City Council

B. CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTING FUTURE REPAIRS AT CASA ROMANTICA, FINDING THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND APPROPRIATING $8,583,560 IN FUNDING Staff Recommendation Adopt Resolution No. 23-76, which will: 1. Find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15269(c) of the State CEQA Guidelines. 2. Find that an emergency exists due to the potential failure of an existing slope and that the situation requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate impairment to property and public services that might otherwise occur if required to incur delays attributed to the typical engineering analysis and competitive bidding process. 3. Declare that the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard public health. 4. Approve a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $8,583,560 to Account Number 001-481-43470-000-23502 from the Capital Reserve Fund balance. 5. Authorize and direct staff to take such actions as are necessary and proper to start immediately on the emergency slope stabilization repairs at Casa Romantica, including entering into a contract and bringing a future agenda item to City Council to ratify an Emergency Construction Contract with Alliance Diversified Enterprises, Inc. on a time and materials basis for an amount not to exceed $7,800,000. 6. Authorize and direct staff to enter into a contract and bring a future agenda item to City Council to ratify an Emergency Professional Consultant Services Agreement with LGC Geotechnical, Inc. on a time and materials basis for an amount not to exceed $783,560 for geotechnical design and consulting, construction oversight, testing and inspection as well as the subcontracted work to include surveying and civil site design.