San Diego Infrastructure Committee Meeting - October 25, 2017
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San Diego Infrastructure Committee Meeting - October 25, 2017
The Infrastructure Committee of the San Diego City Council met on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting covered design standardization updates, the Fiscal Year 2017 State of the CIP report, contract amendments for the I AM San Diego project, the Ocean Beach Pier structural evaluation, the West Mission Bay Drive Bridge replacement, and budget revisions for various CIP projects. All items were approved unanimously, with one recusal.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Martha Welch (non-agenda speaker) expressed concerns about poor road conditions, lack of compliance, and the use of private contractors versus city staff, stating that roads are not lasting as long as they should.
- Ricky Granowitz spoke in strong support of the design standardization effort, noting she had advocated for it for 20 years and urging the committee to move it forward and expand to tot lots.
Consent Calendar
- The committee approved the consent agenda unanimously, which included:
- Award of a Second Amendment to the consultant agreement with Tran Consulting Engineers (TCE) for design and construction support of Navajo Pump Station.
- Seventh Amendment to the agreement with Dokken Engineering for the State Route 163 and Friars Road Interchange Project – Phase 1.
Discussion Items
- Design Standardization Streamlining Effort (Informational): Staff presented completed templates for fire stations, comfort stations (restrooms), and shade structures. The goal is to reduce costs, delivery time, and unpredictability. Fire station templates are already in use at two stations; comfort stations and shade structures have not yet been built. Councilmembers expressed support but raised concerns about the estimated cost ($500,000) and timeline (2.5 years) for an eight-stall comfort station.
- Fiscal Year 2017 State of the CIP Report (Informational): The city expended $495 million on CIP projects, the highest in ten years. Key metrics: 33 miles of water main replaced (cumulative 95.2 miles against a 5-year goal of 175 miles), 266.3 miles of roads repaired/replaced (cumulative 595.9 miles toward the 1,000-mile pledge). The committee discussed capacity, the need for general fund facility investment, and challenges with project communication and coordination.
- Authorization to Execute First Amendment with Deloitte Consulting LLP for I AM San Diego Project (Discussion): The committee approved a $2.78 million amendment to extend the contract to May 31, 2018, for systems integrator consulting services. The project aims to replace 28 legacy systems with one integrated asset management system. The total project cost is $54 million over three years. Councilmembers questioned the value but were assured a positive return on investment over 15 years.
- Ocean Beach Pier Structural Evaluation – First Amendment with Moffatt & Nichol (Discussion): The committee approved the first amendment to evaluate the pier's structural condition, determine useful life, and develop long-term strategies (repair, retrofit, or replacement). The pier is 51 years old and has not had structural repairs since 1991.
- West Mission Bay Drive Bridge – Authorization of Construction Contract, Accept Federal Funds, and Related Agreements (Discussion): The committee approved accepting up to $140 million in federal funds (88% federal, 12% local match) for the bridge replacement. The project will widen the bridge from four to six lanes, add bike lanes, and improve pedestrian access. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018 and finish in fall 2021.
- Appropriations of Additional Funding and Budget Revisions to Various CIP Projects (Discussion): The committee approved $2.7 million in budget revisions, moving funds from projects with excess cash to ten projects in need of additional funding for award or completion. Vice Chair Ward recused himself due to a conflict of interest.
Key Outcomes
- Consent agenda approved unanimously (Councilmember Zap absent).
- Design standardization update: received as information; no vote required.
- State of the CIP report: received as information; no vote required.
- First Amendment with Deloitte (I AM San Diego): motion by Vice Chair Ward, seconded by Councilmember Gomez, approved unanimously (4-0).
- Ocean Beach Pier Structural Evaluation amendment: motion by Councilmember Zap, seconded by Councilmember Gomez, approved unanimously (4-0).
- West Mission Bay Drive Bridge item: motion by Councilmember Zap, seconded by Vice Chair Ward, approved unanimously (4-0).
- Appropriations and budget revisions: motion by Councilmember Zap, seconded by Councilmember Gomez, approved unanimously (3-0, with Vice Chair Ward recused).
- Next meeting scheduled for Monday, November 13, 2017.
Meeting Transcript
Everybody here today and all of the San Diegans as we get the job done. Thank you for being here today. Thank you for everybody for all of your help. Thank you for all of your leadership. And all of us here will be available for any questions one on one. Thank you very much. You're watching City TV twenty-four. Your access to City Hall. Let the record reflect that we're joined by Vice Chair Ward and Councilmember Gomez. Council Mr. Zaf will be joining us shortly. We also have our new City Attorney Representative, Christina Ray, our IBA, Andrea Tevlin, good to see Andrew. Our mayor representative Alejandro Gavadon and our infrastructure committee consultant Lee Friedman. I'd like to thank the members of the public and staff who are here with us as well as those watching on City TV. We'll get started with non-agenda. We do have one non-agenda speaker, Martha Welch, come forward, you have two minutes. Good afternoon, Martha Wells. On Turcofire on KSI, seen Surrey with finished venue of schools. No crosswalk put in. Why not? No compliance or anything who signs off that I don't know. Also, on first, I saw uh also, and no no marking, any nothing's gone. No markings at all, just a little bumps right now. Also, I saw um first um also on university I saw a survey cup two years ago. Now it's cracked and bumps everywhere. Also, I heard something about Rose Camps also. Someone told me about that, where they're doing two uh one uh inch and and you you call it up and then you put it back. One inch, it's all you do. And it won't work because it won't only three years. Why? Because we the cheapest um per contract or something. I think it was better when we had um no compliance or anything like that right now in the city. I think it was better when we had our own staff with the roads for working better. Uh uh now, why um why why uh well you uh the budget used to be if you have three million for let's say the employees, you should have a budget for that for the private. We don't do that stuff right now. Now, public works with the same person that gave us poor uh pension buildings, so they're giving the same thing with our roads, poor condition with our roads. Because uh it it it everything goes wrong in the city with the workers. If we have if we don't have workers also in fact the pension plan also. Now remember, Part B will stop in 2008. It stops, so we can have workers again. If we have workers, I think it'd be much better. With private, it's it's all the roads that we surre don't last that long. And because only one inch is part of the problem, and I've seen results of this all over, and I and there's other streets that haven't even been touched, like Broadway. Is it's all cracked up and everything, and it's one road I see all the time that's cracked up. So this isn't is going on with this this problem right now in Turco. You can see the worst roads that's going on. Thank you. Would any member of the committee like to make a comment at this time? Seeing none, how about City Attorney IBA or mayoral staff comments? Yes, thank you.
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