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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. PA-02107 and award contracts to EFS West Planning Engineering Construction and Moine Brothers for the repairs and removal of five Underground Storage Tank fuel sites at a total cost of $272,181 for the period commencing with award and continuing for one year thereafter, with the option of renewing for two additional one-year periods and increasing the amount of each contract for each renewal period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to enter into contracts with EFS West Planning Engineering Construction and Moine Brothers for the repairs and removal of five Underground Storage Tank fuel sites located at 4320 Olympic Plaza, 4105 Donald Douglas Drive, 3150 St. Louis Street, 4600 Pasadena and 1475 Peterson Avenue in an effort to bring each of these sites into compliance. The Department of Public Works, Fleet Services Bureau faces the challenge of maintaining all Underground Storage Tanks and bringing them into compliance with Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations. In order to maintain the various fuel sites within the City's boundaries, it is necessary to conduct tests, make repairs and/or recommend removal.
On April 13, 2007, the State of California Water Resources Control Board (SWRCD) and the City's Fire and Health Departments representing the Los Angeles County Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) inspected the City's fuel sites to determine compliance with State and County regulations. As a result of that inspection, it was determined that four of these five underground storage tanks need to be removed.
In 2003, the underground storage tank dispensing unleaded fuel at 4320 Olympic Plaza (Site 54) was found to have a leak from its fuel dispenser. During an inspection conducted on April 13, 2007 by the SWRCD and CUPA, it was revealed that the leak had not been fixed; therefore, the City's Fire Department immediately closed the si...
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