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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIESDATE: FEBRUARY 12, 2018 ITEM NO: 5 SUBJECT:STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS NORTE VISTA SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT –APPROVE WORK ORDER NO. 1722321 FOR $888,000 ISSUE: Approve the capital expenditure of $888,000for Work Order No. 1722321 for the Electric Utility’s share of the City of Riverside Public Works Norte Vista Sidewalk Improvements Project. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities approve the estimated capital expenditure of $888,000 for Work Order No. 1722321for the Electric Utility’s share of the City of Riverside Public Works Norte Vista Sidewalk Improvements Projectfor streetlight installation. BACKGROUND: The Public Works Norte Vista Sidewalk ImprovementProjectis part of a Federal Grantfrom the Active Transportation Program and it is administered by Caltrans. Grants from the Active Transportation Program provide funding for eligible infrastructure projects. The Active Transportation Program Cycle I, allocated funds in the amount of $1,822,000 for this project. Grant funds in the amount of $500,000 have been allocated from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) as part of the Clean Transportation Funding. MSRC’s goal is to support Cities and Counties in their effort to implement clean air and complete streets projects. Additional sources of funding include local matching, along with RPU’s share of the cost for the project. The project will promote active transportation such as walking, biking, and any alternate way of commute besides automobile. It will benefit thearearesidents and students of Norte Vista High School and surrounding area, including Gaylord Street, Jones Avenue, Chadbourne Avenue, and Bushnell Avenue. Public Works’scope of work includes removing conflicting trees, landscaping, irrigation and relocating existing fences, mailboxes and water meters. Additionally, they will be constructingcurb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway approaches and curb ramps to conform to Americanswith Disabilities Act (ADA). The scope of work also includes the installation of 42 new concrete streetlight standards, 15,300 trench feet, 16,000 feet of conduit, 44 pull-boxes, 17,400 circuit feet secondary cables, and related street lighting equipment. The work also includes the replacement of 16 poles, removal of mast arm lights, and transfer of electrical facilities. Intermittentelectric service disruptions will be coordinated during construction and advanced outage notifications will be issued to minimize the impact to customers. The project will replace existing aging infrastructure witha new streetlight system, including underground conduits, streetlight wires,and concrete streetlight pole standards. The new streetlight system will improve lighting in the area, increase system operations, reliability and safety. The work will upgrade Page 15