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Recommendation to find that excavations are immediately required for the general health, safety, and welfare of the City and cannot be delayed; that alternatives to excavating, such as alternative routing, or construction methods, such as boring or excavation of the parkway, are not possible; and approve a discretionary permit to excavate areas in certain City streets, that have been reconstructed within the previous
60 months, in accordance with Section 14.08.060 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. (Districts 7,8,9)
DISCUSSION
Arco Terminal Services Corporation (Arco) has filed for an excavation permit to perform a Close Interval Potential Survey (CIPS) for their pipelines in certain City streets that have been reconstructed within the previous 60 months (vicinity map attached). A CIPS is a procedure that is used to monitor underground pipeline corrosion, which is done by drilling a 1/2-inch hole through the street pavement over the pipeline every 10 feet, and then inserting a probe to read and record the pipeline’s electrical potential. Afterwards, the drilled holes are sealed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
Long Beach Municipal Code Section 14.08.060, Public Works permit-issuance, requires that a permit for an excavation in a City street that has undergone reconstruction within the previous 60 months and is not for an emergency repair or for a new utility service connection, be deemed discretionary and subject to the approval of the City Council. The route of Arco’s proposed CIPS enters into several streets that have recently undergone reconstruction and are now under an excavation moratorium. The streets and the expiration of their 60-month moratoriums are:
Street Moratorium expiration
60th Street between Jaymills Avenue and Elm Avenue August 1, 2015
Cherry Avenue between Harding Street and the north city limits October 1, 2013
25th Street between Adriatic Avenue and Delta Avenue November 1, 2012
5th Street between San...
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