On June 26, 2018, several rocks fell from the rims onto Mountain View Boulevard and the properties to the south of the road.  City staff needs to hire a geotechnical firm to assess the stability of the remaining rocks and to prepare a plan for removing or stabilizing any areas and moving the necessary rocks to re-establish the road.  Until the rocks are moved, the residents on Mountain View Blvd will only have one way into their homes and the two homes on the west end have very poor access to their properties. 

Due to the access issues and concerns about slope stability, it is the City Staff’s recommendation that this work take place as soon as possible.  Section 7-5-4302 of the MCA requires advertising for competitive bids and accepting the lowest responsive bid.  Competitive bidding is impractical because the time to advertise and analyze bids and award a contract would require several weeks before the work could begin.  Section 7-5-4303 of the MCA allows cities to declare an emergency and waive the requirement for advertising and competitive bidding when ¾ of the Council members present at the meeting declare an emergency.

 

City Council may:

• Approve the emergency resolution for Mountain View Boulevard, or;
• Disapprove the emergency resolution for Mountain View Boulevard.  If the resolution is not approved, the time to reopen Mountain View Boulevard and reconstruct accesses to the properties will be longer.

The financial impacts are unknown at this time.  Gas tax funds will be used for the work.