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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum tlBl it 11 BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: December 17, 2010 ITEM NO: 3 SUBJECT: CABLE REPLACEMENT FOR CASA FLORES II APARTMENT COMPLEX AND MAGNOLIA CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL -WORK ORDER NO. 1104644 ISSUE: Board of Public Utilities approval is requested for Work Order No. 1104644. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Publ c. Utilities approve the estimated capital expenditure of $147,000 to replace out of date and deterioratinc underground electrical equipment and structures located at Casa Flores II Apartment Complex and Magnolia Convalescent Hospital along Magnolia Avenue. BACKGROUND: The underground electric system in this area is over 41 years old and has been experiencing outages due to failing High Molecular Poly Ethylene (HMPE) insulated cable. To prevent additional unplanned outages this project wil replace a total of three transformers as well as approximately 900' of obsolete 15 kV HMPE cable with our current standard 15 kV underground cable and install new conduit and a Pad- mount Junction Cabinet. This project is being completed as a part of the HMPE Cable Replacement Program. The electrical engineering was performed by Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). 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. FISCAL IMPACT: The capital expenditure for the project is estimated to be $147,000 which includes all construction, contingencies, construction management, inspection and design, as summarized in the following table: % Of Total Design, Construction Management, lnspectian $11,760 8% Construction-RPU Electrical Work & Materials $22,050 15% Contgerl 20 of $4,410 -- 3% Construction-Electric Conduit & Structures $108,780 74% Subtotal. $1471000 100% Funds are budgeted and available for this project in the Cable Replacement Account No. 6130000- 470635.