TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Keith Darling, Maintenance Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Approve Removal of Decorative Bollards on Pier (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the removal of the twelve existing decorative bollards on the Pier once the new crash-rated bollards are installed.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is minor staff time involved in removal and disposal of the twelve decorative bollards.
BACKGROUND:
On March 5, 2015, City Council approved the award of RFP#1029-15 to Calpipe Security Bollards in the amount of $80,577.14 for the purchase of sixteen crash-rated bollards. The bollards are made of cylindrical stainless steel and are eight inches in diameter and thirty-six inches tall. The new bollards have been delivered along with structural drawings and engineering calculations signed and stamped by a licensed Civil Engineer. City staff plans to install the new bollards by the Memorial Day holiday.
Per the structural calculations, the new bollards are to be placed at forty-eight inches on center in order to absorb the impact and stop a fifteen thousand pound vehicle travelling at twenty miles per hour. In addition, the three center bollards will be “removable” to allow for the passage of emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, and Roundhouse delivery trucks. The new bollards will essentially replace the existing decorative bollards currently located approximately twenty feet to the west of the proposed new bollard line (Attachment 1). The existing decorative bollards are not crash-rated and are not intended to serve as a protective barrier to vehicular traffic. Staff seeks direction as to the disposition of these twelve decorative bollards.
DISCUSSION:
Per Police and Fire, removal of the decorative bollards would facilitate emergency response. Currently, public safety staff only has to remove two of the decorative bollards when they need to access the pier. If the existing decorative bollards are to remain, they would now need to remove two existing decorative bollards and three of the new crash-rated bollards, which would increase their emergency response time.
Access to the Pier for daily maintenance is also expedited if the existing decorative bollards are removed for the same reasons cited for public safety. Although it’s not a life or death situation, removing one set of bollards is much easier and much more efficient use of staff time.
Finally, having two rows of bollards increases the visual density at the entrance to the pier. Removing the decorative bollards will provide a cleaner and more streamlined look. Attachment 2 shows a rendering of the pier bollards with the decorative bollards removed.
Therefore, staff recommends removal of the twelve decorative bollards.
POLICY ALTERNATIVES:
1. Do not approve the removal of the twelve existing decorative bollards.
PROS: Decorative look to the entrance of the pier will be preserved.
CONS: Emergency response time will be increased for incidents on the Pier and water rescues made from the Pier. Daily and other pier maintenance will take longer depending on the activity and number of times vehicular access to the pier is required.
2. Permanently remove the two existing removable decorative bollards and the remaining ten fixed decorative bollards remain in place.
PROS: Emergency response time would not increase if the two existing removable decorative bollards are permanently removed.
CONS: Potential aesthetic issues remain if the ten existing fixed decorative bollards remain in place.
Attachments:
1. Pier - New Bollards & Existing Decorative Bollards Still in Place
2. Pier - New Bollards & Existing Decorative Bollards Removed