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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6840 for the Termino Avenue Green Belt Restoration; and authorize City Manager to award a contract and sign all necessary documents with Yakar, Inc., in an estimated amount of $161,864, plus a 10 percent contingency amount of $16,186, if necessary, for a total of $178,050, and any amendments thereto except for an increase in the contract price. (Districts 3,4)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) have been working together to alleviate flooding problems by construction of a storm drain in an area that extends from the intersection of Redondo Avenue and Anaheim Street southerly to the Colorado Lagoon. This proposed storm drain is referred to as the Termino Avenue Drain Project. On November 12, 2008, a City-County Agreement was executed for purposes of the design and construction of the project. The agreement specifies that the LACDPW will obtain all required permits, design and construct the project, and maintain the project exclusive of catch basins and related inserts, low-flow diversion facilities, and the required mitigation measure of protecting and restoring the native landscaping of Pacific Electric right-of-way affected by the construction of the project, all of which the City has agreed to be responsible for.
To comply with the required mitigation measure of protecting and restoring the native landscaping from a habitat known as the Greenbelt located on the Pacific and Electric (P/E) right-of-way between 7th Street and Termino Avenue that would be affected by the construction of the project, the City conducted a biological survey of the existing plant material. A set of plans were subsequently developed identifying the trees and plants to be protected in place as well as those to be removed, placed in containers and then replanted after the construction of the storm drain has been completed. In order to increase the ...
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