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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Ray's Electric for Streetlight Conduit Replacement on Fernside Boulevard Project, P.W. No. 06-23-18, in an Amount, Not-to-Exceed $824,369, including Contingency.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Underground streetlight service and the conduit it resides in require periodic replacement to ensure a continuity of service. The project consists of removing and replacing streetlight conduits, conductors, streetlight pull boxes, and other items shown on the contract drawings for Fernside Boulevard from Tilden Way to High Street. Staff requests City Council award the contract to Ray's Electric, the lowest responsive bidder, in an amount not-to-exceed $824,369, including contingency.
BACKGROUND
Street, parking lot, and park pathway lighting has either above ground or underground electrical services to the light. Underground electric services are installed in a conduit that, depending on the material and the surrounding environment (roots, corrosive soils, groundwater, etc.), has an expected useful life before the conduit and wire must be replaced. Based upon the rate of failure of lighting service conduit, Public Works prepared a master plan to replace conduit when it reaches the end of its useful life, and ideally prior to failure. The master plan identifies annual project areas to replace service conduit based upon expected budget.
Fernside Boulevard between Tilden Way and High Street was identified as high priority conduit replacement to prevent streetlights from being out of service due to conduit failures. The project will remove and replace streetlight conduits, conductors, and stre...
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