Meeting
AGENDA  
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS  
Wednesday, May 21, 2025  
10:00 AM  
  Edward R. Roybal BPW Session Room
  Room 350 City Hall
  200 North Spring Street
  Los Angeles, California 90012
Members: Steve S. Kang, President
  Jenny Chavez, Vice President
  John Grant, President, Pro-Tem
  Faith I. Mitchell
  Vacant, Commissioner
(Elyse Matson, Executive Officer, [email protected])

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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Board will hear public testimony on non-agenda items under the Board's jurisdiction.

NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL COMMENTS

Discussion with Neighborhood Council representatives on Neighborhood Council Resolutions or Community Impact Statements filed with the City Clerk which relate to any agenda item listed or being considered on this agenda for the Board of Public Works (LAAC 22.819, Ordinance 184243).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025


WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2025
(CONTINUED FROM WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025)

 
PRESENTATION

AGENDA ITEM(S)

BID(S)
(1)
BPW-2025-0306

 
Bids – 10:00 a.m.
Bids will be received at 10:00 a.m for the following Public Works projects:

Sidewalk Repair Program Package No. 77: Access Request Sites
Work Order No.: W.O. E1909349
Estimate: $2,243,162.00

CD# 8,9,10,15

  
BUREAU OF ENGINEERING
(2)
BPW-2025-0307
CD 4
  


TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NO. 095  –  PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS, DPC
 

Recommending the Board:

  1. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue the task to Perkins Eastman Architects, DPC,  from the Pre-Qualified On-Call Architectural and Related Professional Services Consultants List to provide architectural design and engineering services for the Griffith Park “Plunge” Pool and Bathhouse Facility Rehabilitation Project, as stated in Task Order Solicitation No. 095, with a budget authority of $2,412,000, including contingency.

(W.O.: E1909103, C-124799, C-1247004)
 
(3)
BPW-2025-0308
CD 15 

ALAMEDA STREET WIDENING ANAHEIM STREET – HARRY BRIDGES BOULEVARD PROJECT 
 

Recommending the Board:

  1. ADOPT and FORWARD this board report and transmittals to the Los Angeles City Council  with the recommendations that the Council;
     
  2. REVIEW and CONSIDER the IS/MND (Transmittal No. 1);
     
  3. FIND that, on the basis of the whole record, with the imposition of mitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment and that the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) reflects the City of Los Angeles’ (City)’s independent judgment and analysis;
     
  4. ADOPT the Final MND;
     
  5. ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Project (Transmittal No. 2);
     
  6. SPECIFY that the documents constituting the record of proceedings in this matter are in the files of the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering (BOE) located at 1149 South Broadway, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90015, and any other relevant City Department; and
     
  7.  APPROVE the Project, as described in the Final MND.
 
(W.O.: E1907671)
(4)
BPW-2025-0309
CD ALL 

SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2017071063 
 

Recommending the Board:

In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) regarding the Sidewalk Repair Program, review, consider, adopt, and forward this report and transmittals to the Los Angeles City Council with the following recommended Board actions and further recommendations for Council actions:
 
  1. REVIEW and CONSIDER the information contained in the Project’s Recirculated Portions of the Environmental Impact Report (REIR), consisting of the Draft REIR (DREIR) and the Final REIR (FREIR), the Project’s Environmental Impact Report (2021 EIR), comprised of the Draft EIR (DEIR) and the Final EIR (FEIR), and any other information in the record of proceedings (Transmittal No. 1);
     
  2. APPROVE the Project, the Project’s Street Tree Policy (Transmittal No. 2), and the Project’s Mandatory Project Features Policy (Transmittal No. 3), with consideration of the Project’s proposed ordinance [Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) 62.104.1] (Transmittal No. 4), and forward the Project’s Street Tree Policy and Mandatory Project Features Policy to the Council for final consideration and approval;
     
  3. RECOMMEND that the Council REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to reinstate Ordinance No. 187,106, adding Section 62.104.1 of Article 2 of Chapter VI of the LAMC for reconsideration; and
     
  4. RECOMMEND that the Council, concurrent with the consideration of the reinstatement of Ordinance No. 187,106 when transmitted by the City Attorney, in accordance with the CEQA regarding the Project:
     
  • REVIEW and CONSIDER the information contained in the Project’s REIR, consisting of the DREIR and the FREIR, the Project’s 2021 EIR, comprised of the DEIR and the FEIR, and any other information in the record of proceedings (Transmittal No. 1); and certify that the REIR and 2021 EIR were completed in compliance with the CEQA; that potentially significant environmental effects of the Project have been disclosed and evaluated in compliance with the May 21, 2024 CEQA; and that the REIR and 2021 EIR reflect and express the City of Los Angeles’ (City)’s independent judgment and analysis as the CEQA Lead Agency.
     
  • ADOPT the Project’s CEQA Findings, including the Statement of Overriding Considerations in Section VII of the CEQA Findings (Transmittal No. 5), and the Project’s Supplemental CEQA Findings (Transmittal No. 6).
     
  • SPECIFY that the documents constituting the record of proceedings in this matter are located at the Office of the City Clerk, 200 North Spring Street, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012; the Board of Public Works Commission, 200 North Spring Street, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012; the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, 1149 South Broadway, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90015; and any other relevant City department.
     
  • APPROVE the Project’s Street Tree Policy (Transmittal No. 2) and the Project’s Mandatory Project Features Policy (Transmittal No. 3).
     
  • PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ordinance to add Section 62.104.1 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to establish and codify the new Sidewalk Repair Program, a City program adopted for purposes of streamlining the approval of projects eligible for credit under the settlement agreement in the matter of Mark Willits, et al. v. City of Los Angeles (United States District Court Case No. CV10-05782).

 
(5)
BPW-2025-0310
CD 4 

 CONSTRUCTION BUDGET - TOMOVICH AND ASSOCIATES
 

Recommending the Board:

  1. AUTHORIZE a construction budget of $387,000, including contingency, for the Super Expedited Wastewater Emergency Rehabilitation for Sewers (SEWERS) - Fairfax Avenue Right-of-Way (1700) Project;
     
  2. AUTHORIZE a construction budget of $260,000, including contingency, for the SEWERS Fairfax Avenue Right-of-Way (1700A) Project; and
     
  3. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue construction and change orders up to the authorized construction budget for these projects.

(W.O.: SZC14272, SZC14290, C-140017)

 
(6)
BPW-2025-0311
CD 11 

REVISED BUDGET AND ISSUE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT CHANGE ORDER NO. 9 - CARBON ACTIVATED CORPORATION FOR THE HYPERION WATER RECLAMATION PLANT DILUTE POLYMER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
 

Recommending the Board:

  1. AUTHORIZE $1,962,166 in additional contingency and APPROVE a revised construction budget of $10,926,954 for the Capital Improvement Project 2376 Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Dilute Polymer System Improvements (Project);
     
  2. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue Supplemental Agreement Change Order No. 9 to Carbon Activated Corporation for a not-to-exceed amount of $375,000 for the Project to compensate the contractor for additional compensable time as a result of unexpected delays;
     
  3. AUTHORIZE two members of the Board to sign the Supplemental Agreement Change Order No. 9;
     
  4. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue Change Order No. 11 for the Project to remove and replace corroded sump pumps and their corresponding support structures;
     
  5. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue Change Order No. 21 for the Project to remove a significant amount of polymer within the existing concrete storage tanks in order to perform repairs; and
     
  6. AUTHORIZE the City Engineer to issue subsequent change orders up to the revised construction budget of $10,926,954 for the Project.


(W.O.: SZH11410, C-143205)

 
JOINT REPORT(S)
(7)
BPW-2025-0312
BOE + BCA
CD 4, 13 


CONTRACT AWARD – SPINIELLO INFRASTRUCTURE WEST, INC. 
 

Recommending the Board:

  1. DECLARE Spiniello Infrastructure West, Inc., sole bidder, to be the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, and AWARD Spiniello a contract for the North Outfall Sewer Rehabilitation Unit 20 & 21 - Zoo Dr. Right-of-Way to Doran Street Project for $19,383,586.00; and
     
  2. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board to execute the contract after approval as to form has been obtained from the City Attorney.

(W.O.: SZC13947)
 
(8)
BPW-2025-0313
BOE+BCA
CD 1, 5, 9, 13
  


CONTRACT AWARD - RAMONA, INC. 

Recommending the Board:

  1. DECLARE Ramona, Inc., first low bidder, to be the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, and AWARD Ramona a contract for the Secondary Sewer Renewal Program D CON 05 (H10 & N10) Project for $3,526,072.00; and
     
  2. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board to execute the contract after approval as-to-form has been obtained from the City Attorney.

(W.O.: SZC14158)

 
MOTION(S)
(9)
BPW-2025-0314

  


AFE - The Water Research Foundation

Bureau of Sanitation and the Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and execution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $129,326 for annual membership fees to the non-profit agency due for the period of November 1, 2024, to October  31, 2025. No General Fund Impact.

(AE25760096M, Fund No. 760 & Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Department No. 50, Appropriation Unit 50AX82)
 



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