SR-070996-6E
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council Meeting: July 9, 1996 Santa Monica,
TO Mayor and Clty Council
FROM: Clty Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Authorize the Clty Manager to Negotlate
and Execute a Professional Services Contract for the
DeSlgn of a Sewage Pump Station, Paciflc Coast Highway
Sanitary Sewer Main Repalrs, and a Sewage Flow
MOTIltoring/Sampllng System
INTRODUCTION
ThlS report recommends that the Clty Council authorize the City
Ma~ager to negotiate and execute a professional services contract
wlth Montgomery Watson for consulting services to design a sewage
pump station rehabilltatlon plan, sanitary sewer main repairs on
Paclfic Coast Hlghway, and a sewage flow monltoringjsampling
system. The negotlated fees for this contract shall not exceed
three hundred flfty-flve thousand dollars ($355, 000) .
Backoround
The Moss Avenue Pump Station lS sltuated on a parcel immediately
south of the Santa Monlca Pier near the intersection of Moss Avenue
and Ap!nan Way. Currently, the pump station has several
deficlencles lncluding the lack of adequate ventilation and gas
detectlon systems, the lack of adequate odor controls, inoperable
valves, and lnsufflclent capacity. Under provlsions of existing
agreements, the City of Los Angeles wl11 reimburse the City eighty-
flve percent of the rehabll1tatlon design costs. ThlS required
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relmbursement from the Clty of Los Angeles wlll be handled as a
part of the regular annual billing reconciliation between the two
cltles for sewage disposal costs.
The :naln sewer trunk llne on Paclflc Coast Hlghway between the
norther~ Clty boundary and Colorado Avenue has suffered slgnificant
earthquake damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA)
and the State's Offlce of Emergency Services (OES) are expected to
relmburse 100% of the costs for the sewer line repair and the City
will fund additional costs for any necessary sewer line capaclty
upgradlng.
A new sewage flow monitoring system lS crltlcal to ensure the
accuracy of the data which is used to calculate the required
payment by Santa Monlca to the Clty of Los Angeles for sewage
treatment services at the Hyperion Treatment Facllity.
DISCUSSION
A Request for Qualifications was lssued on February 8, 1996.
Responses were submltted by elght (8 ) firms The Statements of
Quallflcatlons were evaluated by a review co~mlttee which included
the Utllltles Manager, the Clty Englneer, a Senlor C1Vll Engineer,
and a C1Vll Englneer.
The reVlew commlttee selected three of those firms to participate
lr. an oral lnterview and proposal submittal. The three lnterviews
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. A pnnclpal goal of the Chamber of Culture should be the establishment of
linkages between artists, architects, and other design professIonals In
Santa MOnica
UDdate. Concept on hold; Marketmg/Promotlon AdvIsory Committee IS
strengthenmg relationship with Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
AMS Plannmg & Research Page D-19
City of Santa Momca Cultural Arts Master Plan Update May 1996
2 Authorlze the City Engineer to issue any necessary change
orders to complete additional work in conformance with the
Admlnlstratlon Instructlons on change orders
Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director of Environmental & Public
Works Management
John Mundy, Utllltles Manager
Anthony Antlch, PE, City Engineer
Holly Ackley, PE, Senior Supervising Civil Engineer
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