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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Accept the Work of Pacific Underground Services for the Heron Bay Levee Maintenance, Project No. 2006.0111
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The project installed engineered rip rap along an 87-foot long section of deteriorated shoreline levee adjacent to the paved Bay Trail, which is an emergency access route for the adjacent Heron Bay housing development.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Accept the work of Pacific Underground Services;
* Direct staff to File the Notice of Completion; and
* Authorize the City Manager to release the Performance and Payment Bonds and release the Maintenance Bond for the subject project upon successful completion of the one-year maintenance period.
BACKGROUND
The project is undertaken as part of the Heron Bay Maintenance Assessment District (Assessment District 96-3) work plan. Services to the District are provided by the City of San Leandro's Engineering and Transportation, Public Works, and Police Departments; the County of Alameda Public Works Agency; outside consultants, and outside contractors. The Assessment District provides funding for the maintenance of certain public improvements constructed as part of the Heron Bay housing development which include the marshlands and trail areas at the westerly end of Lewelling Boulevard.
The project improvements are intended to protect the levee and the adjacent Bay Trail segment against undermining due to shore erosion. This project replaced un-engineered rubble with engineered structural rip-rap improvements for a distance of 87 feet south of the last riprap improvement completed in 2010.The completion of this project provides for the sustainability and the continued safe use of the Bay Trail, an important recreational pathway and a vital emergency access route for the residents of the Heron Bay housing development.
In addition to the levee work, the project removed a 240-square fo...
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