CITY SKIPS CREEK BIDS RAIN CLEANUP TOO URGENT.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer NEWHALL - Citing the emergency work needed after the recent rains, the city plans to forgo the normal bidding process and award a $207,000 contract to excavate Newhall Creek. The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, City Council will vote Tuesday on contracting with Jimmie D. Foster Grading to clear the creek, which jumped its banks and destroyed or damaged dozens of mobile homes in the storm earlier this month. Normally dry, the creekbed filled rapidly as about 13 inches of rain fell in four days, churning Firing one group of employees and hiring another. As companies move into newer, high-tech ventures, they often eliminate employees with older skills while bringing on new people who have computer programming, networking and Web experience. as it filled with the charred debris from a fire that burned upstream From the consumer to the provider. See downstream. (networking) upstream - Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger in July in Placerita Canyon. It was the third time this year the creek had backed up as it approached the Polynesian Mobile Home Park on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the where the creek is contained by two culverts that run under the main driveway to the park. Twenty-nine mobile homes were badly damaged or destroyed as thick mud and water swept through. Fearing more storms as the normal rain season begins, the city wants to move now rather than wade through the months-long bidding process. State law requires cities planning capital projects solicit bids and choose the lowest responsible bid, but also allows them to bypass the process in emergencies. Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Pulskamp declared a state of emergency Jan. 15, as flooding throughout the region worsened. The city staff recommends paying Foster Grading an estimated $180,000 for the work and materials plus a 15 percent contingency contingency n. an event that might not occur. amount of $27,000. The Newhall Creek overflow displaced displaced see displacement. about 150 people from the mobile home park, most of whom have returned home. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO: The Santa Clarita City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2) Crews work on cleaning out Newhall Creek, above, which was clogged by recent heavy rains. At right, Newhall Creek still carries a heavy flow of water although the rains have stopped for now. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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