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File #: 25-0328    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 8/19/2025 Final action:
Title: Consideration of a Resolution Awarding an Agreement to Moffatt & Nichol in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $228,550 for the Pier Structural Inspection Condition Assessment (Budgeted) (Interim Public Works Director Semaan). ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0099
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 25-0099, 2. Agreement - Moffatt & Nichol, 3. Location Map
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TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager

FROM:
Ted Semaan, Interim Public Works Director
Gilbert Gamboa, Acting City Engineer
Bianca Cardenas, Senior Civil Engineer

SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Awarding an Agreement to Moffatt & Nichol in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $228,550 for the Pier Structural Inspection Condition Assessment (Budgeted) (Interim Public Works Director Semaan).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0099
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 25-0099 awarding an agreement to Moffatt & Nichol in an amount not to exceed $228,550 for the Pier Structural Inspection Condition Assessment.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds of $325,000 are currently budgeted for this project. Approximately $228,550 will be utilized from the State Pier and Parking Lots Fund for the Pier Structural Inspection Condition Assessment.

At this time, staff has not identified any supplemental State funding available for this effort.

BACKGROUND:
The Manhattan Beach Pier was constructed between 1917 and 1920 and serves as a historic symbol of the City. In 1995, it was designated as California Registered Historical Landmark Number 1018. Since then, it has experienced multiple modifications and restorations. The reinforced concrete structure extends approximately 930 feet and reaches over 400 feet out into the Santa Monica Bay. Its innovative design includes a Roundhouse building at the Pier's rounded end, a steel-reinforced concrete deck and pilings, decorative globe light standards, and distinctive sea foam green railings along the edge. The Roundhouse contains an aquarium and restrooms.

In the 1950s, Los Angeles County completed a major repair project that involved applying pneumatically placed concrete to areas showing deterioration. This project resulted in the current freeform shape of t...

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