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Recommendation to adopt resolution to accept the temporary grant of jurisdiction from the City of Seal Beach to establish the portion of the College Park Drive Bridge over Los Coyotes Channel within the City of Seal Beach as part of the system of highways of Long Beach;
Consent to the establishment of College Park Drive Bridge over Los Coyotes Channel as part of the System of Highways of Los Angeles County; and
Authorize City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Seal Beach regarding administrative details of the temporary grant. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
Following the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989, emergency legislation known as Senate Bill 36X was enacted. The law requires that all existing publicly owned bridges in California be inspected and that those found to have a seismic structural deficiency be upgraded and retrofitted to conform to specific structural standards. The bill further provides for the County of Los Angeles to be the lead agency for inspecting and retrofitting all non-state highway bridges within the County.
A temporary transfer of jurisdiction is required to enable the County to administer the seismic retrofit project for the subject bridge. The College Park Drive Bridge lies partly within Long Beach and partly within Seal Beach. Before Long Beach can properly transfer the necessary jurisdiction for the total bridge to the County, it must first accept the jurisdiction for the portion of the bridge within Seal Beach.
The Seal Beach City Council approved the temporary grant of jurisdiction to Long Beach for this purpose at its meeting of April 14, 2008.
The proposed resolution will establish the subject bridge as part of the County System of Highways for the purpose of performing the seismic retrofit work.
Deputy City Attorney Amy R. Burton prepared the subject resolution and Memorandum of Understanding on April 7, 2008. This matter was reviewed by Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on Ma...
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