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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; approve a discretionary permit to excavate in Santa Fe Avenue between Pacific Coast Highway and Willow Street, which has been slurry sealed within the previous 24 months, and in Webster Avenue between Hill Street and Willow Street, which has been repaved within the previous 5 years, in accordance with Section 14.08.060 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. (Districts 1,7)
DISCUSSION
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro) has filed for a discretionary permit for excavations to perform a Close Interval Potential Survey (CIPS) for their pipelines in Santa Fe Avenue and in Webster Avenue. 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 drill holes are patched.
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 slurry sealing within the previous 24 months or 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 Tesoro’s proposed CIPS is in Santa Fe Avenue between Pacific Coast Highway and Willow Street, which was slurry sealed January 1, 2014, and is under an excavation moratorium for 24 months until January 1, 2016; Webster Avenue, between Hill Street and 25th Street, which was repaved October 1, 2012, and is under an excavation moratorium for 5 years until October 1, 2017; and Webs...
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