TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Director of Public Works
Shawn Igoe, Utilities Division Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Initial Review of Emergency Action Taken by the City Manager to Repair, Replace and Install Equipment at the 23rd Street and Peck Avenue Stormwater Pump Station and Determining that there is a Need to Continue the Action (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Review Emergency Action
2. Determine, by a 4/5th Vote, that there is a Need to Continue the Emergency Action.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Tonight's action is the initial review of the emergency repair, and thus has no immediate fiscal impact. Staff will present a subsequent report at a future council meeting that will describe the fiscal implications arising from this unbudgeted emergency repair.
BACKGROUND:
The City operates 2 stormwater pumps located at the 23rd St. and Peck Ave. Stormwater Pump Station (Station). During storm events, water from approximately 100 acres flows into this low point station and is pumped to a higher elevation at a rate in excess of 2,000 gallons per minute, where it then discharges to the Polliwog Retention Basin. From the Polliwog Retention Basin, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District then pumps this stormwater into its own conveyance system, which ultimately discharges to Santa Monica Bay near 28th Street and The Strand.
In the last Quarter of 2016, the City lost communication and power to the 23rd St/Peck Station. Upon arrival, City staff found that a Southern California Edison contractor was replacing utility poles in the area of the Station and had intentionally disconnected power to the Station. Based on the work being conducted, the contractor estimated that the Station would have intermittent power for an additional...
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