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Long Beach council ratifies emergency sewer replacement on Riverside Boulevard
Summary
The City Council approved an emergency contract with Mesito Contracting to replace a collapsed sanitary sewer on Riverside Boulevard between East Hudson and East Fulton after obtaining three bids; council corrected a location typo before voting.
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday ratified an emergency contract for a sanitary sewer replacement on Riverside Boulevard between East Hudson Street and East Fulton Street, awarding the work to Mesito Contracting.
City Manager Dan Creighton told the council the section of pipe had “completely collapsed” and was not a candidate for relining because the line sits about 8 feet deep. Creighton said the city solicited three bids and awarded the work to “the low bidder, Mesito Contracting, at a hundred and 30 thousand 7 hundred.”
The council first voted to amend the resolution to correct a drafting error in the location language after a member of the public pointed out the agenda packet referenced a different street. Council member Bridal moved the amendment, which passed on a unanimous vote. The council then voted to adopt the amended resolution; the recorded yes votes in the meeting minutes were Council members Bridal, Lester, Reinhart, Vice President Miyamura and President Finn.
Officials said the pipe is a 10-inch sewer line about 8 feet below ground; because of the depth and the sandy substrate the contractor will use trench boxes and the same jointing and pipe materials the city uses for other sewer work. Creighton said the city received two bids in the roughly $300,000 range and one much lower bid; he credited staff who contacted contractors quickly after the collapse.
Council members asked whether the road repair in the contract would be curb-to-curb or limited to the trench. Staff replied the contract calls for a trench patch and that the city will monitor the patch and add the street to the resurfacing list if the patch settles.
A member of the public questioned whether the agenda packet listed two separate sewer replacements; staff acknowledged a typographical error and the amendment corrected the location wording before the vote.
The resolution authorizes the city manager to enter into the emergency contract and ratifies the contracting process the city used in response to the collapse. No additional financing detail beyond the contract price was specified at the meeting.
The council moved on to subsequent agenda items after the vote; staff said they would monitor the patched roadway for settlement and add it to resurfacing plans as needed.
