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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; and approve a discretionary permit to excavate Webster Avenue west of 25th Street, that has been repaved within the previous 60 months, in accordance with Section 14.08.060 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company, LLC (Tesoro), has filed for a discretionary permit to install new 10”, 12”, and 14” pipes on Webster Avenue, west of 25th Street. The new piping will connect Tesoro’s Lines 64/E-33 and Lines 69/E-31 to two new vaults. The work proved to be necessary due to test results from a Close Interval Potential Survey performed in 2015.
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 location of Tesoro’s work is on Webster Avenue west of 25th Street and south of Willow Street, which was repaved August 15, 2013, and is under an excavation moratorium until August 15, 2018 (Exhibit A).
Section 14.08.060 further states that the City Council may authorize a discretionary permit if:
· The applicant can demonstrate that the permit for excavation is immediately required for the general health, safety, and welfare of the City and cannot be delayed until after the street’s moratorium has expired; and,
· The applicant can demonstrate that alternatives to excavating, such as alternative routing; or construction methods, such as boring or excavation of the parkway, a...
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