The City Council approved an agreement with Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority that allows Seal Beach to work on lining the city’s watermain in the wetlands.
The memorandum of understanding and the authorization for the city manager to pay the Wetlands Authority $1,910 a week to coordinate the watermain lining project with the Wetlands Authority’s restoration project were part of the same item on the Consent Calendar. Consent Calendar items are voted on collectively, without discussion unless pulled for separate consideration.
Nothing was pulled from this meeting’s Consent Calendar.
The watermain is part of the city’s drinking water system.
“The City’s 18-inch diameter LCWA Watermain is critical to the water system operations to ensure water conveyance from the northern regions of the City to the Old Town neighborhood,” according to the staff report by Deputy Public Works Director/City Engineer Iris Lee.
“This transmission main runs along the City’s easement located in the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority (LCWA) and Hellman properties, commencing at Pacific Coast Highway, proceeding northward along the prolongation of First Street, and ultimately connecting to Seal Beach Boulevard through Adolfo Lopez Drive,” Lee wrote.
“In FY 2020-2021, the LCWA Watermain Lining (WT2103) project (Project) was budgeted into the capital improvement program to extend the pipeline’s serviceable life,” Lee wrote.
“LCWA is undergoing a long-term restoration plan that encompasses the Project site vicinity. As both the City and LCWA efforts will be advancing concurrently, LCWA has requested the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate management of their respective activities,” Lee wrote. Conditions of the MOU include ensuring that the city contractors have enough insurance, and that the city restores the project site, according to Lee’s report. The Wetlands Authority Board will consider the MOU in May, according to Lee’s report.
