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Recommendation to adopt an amended and restated resolution to reflect a reduction in the scope of work necessary to deliver the Vortex Separation System Best Management Practices and Low Flow Diversion (LFD) of Storm Drain Discharging to San Pedro Bay Beaches Project by revising the number of LFD systems from three locations to two locations; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any amendments, with the State of California, for the Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Program; and
Decrease appropriations in the amount of $1,357,617 in the Capital Projects Fund (CP 201) in the Department of Public Works. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
In August 2012, the City of Long Beach (City) applied for a Clean Beaches Initiative (CBI) grant to divert water from three storm drains that discharge into the Los Angeles River Estuary and the beach at San Pedro Bay. On March 12, 2013, the City Council adopted a Resolution authorizing an agreement to utilize CBI grant funds to construct three Low Flow Diversion (LFD) systems and two Vortex Separation System (VSS) pre-filter devices (Project).
During the initial bid opening in December 2015, two bids were received. The lowest bid was $5,444,800, which exceeded the construction budget by approximately $2 million. At that time, additional funding was not available to cover the funding gap. As a result, the bids were rejected and the scope was reduced to construct LFDs at two locations instead of three. The Project was re-advertised in January 2016 and on June 14, 2016, the City Council awarded a construction contract to G.B. Cooke in the amount of $2,363,493, including contingency, which was within the construction budget. Construction of the Project started in Summer 2016 and was completed in Spring 2017.
The deletion of the third LFD system, located at Golden Shore and Shoreline Drive, does not adversely impact the water quality goals of the project. The subject location is within the l...
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