HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-01-25 - AGENDA REPORTS - GVR PROGRESS RPT (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by. George Caravalho
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
DATE: January 25, 2000
SUBJECT: GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS REPORT
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive staff progress report on Golden Valley Road project.
BACKGROUND
On October 26, 1999, the City Council requested that a progress report on Golden
Valley Road be brought to each Council meeting. Each report will give the status of
the road in relation to the Porta Bella Development and the proposed Golden Valley
Road Interchange. On November 9, 1999, the Council received its first progress
report. The last report was January 11, 2000.
1. Golden Valley Road/School Site - Phase I
Bids for the project were opened on January 11, 2000. (See attached bid results.)
Staff has reviewed the bids and found them to be satisfactory.
With the opening of the bids, only a few issues remain which need to be
addressed prior to bid award by the City, Foundation, and District. The most
significant is the outstanding issue with the new State of California Department
of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) process, which requires a "No Further
Action" (NFA) letter for the School. The District has received preliminary soils
sampling results. (See attached letter, dated January 14, 2000.)
The City has possession of all the property necessary for construction, excluding
the portion within the Porta Bella site. Staff continues to work with RFI/Porta
Bella to resolve the remaining issues to acquire the NFA for the portion of
Golden Valley Road.
The timeline for moving forward with bid award and construction is being
determined by the State. The current schedule, which is contingent on the State,
would present for Council consideration the award of the bid in late March.
RECEIVED
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GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS REPORT
January 25, 2000
Page 2
2. Golden Valley Road Phases 11 & III
The Director of Administrative Services is in the process of amending the
Funding and Acquisition Agreement to include language where the applicant
will pay an additional fee. The applicant has agreed to pay a fee that would be
used exclusively for the Golden Valley Road Interchange. The agreement is
being finalized, and staff should have an agreement to the Council within the
next few weeks.
In addition, Santa Clarita Business Park is working on submitting their
proposed plan for the 38 -acre piece of property at the end of Ruether Avenue to
the City's Planning Department for review. This portion of their property will be
included as future phases of their business park planned for the area.
Construction planning is proceeding on schedule.
a) Santa Clarita Business Park Community Facilities District
Spirit Properties will be asking the City Council to reduce their maximum
allowable bond amount to $18 million from their previously approved $33
million. Spirit Properties has chosen to do this since the value of publicly
financing their project's in -tract infrastructure was marginal compared to
seeking private financing. The new amount will allow Spirit Properties to
construct Phases II & III and a small portion of their in -tract infrastructure
with CFD financing. Staff will be bringing a report and resolution for the
Council to take action at the January 25, 2000 Council meeting to further
consider annexing four parcels that were previously taken out of the district
and to lower the bond amount to $18.0 million. As part of the above changes,
a new special tax report will be prepared, along with all other financial
documents.
Currently, staff is working closely with the City's financial advisors in
finalizing the necessary paperwork to sell bonds. As part of the process, staff
will be bringing a resolution, authorizing the issuance and sale of the first
series of bonds to the City Council for approval in February. Since the
construction of Phases II & III of Golden Valley Road are closely tied to
Phase I, bonds will not be issued until the awarding of the Phase I contract
for Golden Valley Road/School Site. Staff will also be asking the Council to
approve a Fiscal Agent Agreement, Continuing Disclosure Agreement, Bond
Purchase Agreement, and a Preliminary Official Statement, including draft
Appraisal Report and Absorption Study on the same night. All the
agreements are necessary and standard financial documents for taking a
bond sale to the market.
GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS REPORT
January 25, 2000
Page 3
b) Status of Porta Bella Clean-up Related to Golden Valley Road
The DTSC and Santa Clarita LLC, the owners of the Porta Bella property,
are continuing their remediation efforts on the Porta Bella site. For clean-up
purposes, the site has been divided into six Operable Units (OU's), according
to DTSC regulations. The DTSC was expected to provide a letter of No
Further Action for the portion of Golden Valley Road right-of-way that
extends along the site's eastern boundary by mid-November 1999. This
would have enabled the grading and construction of Golden Valley Road to
commence on the Porta Bella site. To date, the City has not received a letter
clearing the property for road construction. DTSC reported to the City that
the NFA letter should be available by the last week in January 2000.
3. Proposed Golden Valley Interchange Concepts and Costs
The Alliance met with City staff on Thursday, December 16, 1999, to present
their proposed at -grade alternatives. They are proposing to construct an interim
at -grade crossing to allow easier access to the Santa Clarita Business Park until
construction of an interchange becomes feasible. Given that ASL's (consultant)
Feasibility Report concentrates on an ultimate and permanent solution for the
Golden Valley Road and Soledad Canyon Road connection, and not an interim
one, City staff will proceed with the second phase of the project, and the Alliance
will continue developing their proposed interim at -grade alternative independent
of the City's project.
City staff Engineers and Planners met with representatives of the proposed
Valley Business Center development, located in the new quadrant of the
proposed Golden Valley Road and Soledad Canyon Road connection. The
proposed light industrial buildings will be constructed and occupied prior to any
construction of the connection. Therefore, City staff will present an agenda item
to Council during the January 25 Council meeting, asking Council to authorize
the development of an agreement between the City and developer to mitigate
potential future "talkings" that would otherwise cause the costly and obtrusive
condemnation of land and buildings of a pending development.
4. Golden Valley Road - Sierra Highway to SR14
(Project Description)
The eastern portion of Golden Valley Road is included in a proposed subdivision
by Newhall Estates LLC (Hank Heeber and others). The project includes the
subdivision of 53.40 acres into 176 residential units and the construction of
Golden Valley Road, from Green Mountain Drive to Sierra Highway. The project
is currently in the initial phases of the preparation of an Environmental Impact
Report.
GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS REPORT
January 25, 2000
Page 4
The scoping meeting for the EIR was held on November 10, 1999. Approximately
twenty people attended the meeting. The EIR is being prepared with a March or
April 2000 distribution date. The Council can expect more information in the
future as the project develops.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
None.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Letter dated January 14, 2000
Preliminary Soil Gas Field Monitoring Results
Location Maps
Golden Valley Road Bid Results
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ARCADIS GERAGHTY&MILLER
Robert C. Lee
ARCADIS Geraghty a miner, Inc.
Superintendent
3700 State Street, Suite 350
William S. Hart Union High School District
Santa Barbara
21515 Redview Drive
Calif mla 93105
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Tel US 6877559
Fax 805 687 08W
Subject:
Field Monitoring Results of Initial Environmental Investigation of Proposed Golden
Valley High School Site
ENVIRONMENTAL
Dear W. Lee:
As you will recall, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller initiated the California Department
of Toxic Substance Control's (DTSC's) Preliminary Endangerment Assessment
(PEA) process last week through an initial soil and soil gas sampling event. While
additional sampling and analysis will be required for DTSC certification of the site as Date:
safe for a school, this initial phase will provide the District and the City a preliminary 14 January 2000
indication of soil and soil gas conditions at the site.
Contact:
Several State certified laboratories are currently analyzing the collected soil and soil Wade F. Allmon
gas samples and we expect to receive most of the results next week. As you know
the gases methane and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are two of the primary constituents of
concern at the site. These two gases were monitored for with a portable field
instrument at the newly installed 15 soil gas probes while we were collecting samples EMenslon:
for laboratory analysis. The attached table provides the results of this field screening. (805)687-7559
As indicated in the table, H2S was not detected at any location and methane probe
concentrations were generally consistent with background values measured at each
location. Therefore based on these preliminary and qualitative results it appears that
neither methane or 112S are present in significant concentrations at the 15 locations
tested.
It is important to note that these measurements were not quantitative and should not
be considered as accurate or validated results. The laboratory analysis results, which
we expect to receive next week will provide accurate quantitative results. We hope
that this brief summary meets your current needs and we look forward to continuing
to aid you on this interesting project.
Sincerely,
ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, Inc.
Wade F. hnon, RG, CEG
Principal Geologist
Copies: Mr. Evan Aldrich, City of Santa Clarita
Ms. Beth Deane, Esq., Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP
W. Tony Ward, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller
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Preliminary Soil Gas Field Monitoring Results
Proposed Golden Valley High School Site
January 72000
Field Monitoring Readings
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HZS
Methane
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Probe
Ground Surface
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Background
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80
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100
100
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2
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100
100
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3
0
70
65
V6*
2
0
50
45
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2.5
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100
100
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5
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50
35
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75
75
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15
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12
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15
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9
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25
10
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3.5
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0
0
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2
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130
130
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V17
Duplicate of V7
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FIGURE
Golden Valley Road Phase I & High School Site
Bid Results
Company
Company Location
Amount
Altfillish Contractors
Corona, CA
$19,983,948.00
Kiewit Pacific Company
Vancouver, WA
$19,501,847.00
Nelson & Belding
Gardena, CA
$18,637,439.00
C. A. Rasmussen
Lancaster, CA
$17,949,514.11
Dennis McCoy & Sons
Westlake Village, CA
NO BID
Sukut Construction, Inc.
Santa Ana, CA
$15,958,659.00
Ford Construction, Inc.
Lodi, CA
$16,350,074.00
E.L. Yeager Construction
Riverside, CA
$17,225,134.00
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