TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute Funding Agreement No. MOU.MR306.19 between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the City of Long Beach (City), to provide design funding for the replacement of the Shoemaker Bridge from the I-710 Freeway to its terminus on the east side of the Los Angeles River; and
Increase appropriations in the Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund
(SR 181) in the Department of Public Works (PW) by $5,500,000. (Districts 1,2)
DISCUSSION
In July of 2000, the City entered into a property exchange with Caltrans whereby the southern portion of the I-710 Freeway (that portion of the freeway south of Pacific Coast Highway, which was historically owned and maintained by the City) was dedicated to Caltrans, and the Terminal Island Freeway (Highway 47), from Ocean Boulevard to Willow Street, owned by Caltrans, was dedicated to the City. Exceptions to this exchange agreement were that the Shoemaker Bridge and the Gerald Desmond Bridge would continue to be owned and maintained by the City and Port of Long Beach, respectively, until such time that the bridges are replaced with structures meeting current state highway standards.
The Port of Long Beach recently awarded a design-build contract for the replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge and is scheduled to construct the new bridge within the next three years. Upon completion of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge, it is anticipated that the bridge will be dedicated to Caltrans.
On January 17, 2012, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement between Caltrans and the City of Long Beach, for the replacement of the Shoemaker Bridge from the I-710 to its terminus on the east side of the Los Angeles River. The footprint for the new Shoemaker Bridge is dependent on the I-710 Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR/EIS), and the preferred alternative tha...
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