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HomeMy WebLinkAboutN.B. 1 WTR MAIN REPLAC 02-03-92NEW BUSINESS N0. I 2-3-92 Art - JANUARY 29, 1992 -'= WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/WATER DIVISION = WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Tustin City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 92-25 declaring that public interest and necessity demands the expenditure of public money to safeguard life and health for the installation of approximately 1200 lineal feet of water main in Esplanade Avenue between Seventeenth Street and a point 1200 + feet northerly of Seventeenth Street. BACKGROUND: The proposed area of work is located on Esplanade Avenue between Seventeenth Street and a point approximately 1200 + feet northerly of Seventeenth Street. Currently, there are sixteen residences on the westerly side of Esplanade Avenue that front on and take access to Esplanade Avenue. There is no water main located in Esplanade Avenue in this proposed area of work and each of the sixteen residences are connected to a 5" steel water main on Gershon Place which is located westerly of Esplanade Avenue. However, each of the water services to the Esplanade Avenue residents traverse through an easement across the residences fronting on Gershon Place a distance of approximately 120 feet. A six inch diameter dead-end water main currently exists in Esplanade Avenue northerly of the sixteen residences and the nearest fire hydrant is located approximately 300 feet northerly of the sixteen residences. There are no homes fronting along the easterly side of Esplanade Avenue within this area. DISCUSSION: Staff has been receiving an increased number of complaints from the Esplanade Avenue residents regarding their inability to receive adequate water flow into their residences for everyday use. In addition the lack of fire hydrants within the area could severely hamper the ability to respond to fire fighting. The installation of a new water main within Esplanade Avenue is programmed/budgeted for this current fiscal year 1991-92, in the amount of $97,700.00. However, plan preparation and the routine Public Works bid advertisement procedures would not allow this project to commence construction until June/July of this year. Water Main Replacement January 29, 1992 Page 2 Staff recommends that this water main installation project be accelerated on an emergency basis with respect to both the design and construction phases. In order to proceed with this project on an emergency basis, it will be necessary to waive the formal bid requirements. The attached resolution provides staff. the authorization to proceed with said work on an emergency basis. It is requested that this resolution be passed and adopted by the City Council on February 3, 1992. Passage of the resolution requires a four/fifths vote of the City Council. This action will allow staff to negotiate a construction contract with contractors currently doing work on water main replacement projects for the City. Robert Ledendecker Director of Public Works/City Engineer RL:ccg:wtrmain Attachment 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 92-25 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THAT PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND HEALTH WHEREAS, no domestic water main exists within the limits of Esplanade Avenue, between Seventeenth Street and a point approximately 1200 feet northerly of Seventeenth Street; and WHEREAS, there are sixteen residences along the westerly side of Esplanade Avenue that receive domestic water services across private properties in an easement from a water main in Gershon Place; and WHEREAS, it has been determined that inadequate domestic water flow and inadequate fire flow to the sixteen residences exists. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. There is an immediate need to install a water main along Esplanade Avenue, northerly of Seventeenth Street. SECTION 2. That the public interest and necessity demands the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life and health. SECTION 3: The Director of Public Works/City Engineer is directed to take steps to immediately eliminate said conditions in this emergency without complying with the formal bidding procedures for public contract. SECTION 4. This action is taken pursuant to Section 20168 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin on the 3rd day of February, '1992. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor • 6 O GROCRGY •Q • 0I DR/VE $ e C 4 % Q a` i 40` • At, V•o? ` x 2 MSI• O W ::•' )i• �.. /Ows. zoe /x TRACT O, 101 . t; V. 4Y L. O� Ie• O C Q C ♦O /9 v 0 C rs•I .r�• 39 YO ss. • 6 O GROCRGY •Q • 0I DR/VE $ e