Annual Sewer Lateral Repair Project 2025 (Round One)

The project includes the excavation and replacement of multiple defective sewer lateral lines in batches by disconnecting the old section of pipe, installing the new sewer pipe, and reconnecting the lateral pipes from the dwelling to the sewer main. After completing the lateral connections, the disturbed site will be backfilled and compacted. The replacement or repair of sidewalks, driveways, and streets damaged or removed by the sewer lateral installation will be performed to City Standards and Specifications for Construction of Sidewalk, Curbs, Gutters, and Drop Curb Entrances (City of Eureka Resolution No. 6219, EMC §13.04. 1 10, Standards for Sidewalks and Curbs) During construction, the contractor will be required to employ standard Best Management Practices (BMPs) to minimize environmental impacts, and to ensure minimal disruption to traffic, nearby residences and businesses. Erosion control will be implemented per an Erosion Control Plan developed by the contractor and approved by the City. The contractor will be required to clean the construction site at the end of each day. If the contractor obtains additional staging areas that result in total project disturbance of more than one acre, the contractor will be required to prepare and comply with a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) in accordance with Construction General Permit Order 2009-0009-DWQ, and will obtain any required land use entitlements (such as a Use Permit or Coastal Development Permit) required for the staging areas. Traffic control will be implemented per a traffic control plan approved by the City. General circulation and access will be maintained in the areas of construction. There will be temporary lane shifts, short-term road closures with available detours, and controlled traffic. Emergency vehicles will be allowed through the construction areas. The City will provide pre-construction notices to potentially impacted businesses, and residents, and provide public service announcements that inform the public of the planned construction activities. Construction is expected to begin in August 2025 and continue through October 2025. Work will occur Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Finally, all sewer lateral work at 1010 Broadway (APN: 003- 121-048) will be undertaken following the Soil Management Contingency Plan prepared by SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc, dated May, 2005. Background: The City of Eureka has approximately I 1 ,000 sanitary sewer laterals which carry wastewater from dwellings to the sanitary sewer main. The recent updates to the Sewer Lateral Ordinance codified in Eureka Municipal Code (EMC) Chapter 50: Sewers, created triggers that require laterals be inspected and repaired if found to be defective. The replacement of the sewer laterals will reduce the amount of inflow from stormwater runoff and infiltration of groundwater that enters the City’s wastewater sanitary sewer system because the pipes are made of clay which have deteriorated over the years causing stormwater intrusion. Each location is a different address within the City. The list of addresses is continuously being updated with homeowners who have been found to have a defective sewer lateral. The cost of the repair and managing a contractor can be onerous to individual property owners. To alleviate this situation, the City has created a program which allows property owners to choose to have their lower lateral replaced at a set “in lieu” fee, rather than hiring a contractor. City staff will manage a project to replace a large group of laterals (in different “rounds”) with the intent of providing an economy of scale to reduce the cost of the repairs. The funds accumulated from the in-lieu fees will be applied to the project. The City will then fund the difference in the cost of the lateral replacement, partially subsidizing the work, as required by a court ordered consent decree. In general, this project consists of: digging and replacing sewer laterals at various locations throughout the City. It is anticipated that 50 to 100 laterals per year will be replaced through this annual project, however the exact number will change depending on participation in the program and bid item costs.