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council Meeting: October 9, 1990
TO: Mayor and city Council
Santa Monica, California
FROM: city staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Authorize city Manager to Negotiate
and Execute a Contract to Engage in a Joint Groundwater
study of the Charnock Sub-basin and a Contract for a
Professional Services Agreement for Preparation of the
Groundwater study
Introduction
This report requests the city council authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute a contract to engage in a joint
groundwater study with the West Basin Metropolitan Water District
and the Metropolitan Water District and, if successful in these
negotiations, negotiate and execute a professional services
agreement for preparation of a groundwater study of the Charnock
Sub-basin.
Background
Local groundwater currently provides approximately 40 percent of
the City's water supply and the remaining 60 percent is purchased
from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD). The city receives
groundwater from two sources: the Santa Monica Sub-basin and the
Charnock Sub-basin.
Since contamination of the Santa Monica
Sub-basin was discovered in the mid-1980's, the Charnock
Sub-basin has become the primary source of groundwater for the
City. The City is addressing the water quality problems in the
Santa Monica Sub-basin through expansion and upgrade of the
Arcadia Water Treatment Plant to allow increased use of its well
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Planning and Zoning Dlvisjon
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can be evaluated.
The culmination of the study will be a
groundwater management plan for the Charnock Sub-basin.
In order to achieve the study, the City must first negotiate a
joint agreement with MWD and WBMWD establishing the terms of the
study and the responsibil i ties of each agency.
The City would
then prepare a Request for Proposal to be sent to consulting
firms experienced in performing groundwater management studies.
A committee made up of representatives from MWD, WBMWD and the
city will evaluate the proposals and submit a consultant
recommendation.
The city Manager would then negotiate and
execute a contract with the consultant selected.
BUdget/Financial Impact
The cost of the study is estimated to be $140,000. MWD will fund
50 percent of the groundwater management study. The City of
Santa Monica and WBMWD, as member agencies of MWD, are proposing
to fund 25 percent each. The breakdown is as follows:
Metropolitan Water District
West Basin Metropolitan
Water District
City of Santa Monica
$ 70,000
35,000
35,000
$140,000
The ci ty currently has $ 2 0,000 budgeted at Account No.
25-760-671-24590-8927-99205 for water well yield studies. The
remaining
$15,000
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No.
25-760-671-24890-8927-99136 from savings from the 1989-90 water
main replacement account. Upon receipt of the funds from MWD and
WBMWD, the city will deposit the funds in Water revenue account
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t~e~r elec~ed and appo:nted off~cials
~mpa~==ent of thelr l~ves and homes WhlCh Mr.
as proposed, will cause.
to prevent need~ess
Savarovsky's project,
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A. ~~e Property.
~r. Savarcvsky purchased the Property on or about July 13,
1987, for $215,000. Presently, the Property contains a one-story,
four unit apartment building constructed in 1952, located on a
substandard lot which is 46 ft. wide x 140 ft. deep (6440 total sq.
ft.). Until recently the Property contained a number of mature
trees, including two large trees near the west property line, WhlCh
created a complete privacy screen for owners in our buildlng. The
?roFerty contains a large setback on the west side providlng a
sig~:f~ca~t separation between the property's existing structure
a~d our b~l~d~~g.
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3. Zor.:ng and Surroundinq Uses.
T~e property is zoned R3. Except for one island of C2 zon~~;t
Ccea~ Park Boulevard is zoned RJ on both sides frc~ just east ~f
::~coln Boulevard to 25th Street where t~e Santa Mon1ca Business
Park begins. Surrounding uses consist of two-story multi-family
resldential on the adjacent lot to the east (R3), one-story multi-
family across Ocean Park Boulevard to the south (R3), two-story
multi-fa~ily residential on the adjacent lot to the west (R3) and
two-story, multi-family residential on the adj acent lot to the
~orth {R2}.2 Other residential structures within a ~~arter mile
2The Planning Divisionfs staff report incorrectly indicates
that the property on the adjacent lot to the west (our buildlng)
1S a three-story structure. It is a two-story, flat-roofed
structure. The report also indicates that the lot to the north 1S
zoned R3. It is zoned R2. These discrepancies are indicated in
the event they may contribute to any mlsunderstanding ot the
existing character and state of the resldential neighborhood.
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