REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Al Zelinka, City Manager
VIA: Sean Crumby, Director of Public Works
PREPARED BY: Jim Merid, Environmental Services Manager
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Approve execution of an Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) for Stage 13 Periodic Nourishment of the Orange County Beach Erosion Control Project
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Statement of Issue:
Approval of an agreement is requested between the City of Huntington Beach and the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways as local sponsor of the Orange County Beach Erosion Control Project, Stage 13, for beach sand replenishment.
Financial Impact:
The total cost to the City as a local sponsor for the construction phase is $410,517. Sufficient funds are available in Infrastructure Fund account no. 31440005.82800. Also please note that the City has already contributed $39,721 for the design phase of the project in 2016.
Recommended Action:
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Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute "Agreement Between the City of Huntington Beach and the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) for Stage 13 Periodic Nourishment of the Orange County Beach Erosion Control Project."
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not execute the agreement and do not appropriate the City's share of the funds for the project. This would most likely delay and even prevent the project from moving forward as the agreement requires all local sponsors to sign a similar agreement with the State for the project to commence.
Analysis:
The coastline between Anaheim Harbor Bay to Newport Bay is dependent on beach sand nourishment projects to replenish eroded sand. The construction of engineered flood control structures by the United State...
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