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File #: 26-0384    Version: 1
Type: *Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 6/16/2026 Final action:
Title: Consideration of Accepting as Complete Work Performed by DBX, Inc. for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement at Aviation Boulevard Project (No Budget Impact) (Interim Public Works Director DeFrancesco). A) ACCEPT B) AUTHORIZE
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TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager

FROM:
Joseph DeFrancesco, Interim Public Works Director
Gilbert Gamboa, City Engineer
Pernilla Brandt, Consultant Project Manager

SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Accepting as Complete Work Performed by DBX, Inc. for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement at Aviation Boulevard Project (No Budget Impact) (Interim Public Works Director DeFrancesco).
A) ACCEPT
B) AUTHORIZE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Formally accept as complete the DBX Inc. (DBX) construction agreement for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement at Aviation Boulevard Project (MBB Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement Project);
2) Authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion with the County Recorder; and
3) Authorize the release of retention of $31,922.05 to DBX.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
A $543,606 construction agreement for the MBB Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement Project was awarded to DBX on August 20, 2024, with an authorized contingency of $135,901. Seven change orders were approved for the project, and the total amount expended on the contract was $641,940.93. Upon acceptance of the work, filing of the Notice of Completion, and expiration of the 35-day lien period, the retention amount of $31,992.05 will be released to the contractor.

Expenditures for the Project are fully funded through a $1.2 million grant award from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) South Bay Measure M Multi-Year Sub-regional Program - Transportation System & Mobility Improvements Program. Any unspent funds remaining in the project budget will be returned to the Measure M Fund balance.

BACKGROUND:
The MBB Eastbound Left-Turn Improvement Project was developed to address operational deficiencies at one of the City's key major arterial signalized intersec...

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