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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
November 21, 2008
TO:
City Council
FROM:
Kenneth Frank, City
Manager
New Police Officer
– We have recently hired Henry Duchene as our newest Police Officer.
Mr. Duchene has 25 years of experience with the Orange County Sheriff’s
Department. He lives in South
County.
Complex Construction Projects
– Last week I toured the Diamond Street stair replacement project and the
Zimmerman storm drain on Coast Highway in South Laguna.
Both of these projects are extremely difficult.
The space is very constrained.
Both have problems with high tides.
They both require a lot of hand work.
These types of projects are so much more difficult than building on a
nice piece of farmland. If any
Councilmember would like to take a tour of these two projects to see their
complexity, I would be happy to do so.
FEMA Audit
– The Federal Emergency Management Agency has apparently changed its policy and
is starting to do audits of significant disasters as soon as possible once the
project has been completed. We have
been notified that the Inspector General’s office will start its audit for the
Bluebird Canyon Disaster on December 1.
This is good news because very shortly we will know whether there are any
possible issues with the audit. This
is much better than having FEMA wait two to three years after the audit when
everyone has moved onto other jobs and we don’t have the staff or knowledge to
respond to questions from the auditor.
Bluebird SOCWA
Lift Station Repairs – The emergency bypass system set up on Galen Drive
was used on Wednesday to allow for recovery work to continue.
Replacing a key isolation valve was successful.
This operation will be followed by the installation of a replacement to
the pipe section responsible for the October 29th incident and start
up of the third pump. The third pump
to the lift station will be tested and put into operation by the end of the
week. Subsequently, the emergency
bypass will be removed. These
efforts will complete the most significant repairs toward recovery.
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