Hawthorne Press Tribune The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - February 12, 2015 A fierce guardian keeps an eye on the neighborhood; our Lawndale photographer notes that “the sign is bigger than the dog.” Photo by Peter Thornton, jp.thornton58@gmail.com. Inglewood City to Move Forward With Streets, Alleys Rehabilitation Project By Cristian Vasquez Members of the Inglewood City Council voted to move forward with the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Streets and Alleys Rehabilitation Project. With the recommendation made by the Public Works Department, the council approved a bid by Sequel Contractors, Inc. and awarded them the contract as the lowest of all bids received. The agreement was in the amont of $2,682,062 with an expenditure for “additional quantities” in the amount of $134,103 [5 percent]. In addition the council approved a 10 percent contingency [$281,616] rounding up the total expenditure to $3,097,781 for the completion of the project. The staff report presented to the council highlighted a the streets and alleyways to be repaired through the project and whether the work to be conducted would be a street overlay, a street slurry seal or an alley reconstruction. A bulk of the repairs are concentrated in the city’s streets and alleys located west of La Brea Avenue between W. Arbor Vitae and Florence Avenue. The second largest concentration of the project is located north of Centinela Avenue between La Brea Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard. A handful of locations will benefit from the project east of Crenshaw Boulevard with an alley reconstruction taking place one street south of Manchester Boulevard, between Crenshaw Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. The largest alley reconstruction will occur between Van Ness Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard and Imperial Highway and 108th Street. The staff report presented to the council indicates that the city is made up of 203 centerline miles of streets and alleyways. “The City’s Street and Alleys Rehabilitation Project will improve the City’s roadways for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists.” It is expected that the project resurface 7.5 “centerline miles of existing asphalt pavement” as well as the slurry seal of 7.4 “centerline miles of residential streets to prolong the lifespan of the pavement.” In addition to the street surface repairs, the project will include the reconstruction of damaged sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drive ways and the building of ADA [American with Disabilities Act] compliant wheelchair ramps. The council approved the budget for this capital improvement project on Sept. 23, 2014 and included four appropriations for the street improvement project. The bidding process was opened by the City Clerk in November of 2014 which netted five responses including All American asphalt [$2,786,000], Hardy and Harper, Inc. [$2,992,000], Sully-Miller Contracting Co. [$3,279,160] and Excel Paving Co. [$3,297,760]. The notice to proceed with construction is expected to be issued by March with the anticipated completion date of June, taking a total of 65 working days. Funds for the project will be provided from four sources including: Community Development Block Grant funds, the general fund, the gas tax fund and funds from Proposition 1B. CDBG funds will provide $466,636 while the general fund will put up $1 million. The gas tax fund will add $50,000 while Proposition 1B will provide $1772,882 to the project. The locations selected to be repaired under the project were determined by the public works staff who based them on the findings of the Pavement Management Program Report, as well as public input and field observations. Pavement Management Program Report was completed by Harris & Associates back in 2013 and has assisted city staff with determining the current conditions of all city streets. The PMP report assisted the staff with evaluating, rating, and determining the remaining life cycle of streets in need of repair. Through the use of a 0 to 100 rating system [Pavement Condition Index], a label of urgency and priority was given to each street and alleyway. Streets with a PCI rating between 25 and 40 were slated to receive “more extensive work including cold milling and overlay” or be limited to “transverse and longitudinal random cracks, center joints, contraction joints and transverse expansion joints in the pavement” if they received a rating of 41 to 55. 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