To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE the Port Chicago Highway Storm Drain Pipe and Sinkhole Repair Project and take related actions under CEQA
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Port Chicago Highway Storm Drain Pipe and Sinkhole Repair Project (Project) and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to advertise the Project, Bay Point area. [County Project No. 0672-6U6269/Federal Project No. 15J7(187), DCD-CP# 24-07] (District V).
DETERMINE the Project is a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Classes 1 and 2 Categorical Exemption, pursuant to Article 19, Sections 15301(c) and 15302(c) of the CEQA Guidelines, and
DIRECT the Director of Department of Conservation and Development (DCD), or designee, to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the County Clerk, and
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to DCD for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the NOE.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Project cost: $1,050,000. 59% Federal Emergency Relief Funds, 41% Local Road Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The project will replace a damaged 60-inch diameter corrugated metal pipe (CMP) storm drain beneath the sidewalk, curb, and gutter along Port Chicago Highway with reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) and repair sinkholes that resulted from the pipe failing. The project is needed to properly convey surface water drainage and natural flows from Shore Acres Creek through the storm drain CMP and return the sidewalk, curb, and gutter to satisfactory condition. Work may also include temporary trench shoring and protection, dewatering, traffic paint restriping, and installation of American with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at the Port Chicago Highway and Skipper Road intersection.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Delay in approving the project may delay design and constru...
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