TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Joe Parco, City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project Design Overview (Public Works Director Olmos).
RECEIVE REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive report on the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project Design overview and provide possible direction.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There may be fiscal impacts dependent on City Council direction.
BACKGROUND:
There are currently two major recreational features located along the City's entire two mile coastline, a pedestrian walkway (Strand) owned and maintained by the City and the Marvin Braude Bike Path (Bike Path) owned and operated by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. The Bike Path is situated to the west of the Strand and is separated from the Strand by a vegetated slope of varying widths and grade.
The proposed improvements will provide safe access from the Strand to the beach and will comply with current ADA requirements. Specifically, the scope of the project includes the reconstruction of 20 existing stairs located between the Strand and the Bike Path and also includes repairs and aesthetic treatments to retaining walls located at 14th Street, 16th Street, 18th Street, 20th Street, and Rosecrans Avenue. Since its inception, this project has received public input from three community meetings, has been presented to Cultural Arts Commission, and has been presented to City Council on a number of occasions.
The following is a summary of previous City Council action to date:
1. On December 3, 2013
* Directed to separate the project into two (Strand Stairs and Retaining Wall Enhancement Project)
* Decided to replace balistrades "in-kind"
* Selected enhanced rail desi...
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