizational or administrative activities of the City that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines § 15378(b)(5)). Section 6. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof is declared invalid or unenforceable. Section 7. The City Clerk shall publish this Ordinance in accordance with applicable law. ATTY/ORD.514/PURCHASING ORDINANCE REV: 03-17-2020 RL Page 14 of 15 ORDINANCE NO. 2481 MUFF NO. 305