TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to award and execute a contract with Dutra Dredging Company, to dredge and dispose of approximately 27,000 cubic yards of material from the entrance to Rainbow Harbor, in an estimated amount of $490,650, plus a 10 percent contingency amount of $49,065, if necessary, for a total of $539,715;
Decrease appropriations by $116,630 in the Tidelands Operating Fund (TF 401) in the Department of Public Works (PW), and increase appropriations by $116,630 in the Tidelands Operating Fund (TF 401) in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PR); and
Authorize City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Long Beach, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, and the City of Long Beach, Harbor Department, with regard to the placement of dredge material from the Los Angeles River Estuary into Slip 1 in the Middle Harbor. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Dutra Dredging Company for dredging the entrance to the Rainbow Harbor (Entrance). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) is in the final planning stages of a project to dredge approximately 185,000 cubic yards of material from the Federal Channel in the Los Angeles River Estuary. The Entrance is not part of the Federal Channel, and is outside of the area maintained by the ACE. This area has shoaled to the point that tall ships entering and exiting Rainbow Harbor are finding it difficult to operate, and have occasionally run aground. Rainbow Harbor is homeport to two tall ships, and is host to at least two public tall ship events per year. An engineering analysis has determined that approximately 27,000 cubic yards of silt must be dredged to create a depth of 15-feet at the entrance to Rainbow Harbor.
In 2007, the ACE bid the Federal Channel dredging project and received two bids. Dutra was the lowest responsible bidder and was awarded the contract. In a...
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