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W A i£ R E N E R G Y L I t E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April 1, 2011 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ROUTE 91 HOV LANES PROJECT -- PHASE Il RELOCATION OF FIVE WATER MAINS CROSSING THE FREEWAY ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider approval of the reimbursable capital expenditure of $7,062,000 for the design of four (4) water transmission mains and one (1) water distribution main by the bore and jack method. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities increase the following Work Orders and approve the reimbursable capital expenditure of $7,062,000 for the design and construction management of the following projects under their respective Utility Agreements (UA) with Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC): a. Tenth Street Crossing 36 inch Bore and Jack, UA No. 21701, Work Order No. 1112058, for the amount of$1,300,000; b. 12-inch Street 54-inch Bore and Jack, UA No. 21700, Work Order No. 1106616, for the amount of $1,912,000; c. Cridge Street Bridge 42-inch Bore and Jack, UA No. 21218, Work Order No. 1112054, for the amount of$1,200,000; d. Olivewood Crossing 36-inch Bore and Jack, UA No. 21976, Work Order No. 1112061, for the amount of$1,050,000; and e. Ivy Street Bridge 24-inch Bore and Jack, UA No. 21702, Work Order No. 1112059, for the amount of$1,600,000. BACKGROUND: The State of Califomia Transportation Department (Caltrans) will begin work in late fall 2011 on improving the 91 Freeway through the City of Riverside from Adams Street to University Ave. Caltrans has finished the design and will also act as the Construction Administrator through funding by the Riverside County Transportation Commission [RCTC] for the estimated three-year project. Many water facilities owned by the City of Riverside Public Utilities Department will need to be relocated before construction can begin on the freeway. This relocation process will be done in several phases. Phase l was approved by Board on January 7, 2011. This second phase of the project will be to relocate various water facilities by the bore and jack method underneath the 91 freeway. This will accommodate the widening of the freeway and the construction of Cridge Street Bridge and Fourteenth Street Bridge.