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Recommendation to Ratify a Construction Agreement with McGuire and Hester, Inc. for High Priority Shoreline Rock Slope Repairs on the Bay Farm Island Dike for an Amount Not-to-Exceed $500,000; and
Adoption of Resolution Appropriating $354,000 from the Bay Farm Island Dike Fund (Fund 286) Available Fund Balance to Alameda Capital Project Fund (Fund 301) Project #C35000, Shoreline Maintenance Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital Improvement Budget. [Requires four affirmative votes]
In accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is statutorily and categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) relating to actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency. (Public Works 31041C35000)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A strong storm moved across Northern California December 14, 2024, with large waves, strong winds and heavy rain. Higher than expected king tides with significant wave action damaged various sections of Alameda's shoreline. The west-facing shoreline of Bay Farm Island, an area subject to some of the largest waves in the Bay experienced significant damage from the storm. As a result, there are now areas of exposed soil where the protective of armor rock, also known as rip rap, has washed away. This rip rap absorbs and disperses the wave energy and the exposed soil makes these areas now highly susceptible to further erosion. Emergency action is necessary to protect the dike along the shoreline and minimize additional land loss, public access impacts, risk to public and private property and prevent more costly repairs due to further erosion.
Given the emergency nature of the dike repair work, staff was unable to complete a full publicly advertised procurement for this work per the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Pub. C...
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