TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. Subject
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Appropriation of $436,000 in Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs - Project X Tier 1 2023 Environmental Cleanup Program Fund and transfer of $139,000 in Sanitation and Sewer Fund from Walnut Avenue Infrastructure Improvement to the Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project.
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2. Summary
The Orange County Transportation Authority approved the allocation of Tier 1 Environmental Cleanup Program funding and has awarded the City of Orange $436,000 for the Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project. The City intends to use this funding to install a hydrodynamic separator on Glassell Street north of Brentwood Avenue, connector pipe screen units, and full trash capture units on Glassell Street and La Veta Avenue.
3. Recommended Action
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1. Accept into the City’s revenue budget $436,000 in grant funds from the Orange County Transportation Authority Tier 1 Environmental Cleanup Program to Reimbursable Capital Projects (550):
550.5011.45460.30246 Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project
2. Authorize the appropriation of $436,000 to Reimbursable Capital Projects (550):
550.5011.56340.30246 Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project
3. Authorize the following budget transfer of $139,000:
From: 220.5011.56340.30168 Walnut Avenue Infrastructure Improvement
To: 220.5011.56340.30246 Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project
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4. Fiscal Impact
The total expenditure for this project is $575,000 and will be funded in Glassell Street & La Veta Avenue Water Quality Storm Drain Improvement Project through:
220.5011.56340.30246 Sanitation and Sewer $139,000
550.5011.56340.30246 Reimbursable Capital Projects 436,000
Total $575,000
5. Strategic Plan Goals
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
b: Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
Goal 4: Provide outstanding public service
b: Provide facilities and services to meet customer expectations.
6. Discussion and Background
The City of Orange Public Works Department applied for and received funds through Environmental Cleanup Tier 1 Grant Program managed by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). This program is a competitive grant program within Orange County that makes funds available to cities to help protect Orange County beaches and waterways from transportation-generated pollution and improve overall water quality. The City has been awarded $436,000 for installing a hydrodynamic separator on Glassell Street north of Brentwood Avenue, connector pipe screen units (CPS), and full trash capture (FTC) units on Glassell Street and La Veta Avenue.
The project collects drainage from a total of 214 acres composed of commercial businesses, bus stop locations, light manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, recreation open space, multi-family homes, and single-family home sections of Orange. These areas combine to generate potentially significant amounts of leaves, trash, and other debris. The City has looked at various options to control trash and debris. Through the Orange Municipal Code, the City can enforce sections related to littering and nuisances and its weekly street sweeping program picks up a large amount of trash and debris. However, anything not collected by the street sweepers has the potential to enter the storm drain system and impact the downstream water bodies. The proposed hydrodynamic separator is a Continuous Deflection Separator (CDS) unit and helps address this deficiency by capturing trash and debris and other gross pollutants via its trash screens, sediment chambers, and the use of an oil skimmer and hydrocarbon boom filters. The CDS unit will be placed on Glassell Street just north of Brentwood Avenue. The proposed connector CPS units and FTC units also help address this deficiency by capturing trash, debris, and other pollutants within each catch basin. CPS units will be installed in 11 catch basins and FTC units will be installed in two grate inlets on both Glassell Street and La Veta Avenue.
The total project cost is estimated at $575,000, including 5% for design and 15% for construction engineering and contingency.
Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2024 and is expected to be completed by February 2025.
7. ATTACHMENTS
• Letter Agreement