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C,. .. RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum R Lt a L i r U ] IT E S BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: June 18, 2010 ITEM NO: 8 SUBJECT: RELOCATION OF ELECTRIC FACILITIES ALONG STATE ROUTE 91 - AMEND EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH POWER ENGINEERS AND APPROVE WORK ORDER NO. 1022588 ISSUE: Obtain engineering services to design the relocation of electric facilities due to freeway widening along State Route (SR) 91 near Fourteenth Street. RECOMMENDATIONS. That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Approve an amendment to the professional services agreement between Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) and Power Engineers, Inc. (Power), of Hailey, Idaho, in the amount of $90,337 for additional design work near Fourteenth Street; and 2. Approve Work Order No. 1022588 in the amount of $2,393,030. BACKGROUND. In October 2006, the Board of Public Utilities recommended that the City Council approve a professional services agreement between RPU and Power. The agreement called for Power to provide an environmental impact report for the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project (RTRP), as well as provide design services for the Project. In 2009, a portion of the RTRP scope of work was accelerated (Subtransmission Project or"STP") due to an urgent need for system reinforcement, independent of RTRP. STP is now in various stages of design and construction. The State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be widening SR 91 from Adams Street to the 60/91/215 Interchange to construct two High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. This work will involve the securing of additional right-of-way property, replacement of bridges, reconstruction of on-ramps and off-ramps, construction of retaining walls, modification of City streets, and all associated utilities relocation work. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2011. This project is under the direction of, and being financed by the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). Caltrans will be serving as the consultant to RCTC for project management and construction contract administration. On June 4, 2010, the Board of Public Utilities recommended that the City Council approve an agreement between RPU and RCTC for the completion of this relocation work. The Caltrans relocation work near Fourteenth Street will be in the same vicinity as some of the STP construction. For the sake of efficiency and elimination of unnecessary confusion and possible errors in the design of the Caltrans relocation, it is recommended that the existing agreement with Power be amended to provide for this additional design work near Fourteenth Street. The estimated cost of the design work is