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W A T E R E N E R G Y T I F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES id& Board Memorandum P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JANUARY 14, 2019 ITEM NO: 6 SUBJECT: 12KV ELECTRICAL FEEDERS FOR THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD PROJECT— WORK ORDER NO. 1709454 FOR $757,000 ISSUE: Approve Work Order No. 1709454 in the amount of $757,000 for the 12kV Electrical Feeders for the California Air Resources Board Project. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities approve Work Order No. 1709454 in the amount of $757,000 for the 12kV Electrical Feeders for the California Air Resources Board Project. BACKGROUND: On June 25, 2018, the Board of Public Utilities (Board) received the Planned Routine Capital Projects over $500,000 for Electric for Fiscal Year 2018-19 report. One of the projects mentioned was the planned electrical feeder project to serve the California Air Resources Board (GARB) Project. CARB is currently constructing their new Southern California Headquarters state-of-the-art facility at 4001 Iowa Avenue, near Everton Place. The Department of General Services (DGS) is managing the overall project and has retained Hensel Phelps Construction to design and build the new headquarters facility. The facility is expected to be ready for occupancy February 2021. Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) will provide primary electrical service construction of two new 12kV underground electrical feeders out of the University Substation. DGS has requested that permanent electrical service be available no later than September 2019, to align with the existing construction schedule. In collaboration with DGS and University of California, Riverside (UCR), Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) Electric Engineering staff prepared electrical plans and specifications to serve the CARB project. In coordination with the Public Works Department and DGS, RPU will underground the existing overhead electric lines on Iowa Avenue between Everton Place and Martin Luther King Boulevard during Public Works Street Improvement Iowa Avenue Widening Project. The turnkey cost for this activity along the CARB frontage will be reimbursed by CARB as part of the reimbursement agreement between the City and CARB. Public Works is the lead on the reimbursement agreement and will seek Council approval in the first quarter of 2019. RPU staff will return to the Board to seek approval under a separate work order for the Iowa Avenue overhead to underground scope of work after the contract bids are received in the second quarter of 2019.