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Cit, C~u~~:il M,eet:rg: M3Y ~1 ,!?95 S,.,r~ta "::,^.c~, Caiiforr.ia
TG~ ~layar a~d City Y~uncil
FP.~M: C.ty S~aff
SL'$JE~T: TP.A^iSMI?TAL OF P,E:.uM;^;c^:DATI,'JPJ C~ :!-!~ ~:~t~. REST~P,RTIO;'J
COF°ORA?:L~P: Ot~ ?H~ °ECONSTRUCTIGM CF TH~ S9~ITA I",^.~JI~R
PIE°
!itta~hed is a^e~or: .:,sued 5y the P:er ~esLCratior, ;~crp;;raticr (.°RC! wh;ch
transmits i.heir recor~mercat:cr; fee restorat.or. cf the Sarta Men;ca Pier_
The PRC's raconMen~at:cr,s are bGSeC cr. engx^serir~g ~work perferned 6y Oaniel,
Manr,, ,iohnson ar,d .,en~en~al~ ;DI"~M?, the fir:n ret~ine~ b~ ~he C.:y far th.s
purpcse. C~ ,.,taff havc ~:rec:ed ar,~ ,..a:ua~ed .ha Worl, c` ~"IJM, w,:h the
yuidznce ard -ass:star,ce ~f ~he NRC, ~rd ccr.cu~ wi~h th~ recorr~enda:.:,r, f~~r~
~n the PFC ^cpo:'t -
The , eccr:;nan~ai,cr cantair.ec ir, .h~ °P.~'s , eport is fcr -~oncertual app;^ova:
on1Yy of the p^eferre~' ~es.e~^ alternaf:va, ~~ addxtionai envLronr,ental analys:s
~ust 5a cerduct~d pr:or to t'~e Ca~rcll mak:r,g a f.r,al Cecis~o;i cr a
reconstr~cticn ;cer~ri:,. Th~ add:t~c~al e~vironMentsl wnrl, ~r;i: ccst $3~,0@3,
ar.q is bu~getGu :r t'~:s f.s~a1 year's Capitai °~o~ect~ hM~y~t ~~'th .,::y
Staff and :he PRC w;;l ret::rr, to th~ C;ty Caurc=l at ~ lUter ~~te f~r f:r~:
ap;:rovals an~ for a:~~hortzat.cr, tc rrcceEd w;th wcrtcLng dramings.
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MaY ~ 1 1985
PRti: GM= JMc ak
Caty Council ~e~ting~ 7ay Z1, 1985 Santa Mor~ica, C~
TO_ Mayor and City Counc~l
tROM: Pier Re~ta~atian Ccrporstion
SJ8IECT= Transnittal of Re~oM~e~dativn fer Design Rlt~rnatave f~r
Re~4nstruct~~n ~f the S~ni~ fhanica Pier
I~troducti~n
~~is report transr~ts th~ ~~er Rest~ratZUr. ~ar~n~atinn's CPRC}
rYCOnnendotzon tr+ the Caty Counc~l an the deszgn a~ternative fnr the
reconstruct~on or :he Pier. Th~ YR~ alsa recarme~ds that Counc~l
authar~ae ~ity Staff to arepar-e a~d execute a~pr~priate docunents to
pra~side f~r ~he ce~~l~tian af ~he Fn~iron~ental analysis nf the
seie^ted desx~ti i~lterna}i~e srhYr_h calis fvt' tt'ie ; econs~ru~tiar~ of ~F-ie
uestern ends af ~,oth the tlewcor-3~ and MunACZpal Piers in concrete.
gackqraur~:i
Rt its Se~t~Mber 4, i 98~ riee'•_ing a t3Se [;ity Couricil a~~pon the
recor~r^~end~tian +~~ the 9'Rr, authc~ri~e~ an anternedaat~ t~st~.ng ph~se ;7{
the two desa~r~ altprriatz;~es presente~ 6y #he Pn~in2er~ng f~r~~ Oaniel
M~nn 3ohnsvr~ & I"ler.~enH311 LE)i1,iF1) at fhe raripletson cf the feasi~ility
analysas ;n "1ay, ? 98~}_ tlne a~ ternatz~~e ralle~ for a 15 -ioot
br~akwafer- the ~thnr cal2ed fnr a 5-faot 6reakuater and a ~45-€c~at
pr€~riera~~ set perpenrJicular to ~h~ erd ~,f of tFe P~er~ : he estir-~at~d
cos{ for Each Rf +he al'erh~t~~~s ;,,~as ~14 t~ $~~ t`F7.II1Ci(5.
The PR~ had reconnend~~ the testi~~g phase `e address r°ian;~ af th~
t~chnxc~I anc4 anuzrenr~en±al a~sues r~ised ~urYng the extersa~e re~~ieu
prur_ess held over `: he ~ast s~anryer. ~urin~ th? reuiew periad, .i}~~.ch
inclurled a putl3c hearir.ga nero6ers of tne Eioard ~nd the pu5lic
express~d rPSer~fatznrs ~~aut th~ ~asts, the laryR scale ~f the
~reakwatcr and p~onenadEy an~ the xropa~t cn the whoralane, roar~ne lz{e,
ar,d areas ad~ar-ent #u the ^3er. It w~s *he ?RC's ob~eczz~e through
thi~ a~~it~onal ~es~~n~, io cone up with a less costly and nore
~nvirann?ntally- and aQSth~tically ac~~ptah3e desi~n.
The Test~nq Proce~s
?he testsa whiLh xncluded hydraulzc nQdel testing, a geophysrcal
~urve~~~ a sed~~entation bu~get a~+d sh~rel~le ~ta6ilxty a~aAC~sis, and a
~rela.rtir~ary e~EUx:-nr,~ental ~ssessnent~ wer~ cGr~~let~rJ ared f~rs r.~w
alternatiues were prepare~-
;he three-ds.:~nsion.~l r°`oEiel testing, which involwed cr.:~struct;ny a
scale r~vdei ot #he P3er, breakwaterr ar~dlor- prnnena~e, an~ ne~an fie,nr
an~ s!s~~e,t~~c~ it tc various :,eav~ hei~hts ard directsors was ~he
sta~-tin5 ~oant. Beth thE pror~enade ~lt~rn~tive and the 1S-foo#
breakuater alterrati~e w~re teuted ard f~und ~`a achxe~e the de~xgn
~<-tterza wi~1'~ ~~,no: r-~ad~fae~t~or+ Fr_ co ~f~r~u: ata~n rer~ui: ed, Flowever,
the casts ef th~ al+ternati~es renain at the l~vel o~ the ariginal
estiroates_ Ot1Ehi uas then requeste:l t~- ~+~Welop ~1±ernat=Ue soluti~r:s
ained at lowzri~~g the ~.ast ~f rezons±ructzan as ~ell ~s to
deter;~ine ±he level a~f risk assacaated with any change~ in t5e desig7
cr-i ~eria_ Canpleti on of tfae ~~d~r~er,'t ~udge$ anxf enUZronnental ana~ ysis
was def~rred to allaw fnr raoiii:~~cafiion af the alt~r~at~~es under st:sdy
an an Gffort t~ ava~~ »rEneceS~ary wark, sav~ng "in~ and r~Gney_
T"rcro~qh furt~e~ ar4a~ysxs o-~ the r~adel te~ting re~ults, :aFsch hacl
zncnrp~ra~ed ±es<<~5 the ~reaicwa±er p--9tec+s~n a~ uarz~us heaghts, ~Cl.~i~t
~evelnFed several loue: c~st e+lter-n~tiu~s, w~ih ~vroe e-iodafxcat~on in
th. ori~xnai ~~ssgn ~.riterxa_ 7he~e al±~r:-ra#~.~e~ w311 h~ de~crabed x.
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the n~xt sectian_ The a~~ernatives w~re pre~erted to t~~ PRG
Reacnstructie~~ ~vrkin~ Group~ whi~~h ~ncluded City 53af~, ~RC Staff an~
s~ne B~ard nenber~a ~~ ~e6rrary 11, i~~5 and ta t~e ~ull PRC Boa:~ ^n
Feb~-u~ry 73~ 1985.
pMl"f was then ~irected ±o ~`at:~s and caroplet~ the s~dir~P~t 6udget
a~alysis and ren~zr~ir:g er~u~ronnentai work nn 4h~ lower ~vst a~ternatz~e
Th.~ resvlts u# these a~a3~ses will ~e dzsc~ss~d in tf~e r.ext sewtxc~r.
rh~ geQph5lsical aurvey, i,rhich was undertaken t~ ideniffy~ ~he
pr~senc~ c,f bedr~ck arFd ~ther su5tere-z,nean charac±er~ st; a-.s, tias
deternined }hat t5L ^c~an su6~cttow, t~ de~ths cf 150-s~0, 3s conpriseci
af uncvnsolid~ted rtiateraals and is not expecte~ ±a present any pro6ler~s
frvr construciz~n.
Sunna~-~ of Rlternata~es 1 and 2
fl gr-aphic and narrgtx;~c ~es~r~~ta.a~ ~f the R~ternatives 1 and 2
sncl~di~g ren~e~-ings a~~ a cr~sf_ GreaF:rl~wn iias been prepared 6y iJM.iFt a:~e3
ap~ears as Attact~r~eni fl. Fi ~raef sun~ar~ as gsve~ 6el~ss.
R~tern~tii~e 7 an4~ude~ sta4iZiz~n~ 900 feet o-F the existing
brealcwatEr at 6~~et ar~ ext~ndzn~ xt 3(3^ feet tn #he ~outh~
recon5~ruct~ng the west -_nr~ of the Muc:acipal oxer in concrete w~th
a stru:-turally ~ncJ~=pzrdent i~wer ~eck, arcrJ reuuil~^,ing and s#r~ngthening
th.~ Me~scon6 Pazr xn tireb~r-. $~. c~nstructinq a s±~-~~.turally ~~deaenu'er:t
iower deck, ~hG P~~r xs not sub~~ct to tne sae~e type af fazlur-e as
experlence~ a~ Lhe ~4g3 star~~.
[MJ7? h~s ~e~ternane~ #.hroug~. ~ydraulir_ r~od~I test~ng and ~t15'tPi'1Cc.~
statist_a~al analys~s that t3ye risk factnr far tFis deszr~n is ~Oi~_ Th~t
r~eans that oirer a SU ~ear perie,d the: e is a 3~~ pra6abilxt~~ that the
Pie~ t3oul~d su;fer si~ni~i=an+ dar~age an ~ seve;-~ starr-~.
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The estin~ted costs of this alternati~e, uhich ir.cluAes breakwatPr
restoratian, xs ~10.7 n3llxar, wF~~cF uhen fn~lated t~ 79fl6 d~llars u~e~
c~nstruct3on is exper_ted to begir i~ ~71,] n~13i~n. ~znc~ ths~
~~ter~ati~Q rebuxld~ thE New~orob ~3er xn tinher, reyul~r r~pair end
rQplaceroent ~f ~eter~arat~d p~lxngs, ca~s~ an~ a~es would be i-eGuired
fnr the Pier ~s uel~ a~ replacenent n;' r~ck on the 6reakwater. The
estinated cost ofl repair- an~ ~en°rai n~intenancP wuuad a~erage $ZZ~,O~G
a~ear. The stabiliz_a±inn an~ extensxon af the breakuater would
~rovlde for t~~F r~turn 9f lxnxted Yuat~ng actz~3ty around the Pier.
Rlternati~.e Z ~nLludes the rec~rv~t:uctzu~ ~f t~e end of ~nth t~e
He~cvnG and ~un~~ipal Fiers f~~n e northts~~uth line uest of Si~bad'~ an
con~rete. This aiterr,ati~e dvFS not ir~clude 6reakwater ras~oratian. Rs
in Rlterna±lve ?, fhe lnuer ~e~k wo~~ld 6e stru~tura~ly inde~en~ent fr~n
ttie nur3cipai Fier.
By ~enolianirg tF~ renairi~ny +i~~er- sectaon af the Neu~o~b and
~~nici~al Pier w~st of ~inbad's ar~d r~6ualding the entzre 7aQ,~Q~
aquare fe~t in concrete, ~ s±~onger p~er with a lcwer rxsk factnr wa1Z
be achieved. Oh1~ has deternine~ t~at the r~sR fact~r fur th~s
al*erra~zUe xs 1UL, ~eaning that +he ~ro6abx3i~y of #he Pier suffer~~g
5syn~fic~nt danage i~ o severe st~rn ou~r a pecxnd ^f 5d ~ears a~ ?~%.
The den~litaon af portir~~ ~$ the N~~cvn6 pier and Munacipal P~er
~i~l reGuire relncats~n Gf seuer~l °ier businesses and the ~ar6cr
trai~er durin~ fhe cans~ructian ~~~16~ a~d uill delay the rEnav~tion c~
the forner ~a6y's uock~
Th~ estY~ated ..aat for alternative ~2 ~s ~17.3 nilliona or ~7Z_4
nilPian in 1~86 d~llars wh~n c.onstr!~ct~~r ~s ex~~c*ed t~ 6egin. lhe
cc.:cr~t~ paers w~ll reqLire ~in~rral repa~r and na2ntenance ~itn an
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~stanated annu~l r~aintenance cost af ~70,OQQ-
Thxs alterns+ii.e ~aes not ir~elude 4reakwater ~anstructipn.
Hnweve~, lnpra~~nents to the br~akwater nay be included with this
alternatave for an ad~i~ional SZ_5 nilli~n, and would prov~d~ the saMe
6enefiits far beatin~ acti~ity ~s Rltprnative 1.
7he results vf the sedinent ~udg~t and shorelire sta6ilit,~
a~~Zysisa with bnth of the alternatiUes, show ninxnal inpacts and
changes- By 7975a the s~~rel=ne in the Uicxnity ot the P~er had
essentially achie~ed equilihriu~, Rfter the 1983 stor~s, and the loss
af th? ~est end n$ the Pie:, there wa_. erosio~ of about 1Q0 feet. R
~~nor ar_~reti~n of san~ he~w~en the Santa Monxca Pzer and t~e Uenxce
~reak~ater alsa bccurred.
U~th the }1~st alternati<e~ wh~ch includes the breakwater, ~t is
est~nated that the shoreline at the P~er ws1l advartce a naxznur of iS0
feet ~~er a sE~en-year perio~_ In that sane Reriod~ the beach soufh af
the Pi~r ui3l recede ~6out E~ feet. Nt ~ha~ tine, the shoreline ~~11
sta6iize.
Uith the second alterr.at~ve, which dnes not znelude a br~akwader,
at zs estinated that, vver a~even-y~ear period, the naxinun re~esszon
af #he sh4reline a# the P~er uill be 1qD #eet, while ±he beach south of
the P~er u~11 ad~ance a naxinun of 4~ feet~ at wh~ch pv~nt 1t w~ll
s{a6ii~ze.
Si~ce the ~lter-ations an the sh~reline are ~onparable to narnal
seasa~al fluctuations Gnd tidal chang~s~ they are nnt significant, ~nd
the~r inpact is not expected #o pr~pagate 6eyond the Uenice breakwater.
PRC Oecis~on Makinq Process
Followang UM3h's presenia±ion of fllternati~es 7 snd 2 ta #he P~C,
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estinated FEy~ fund~r~g based upon reinbur=ene~t af 75X o~ eilg~ble
~osts. The PRC is c~nn~tted tn identifyi~g a fin~~csng packdge far the
tu~l cas~s uhi~h does na± require use ut tax aailar-s.
8udq~t Ir~~ct
ihe reco~nnendzd ~~~ion presented ~rf this repurt ~oes not ha~~p
a budget i~pact sinee ~b7~,~Q~ has alre~~y been aPPropriated ~n th~
~i~y'~ i489-8~ L'ap~tal Pro3ect 6~~get ~ccount 3J-74~-u2E~UD0-9O2 fay
Fier Platfor~ Reeonstr~~tiun ~esi~n_
The es$i~ated cost ~or the ~~ity ta conplet? the ~nv~ronnental
analysis is ~32,F00a which d~?es nat s=~~uire ~dditienal appropriatior
auth~ra±.~~
Reconne~ded flctian
The Fier ~est~raticn Car~urat,an respectfull~~ transnits ~Ls
reca~nenda}ion f~r c~nceptual ~~pro~ai nf Riterna'ive 3 pending the
cutcorse of ~h~ e~vxr~inental analysis.
Prepared 64~: Gail Msrkens, Cxerutiv~ Uirecior of PRC
.T~~:i{h 1'leastera ~i~r neveloprier:t ~4anager
i~ttachroents R- ~ir~al CJe~s.gn Al*~t~r~g{lUE~
B= Gu~Mery nf Pi2C Public Ferun
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i3.-B: SANTA MONICA PIER: Presented was a staff report
recommending approval of the selection of Danie2, Mann, Johr:son an~
Mendenhall to provide professionai services for a feasibili~y
analysis for reconstruction of Santa Monica Pier. Discussion was
held. Councilmember Spstein ncoved to apprave the staff
recomnnendation thereby approving Contract No. 4050(CCS} witti
Baniel, Mann, Jchnson and Hendenhall to prov:de prc~ess;ona~
services `or a feasibility ana].ysis for reconstruction of Santa
Monica Pier and ta authorize the City :~anager Lo execute the
contract ~n an amount not to exceed $283,540. Second by ~iayor
Edwards. The mot~on was apaproved by the followiaa vote:
Council Vote: Lnanimously approved '0-0
Absent: Hayor Pro Tempore Press
CITY COUt3CIL h1INUTES
November 22, 19~3