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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: January 21, 2011 ITEM NO: 5 SUBJECT: LINCOLN AVENUE STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION PROJECT ISSUE: Board of Public Utilities approval is requested for Work Order No. 1111052. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council approve the estimated capital expenditure and reimbursement to Riverside Public Utilities from the General Fund of $275,000 to install 13 new concrete streetlight standards on Lincoln Avenue between Monroe and Grattan Streets. BACKGROUND: Before 1982, developers were sometimes not required to install street lights on developments that included reverse frontages. A reverse frontage is typically where a residential development backs up to a larger roadway, but the entrance to the homes is from interior streets. As a result, several portions of arterial roadways within the City of Riverside do not have consistent street lighting. One such area is Lincoln Avenue between Adams Street and Van Buren Boulevard. Throughout this section of roadway, there is sporadic lighting on either side of the street. However, there is approximately 1,260 feet along Lincoln Avenue between Monroe and Gratton Streets where there is no street lighting at all. Expenditures for these types of street light installations are not funded through Public Utilities as street lighting is a responsibility of the developer or general government. Therefore, the City's General Fund will reimburse the Utility for actual costs. The electrical engineering will be performed by Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) staff. All civil work including trenching, conduits, and other infrastructure work will be performed by a contractor through the competitive bid process. Electrical work will be performed by RPU field forces. The Public Works Director concurs with the recommendation above. FISCAL IMPACT: The capital expenditure for the project is estimated to be $275,000, and includes all streetlight material, construction, contingencies, construction management, inspection and design, as summarized in the following table: