City Council

J. Consideration and possible action to declare an emergency for the sinkhole and associated repair on Hawthorne Boulevard near Seamount Drive/Eddinghill Drive. (Dragoo) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-__ "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES FINDING AND DECLARING, BY A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS WHICH WILL NOT PERMIT THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OF BIDS TO REPAIR A SINKHOLE LOCATED AT HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD NEAR SEAMOUNT DRIVE/EDDINGHILL DRIVE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO REPAIR AND REMEDIATE THE SAME"; 2) Approve an appropriation of $480,000; 3) Based on the competitive solicitation of on-call bids performed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, authorize the City Manager and Director of Public Works to finalize negotiations for the emergency repairs not-to-exceed $350,000, with a 20% contingency of $70,000 that can be authorized by the City Manager to execute change orders for unforeseen work during the performance of the emergency repairs; 4) Authorize a Professional Services Agreement in the not-to-exceed amount of $50,000 with Sunbeam Consulting, Inc., with a contingency of $10,000, for related sinkhole repair construction management and inspection services; and, 5) Authorize the emergency repairs to commence upon final negotiations to the scope of work and authorize the Mayor to execute the Sunbeam agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report