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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: July 17, 2023 <br />Agenda Number: 10.g. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 23-356 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Find that Emergency Conditions Exist that Do Not Permit a Delay Resulting from a <br />Competitive Solicitation for Bids, and Authorize the City Manager to Award an Emergency Construction <br />Contract to McGuire & Hester for the Demolition of the Former Blue Dolphin Restaurant Pier Structure, <br />and to Appropriate $245,355.54 from 210-57-203-5240 for this Emergency Project <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Infrastructure <br />·Sustainability & Resiliency <br />SUMMARY <br />The attached resolution will (1) find that substantial evidence exists of an emergency that will not <br />permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids and that the action is necessary to <br />respond to the emergency, and (2) authorize the City Manager or her designee to award an <br />Emergency Construction Contract to McGuire & Hester for the demolition of the former Blue <br />Dolphin Restaurant pier structure and the removal and hauling of contaminated debris. <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends the following: <br />·Find that substantial evidence exists of an emergency that will not permit a delay resulting <br />from a competitive solicitation for bids and that the action is necessary to respond to the <br />emergency. <br />·Authorize the City Manager or her designee to award an Emergency Construction <br />Contract to McGuire & Hester for the demolition of the former Blue Dolphin Restaurant pier <br />structure, including the removal of creosote contaminated/environmentally hazardous <br />debris. <br />BACKGROUND <br />On June 5, 2023 Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) responded to a fire located at the <br />former Blue Dolphin Restaurant at the San Leandro Marina affecting the pier structure. ACFD <br />monitored the smoldering fire for 48 hours while Public Works staff used an excavator to spread <br />the embers to cool the fire. The charred wood (some of it with creosote) posed a danger of falling <br />into the water, which would cause an environmental hazard. To prevent impact to the local <br />waterways, staff sought assistance from McGuire & Hester to provide environmental protection <br />(floating booms), demolition of the remaining structure, and disposal of the environmentally <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/12/2023