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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a right of entry permit with the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council for access to City property for subsurface well testing at Veterans Park, for a term of two years, with two one-year options to renew at the sole discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager to execute any amendments. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On August 19, 2003, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a twoyear
right of entry permit with the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed
Council (Watershed Council) for use of City property for a research program
(Attachment A). The program focus was to evaluate the benefits of storm water
infiltration for enhancing environmental health, increasing urban green space,
conserving water, providing jobs and increasing our local water supply. El Dorado Park
and Veterans Park served as the selected program sites for collecting soil samples and
testing. The program findings concluded that Veterans Park would be the best location
for the construction of subsurface monitoring equipment to collect and percolate storm
runoff. Monitoring equipment was established at the site and the Watershed Council
continued collection and testing during the term of the permit.
The Watershed Council requested another right of entry permit to continue their
monitoring efforts. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine Planning and
Development Bureau and the Department of Public Works Storm Water Management
Division have maintained communications with the Watershed Council and support the
request. The right of entry permit will include the following major terms and conditions:
Location: Veterans Park community center lawn and parking lot located at 101 E.
28‘h Street.
Term: Two years, with two (2) one-year options to renew at the sole discretion of
the City Manager. . Size: The footprint of the monitoring equipment is an approximate 12-inch steel
cover (for each well...
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