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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6983 for construction of the Naples Island Permanent Seawall Repairs Phase 1 project; award the contract to Ford E.C., Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, in the amount of $9,928,380; authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $1,489,257, for a total contract amount not to exceed $11,417,637; authorize City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto; and increase appropriations in the Tidelands Operations Fund (TF 401) in the City Manager Department (CM) by $4,000,000. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The Naples Island Seawalls (Seawalls), built in the 1930s, were evaluated in 2009 and found to be in a state of significant disrepair. The purpose of the Project is to repair the Seawalls located on the Rivo Alto Canal between the Ravenna and The Toledo bridges (Exhibit A - Vicinity Map). The Project represents the first of a six-phase process to repair all of the public Seawalls. The Phase 1 portion of the Seawalls is the most deteriorated and in imminent danger of collapse in the event of a moderate earthquake. In June 2010, the City Council approved $9.5 million in funding for the Project, and staff is ready to proceed with construction.
The Project consists primarily of the installation of a new steel sheet-pile seawall on the water side of the existing concrete seawalls along both sides of Rivo Alto Canal (1,915 total lineal feet), construction of a new pile cap, new guardrails, sidewalks, an improved drainage system, and modified access platforms, pipe moorings and ladders. The Project also includes the relocation of existing street lighting along the canal.
On October 9, 2013, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) unanimously approved the City's application to proceed with the Project, but imposed special conditions of approval (Exhibit B - CCC Notice of Intent to Issue Permit). CCC Special Conditions #3 and #6 require...
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