Executive Officer to formally report on bids received, opened, and declared September 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. as authorized by the Board for the following Public Works projects:

1. Sherman Way Streetscape Improvements Wilbur Avenue to Lindley Avenue project

   Estimated Amount: $2,215,374
   

   W.O. #  E1908414

   CD 3

   
   
   
2. Vermont Stormwater Capture & Green Street Phase 2 project

   Estimated Amount: $1,638,000

   W.O. # EW40075F

CD 8

TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NO. 54 - HARRIS & ASSOCIATES, INC. - PRE-QUALIFIED ON-CALL CIVIL DESIGN SERVICES LIST

Recommending the Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue the Task Order Solicitation No. 54 to Harris, with a budget authority of $2,117,090 for B-Permit plan check services, for the Landside Access Modernization Project.

(W.O. ER400482, C-115235)

REVISED TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NO. 033 - PERSHING SQUARE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2

Recommending the Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue a revision of the Task No. 033 to Gruen Associates, increasing the budget authority from $1,500,000 to $4,000,000 for architectural design services.

(W.O. E1908536, E1908537; C-124702)

TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NO. SN-44 AMENDMENT NO. 1 - LARRY WALKER ASSOCIATES - PRE-QUALIFIED ON-CALL CONSULTANTS LIST

Recommending the Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) or his designee to issue Amendment No. 1 to the existing Task Order Solicitation SN-44; and
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the Director of BOS or his designee to extend Task Order Solicitation SN-44 for a 5-year term, with an annual expenditure of $800,000.

TREE REMOVAL - 1309 NORTH DAVIES DRIVE

Recommending the Board:

1. FIND that this project is categorically exempt under Article Ill, Section 1, Class 3, Category 1 and 6; and Class 32 of the City's Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, there is no substantial evidence the proposed project will have significant effect on the environment, and is in compliance with CEQA;
   
   
2. FIND that none of the exceptions to the use of categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15300 of State CEQA Guidelines apply;
   
   
3. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division, located at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents or other material that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board's decision is based; and
   
   
4. REVIEW and APPROVE the request for a fee permit for six Coast Live Oak (Quercus Agrifolia) and four California Black Walnut (Juglans Californica) trees. Tree replacements are required.

TREE REMOVAL - 1830 NORTH MANGO WAY

Recommending the Board: 

1. FIND that this project is categorically exempt under Section 15332, Class 32 of the City's Environmental Quality Act Guidelines and there is no substantial evidence the proposed project will have significant effect on the environment and is in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);
   
   
2. FIND that none of the exceptions to the use of categorical exemption as set forth in Sections 15332 of State CEQA Guidelines apply;
   
   
3. SPECIFY that the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division, located at 1149 South Broadway, is custodian of the documents or other material that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Board's decision is based; and
   
   
4. REVIEW and APPROVE the request for a fee permit for three * six * Coast Live Oaks. Tree replacements are required.

(CONTINUED FROM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019, ORIGINAL MEETING DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019)

SEWER SERVICE CHARGE APPEAL - 9955 BEVERLY GROVE DRIVE

Recommending the Board:

1. DENY Ms. Bell's appeal of Bureau of Sanitation's determination that denied her request for a residential Sewer Service Charge refund to her account. Bureau of Sanitation's determination was based on the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the California Government Code Section 911.2.

(CONTINUED FROM FRIDAY 13, 2019, CONTINUED FROM ORIGINAL BOARD DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019)

SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT - ROTORK CONTROLS, INC. (ROTORK) ACTUATORS

Recommending the Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to sole source the selection of Rotork actuators for an amount not-to-exceed $250,000; and
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to negotiate a price agreement with Rotork for the above referenced actuators which will be procured and installed by the general contractor awarded the Donald C. Tillman Reclamation Plant (DCTWRP) - Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 6231 - Additional Valley Outfall Relief Sewer and East Valley Interceptor Sewer Gates Replacement and CIP 6234 - Screw Pumps Inlet Gates projects.

(W.O. SZD11324, SZD11329)

CONTRACT AWARD - TERMINAL ISLAND WATER RECLAMATION PLANT (TIWRP) ADVANCED WASTEWATER PURIFICATION FACILITY (AWPF) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 5259 TIWRP AWPF PHASE 2 MICROFILTRATION UNIT ADDITION

Recommending the Board:

1. AWARD a contract to the approved sole source supplier, Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC (Evoqua), for an amount of $2,000,000 to provide the fabrication and installation of membrane modules, one additional Advanced Wastewater Purification Facility Phase 2 microfiltration unit and controls required for integration of these units for the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant Advanced Wastewater Purification Facility Phase 2 Microfiltration Unit Addition Project; and
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board to execute the contract for this project, including the Supplemental Agreement to the General Conditions approved by the City Attorney.

(W.O. SZT11420)

SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT - DONALD C. TILLMAN WATER RECLAMATION PLANT (DCTWRP) EQUALIZATION AND EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER PROJECT, DCTWRP ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY PRIMARY EQUALIZATION BASIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 6888 & 6145

Recommending the Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to sole source the selection of the following equipment for an amount not-to-exceed $1,040,000 for the DCTWRP AWPF CIP 6888:
   
   
   • Matala FSM365 (AFRAS AF365) L.L. Polyethylene Full Sheet Blue Size 78 inches long by 39 inches wide by 1.5 inches tall (Matala) for two Odor Control System Biotrickling Filters (BTFs), estimated total quantity of 5,070 cubic-feet and the selection of Afras Industries, Inc., supplier of Matala BTF media;

    

   • Nineteen Rotork actuators;

    

   • Two Krohne magnetic flow meters; one 36-inch-diameter and one 6-inch-diameter;

    

   • Three Rockwell Automation's Allen Bradley Local Control Panel/Programmable Logic Controller; (LCP/PLC); two CompactLogix and one ControlLogix systems respectively

    

   • Two Rockwell Automation's Allen Bradley Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs);
2. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to sole source the selection of the following equipment for an amount not-to-exceed $345,000 for the DCTWRP CIP 6145:
   
   
   • One Rockwell Automation's Allen Bradley LCP/PLC

    

   • General Electric Multilin 8 Series platform of relays for advanced management, protection and control for generator and feeder protection; three Multilin 889 for generator management and controls and four Multilin 850 for feeder protection.

    

    

3. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to negotiate a price agreement with Afras Industries, Inc., Rotork, Rockwell Allen Bradley, and General Electric for the above referenced Matala BTF media, actuators, LCP/PLCs, VFDs, valves, and instruments, which will be procured and installed by the general contractor awarded the construction project.

(W.O. SZD11134) 

CONTRACT AWARD - VISION ZERO PHASE 2B, METRO - BLUE LINE IMPROVEMENTS AND HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS IMPROVEMENTS, AND I-5 CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS

Recommending the Board:

1. DECLARE KDC, Inc. dba Dynalectric (Dynalectric), first low bidder, to be the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, and award Dynalectric a contract for this project for $6,711,542; and
   
   
2. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board of Public Works to execute the contract after approval as-to-form has been obtained from the City Attorney.

(W.O. E1908463, E1908481, E1908482)

AFE - OZONE CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) and Office of Accounting requesting Board approval and execution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $45,000 for a pilot program in which BOS utilized the services of Ozone Clean Technologies for clean-up and disinfection services utilizing ozonation in Skid Row for six weeks. Services provided include the rental of an Ozone Clean Technologies' Trailer System and the clean-up and disinfection was carried out by BOS personnel. The City shall pay to the vendor the amount not to exceed $90,000. This AFE will provide half of the funding ($45,000).
 
(AE20760760M, Fund No. 760 - Sewer Construction and Maintenance Fund, Dept No. 50, Appropriation Unit No. 50RX82)

(CONTINUED FROM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019)

AFE - SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Bureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and execution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $50,000 to encumber funds for South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) fees and related expenses for clean water collection division generators. Term from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.

(AE 20760597M, Fund No 760 - Sewer Operations and Maintenance Fund, Dept No. 50, Appropriation Unit 50SX82)

The Mayor and City Council have approved and authorized the Board of Public Works, on behalf of the Bureau of Sanitation, to execute the proposed First Amendment to the contract with USA Waste of California, Inc dba Waste Management El Sobrante Landfill to provide landfill disposal services of residential municipal solid waste for a period of five years, retroactively from March 17, 2019 through March 16, 2024.

(C-123735)

The Mayor has approved and authorized the Board of Public Works, on behalf of the Bureau of Sanitation, to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District regarding the Bureau of Sanitation's commitment for cost-sharing a runoff diversion and integrated water management study for a cost not to exceed $56,000 and a term of two years.

Status Update on Solvents, Automotives, Flammable, Electronic Wastes (S.A.F.E) Collection Centers

- Bureau of Sanitation

Status Update on Major Upcoming Street Improvement Projects.