TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Joe DeFrancesco, Interim Public Works Director
Jeff Page, Utilities Manager
SUBJECT: Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with W.A. Rasic Construction Company, Inc., for On-Call Construction and Repair Services, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $112,586 (Budgeted) (Interim Public Works Director DeFrancesco).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 26-0037
Body
_________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt resolution No. 26-0037 approving amendment No. 1 to the agreement with W.A. Rasic Construction Company, Inc. for on-call construction and repair services, in an amount not to exceed $112,586.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funding for this emergency repair is available in the Public Works Department's budget for the current fiscal year within the Sewer Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The City's wastewater collection system includes approximately 82 miles of sewer mains, primarily constructed of vitrified clay pipe, with some ceramic-lined concrete pipe in older beach areas. The system includes six lift stations and conveys flow to the Los Angeles County Sanitation District for treatment. The City maintains an ongoing capital improvement and rehabilitation program guided by its Wastewater Master Plan, Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP), and Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
In early February, staff identified a sewer main in front of 400 N. Sepulveda Boulevard that had been nearly filled with cement slurry, a material typically used for filling abandoned sewer lines or stabilizing trenches. This condition significantly reduced the pipe's capacity and created a risk of a sewer system overflow. Staff made multiple attempts to remove the obstruction using available in-house methods, including mechanical cutting, but those efforts were unsuccessful. Given the immediate risk to sy...
Click here for full text