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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A DESIGN/BUILD AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST GENERAL/CONDON JOHNSON, INC. CONSTRUCTION, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2014/2015 BUDGET, ESTABLISHING THE TELEGRAPH CANYON ROAD EROSION REPAIR PROJECT, AND APPROPRIATING $1,800,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES THEREFOR (Continued from February 17, 2015)
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-060 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE DESIGN/BUILD AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST GENERAL/CONDON JOHNSON, INC. CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SECANT PILE WALL IN TELEGRAPH CANYON; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2014/2015 CIP BUDGET AND ESTABLISHING A NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT "TELEGRAPH CANYON ROAD EROSION REPAIR (DR199)"; AND APPROPRIATING $1,800,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO CIP DR199 (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Recommended Action
Council adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
Over the years, the embankment along the north side of Telegraph Canyon Road between Paseo Ladera and Medical Center Drive has sustained severe erosion and is now jeopardizing the integrity of the street improvements and associated facilities. The limits of the erosion is now within approximately 5 feet of a wooden fence at the edge of the street right-of-way with near vertical slope faces up to 10 feet in height. The City's geotechnical/hydraulic consultant investigated this location and recommended construction of a buried secant pile retaining wall along the length of the eroding embankment. This resolution will authorize staff to retain a contractor, using the design build contract process, to complete the design and construct a secant pile wall along Telegraph Canyon Road as well as authorize appropriations for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Development Services Director has reviewed the proposed project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the project qualifies for a Class 1 categorical exempti...
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