TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Termino Avenue Drain Project (TADP) as designed by Los Angeles County; authorizing City Manager to sign all documents necessary to execute the City-County Cooperative Agreement with Los Angeles County for construction of the TADP; and adopting a responsible agency environmental finding pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Districts 3,4)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) have been working together since 1993 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 (Exhibit A). This proposed storm drain is referred to as the Termino Avenue Drain Project. On November 13, 2001, a City-County Agreement was executed for purposes of the design and construction of the project. At that time, the LACDPW was designated the lead agency for environmental clearance, design, and construction with the City contributing project funding. Shortly after the execution of this agreement, the LACDPW prepared an environmental document for the project that was certified and subsequently appealed. As a result, a revised Environmental Impact Report (Exhibit B) was prepared and eventually certified by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 29, 2008. This document required additional mitigation measures as well as the realignment of the outlet structure from Colorado Lagoon to Marine Stadium. The resulting change in alignment, as well as related utility coordination and provision for low-flow sanitary sewer diversion, requires that a new City-County Cooperative Agreement with LACDPW be executed.
The new 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,...
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