The council on Nov. 18 unanimously authorized the city manager to execute a contract with Geo-Logic Associates for work on the Pebbly Beach Landfill project. The goal of the project is to extend the life of the city’s landfill.
The contract would be for a maximum of $278,000. According to Assistant City Manager Joycelyn Francis, that includes a 4% contingency.
Assistant City Manager Jocelyn Francis presented the staff report to the council.
She provided background information on the project: The city owns the landfill but it is in an unincorporated area of LA County. The landfill is 7.7 acres in size. “We have less than two years of life at this point,” Francis said.
The city is working on building a 20-foot earth wall for the landfill. “That would give an additional 25-plus years of life, considering current usage,” Francis said.
She said the wall would be built at the “toe” of the landfill. “The idea is not to expand the footprint of the landfill and still maintain that same footprint,” Francis said.
She said in progress tasks include revising the draft initial study and mitigated negative declaration. (Editor’s note: Those are environmental documents that basically mean that environmental impacts can be minimized by actions taken by a project developer.) Francis said the revised declaration is needed to ensure declaration uh to ensure that Avalon addresses the comments and questions at an all-hands meeting with LA County Regional Planning, Public Works, county Environmental Health and people interested in the project.
Francis said it had been slow going through Los Angeles County.
“We don’t have a lot of time,” she said.
As for the proposed contract with Geo-Logic and Associates, Francis said they’ve been helping
Avalon move the project along. “I would like to start the final design and engineering and bid documents so when we get that approval from LA County, we can publish bid–not have to wait,” Francis said.
“Wow, just to build a wall, huh?” said Mayor Anni Marshall.
Asked if there is a s shift, Francis said the project is planned to be done in three phases so there won’t be an interruptions in operations.
Francis said she would love to start phase 1 by the end of 2026.project
