Arroyo Seco Habitat Restoration and Police Dispatch Software on Monday’s Consent Calendar

The consent calendar of Monday’s City Council agenda is jam-packed with items.

The consent calendar is a multi-item portion of the City Council agenda that can be passed in its entirety with a sweep motion.

Councilmembers have the option of pulling certain items from the consent calendar for further discussion and possible action.

All told, the council will vote on $8,545,147 in contracts and purchases. 

Items of interest include a $484,998 contract with G Team Landscape for habitat restoration in the Lower Arroyo Seco. The project will complete the restoration of the habitat in the area surrounding the La Loma Bridge, now the John K. Van de Kamp Bridge, which was not included in the 2017 La Loma Bridge Rehabilitation Project.

The work will include:
• Removal of non-native trees/plants and dead trees. 

• Manual removal of herbaceous non-native plants (weeds). 
• Importation and placement of numerous natural boulders/rocks to create natural barriers for habitat protection and to provide habitat values for wildlife. 
• Placement of coarse woody debris (i.e., prepared logs and branches from removed trees) to provide natural seating, natural barriers along trails, and assemblages within the planting areas to provide beneficial wildlife cover.
• De-compaction of soils (especially staging areas associated with the bridge rehabilitation project) to prepare for native plant establishment.
• Installation of environmentally suitable erosion control measures (as needed). 
• Installation of a new irrigation system to assist in the establishment of new native trees and plants. 
• Installation of native planting materials including Southern California black walnut trees, coast live oak trees, western sycamore trees, and approximately 2,000 understory shrubs and herbaceous plants. 
• Installation of natural mulch around the newly planted areas;
• A 90-day post-installation maintenance period for the irrigation system and planting materials. 
• And a one-year contractor guarantee on newly planted sycamore trees.
  

Work will begin by January and the job will be completed in March, as stipulated by the project’s Proposition A grant funding deadline. The initial 90-day maintenance period will continue under this contract through June.

Other items on the consent calendar include:

• A  $305,578 contract to enter into a purchase order with Matt Chlor Inc., to furnish and deliver chlorine equipment parts, service, and repairs for the Water and Power Department.
• A five-year $275,000 contract with Rite-Way Axle and Suspension Inc. for heavy-duty truck spring suspension and alignment service. 
• A $150,000, five-year contract with Navarro Towing for towing of city-owned heavy-duty vehicles. 
• A $418,136 contract with E.E. Electric Inc. for a Clifton Alley circuit conversion project. 
• A $3,274,110 contract with Osmose Utilitis Services Inc. to provide labor and services for wood pole inspection, repair and treatment.
• A City Council vote to appropriate $50,000 from the Pasadena Community Foundation to the Planning and Community Development’s Operating Budget to provide additional funding for the Pasadena Arts and Culture Relief Grant Program. 
• A $3,587,325 contract with Veraterm Inc. to furnish and deliver police dispatch and management systems.