To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Rosa Corona, Assistant Engineer
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Emergency Repair of Browns Valley Creek Damage to Browns Valley Road at Valley Glen Lane
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution determining that: (1) there is no longer a need to take emergency actions for the creek bank and sidewalk repairs adjacent to Browns Valley Creek at Browns Valley Road and Valley Glen Lane, (2) the authorization to perform emergency work is terminated, and (3) the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to City of Napa Municipal Code 2.91.040, City Staff is providing this last staff report to City Council and recommending the emergency action be terminated by the City Council.
Based on an initial evaluation by Public Works Engineering staff of the impact of the bank erosion on the adjacent sidewalk, and the potential future impact on Browns Valley Road, on February 20, 2019, the City Manager declared an emergency need to take immediate action to fund the design, regulatory permitting and construction of the repair.
City staff worked with Prunuske Chatham, Inc. as the environmental/regulatory consultant; RGH Inc. as the Geotechnical Engineer; and ZFA, Inc. as the Structural Engineer to develop the engineering design to address the emergency repairs. The final design included the construction of a stitch-pile wall to stabilize the street infrastructure and a restoration plan of the creek bank from the street down to the creek bed along the entire failed slope. With the design finalized, the City hired Granite Construction Company which demonstrated the necessary skill, resources and experience to construct this emergency project.
Construction began in June 2019. The roadway was open to bicycle and pedestrian traffic during the project but closed to vehicle traffic from February until the end of September. By...
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