City of Long Beach - File #: 09-0922

• File #: 09-0922
• Version: 1
• Name: PW/CD - River Avenue Drain Phase
• Type: Contract
• Status: CCIS
• File created: 8/24/2009
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/8/2009
• Final action: 9/8/2009
• Title: Recommendation to certify Negative Declaration for the River Avenue Drain Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and approve a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6796 for the River Avenue Drain Phase II, award the project, and authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract with Vasilj Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an estimated amount of $1,021,675, plus a 25 percent contingency of $255,419 if necessary, and execute any necessary amendments; and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP 201) in the Department of Public Works (PW) in the amount of $1,479,200 representing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-R) funds from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that have been dedicated to this project. (District 7)
• Sponsors: Public Works, Community Development
• Indexes: Contracts, Environment
• Related files: 09-0187, 09-0190, 09-0229, 31345_000, 09-1066

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/8/2009	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to certify Negative Declaration for the River Avenue Drain Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and approve a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA);

Adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6796 for the River Avenue Drain Phase II, award the project, and authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract with Vasilj Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an estimated amount of $1,021,675, plus a
25 percent contingency of $255,419 if necessary, and execute any necessary amendments; and

Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP 201) in the Department of Public Works (PW) in the amount of $1,479,200 representing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-R) funds from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that have been dedicated to this project. (District 7)

DISCUSSION
As a result of several flooding incidents that have impacted residents on and adjacent to Arlington Avenue, including damaged homes and vehicles, the City of Long Beach contracted with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Storm Drain Division, to conduct a drainage study of the area. The report prepared in 2007 concluded that the 50-inch storm drain pipe that collects storm water from the Arlington Street area, as well as the adjoining Southern California Edison Company (SCE) property, and carries these storm water flows to the Dominguez Channel, is undersized, providing less than a five-year protection level. The proposed project to bring the flood protection in this area to a full ten-year protection level consists of the construction of a parallel storm drain system on River Avenue, north of Arlington Street connected to an underground storage (detention) basin on the SCE property that would temporarily hold two acre-feet of storm water during heavy flows, and the...