HomeMy WebLinkAboutC23000-B - Southern California Edison - PD Highlands Utility UndergroundingCITY OF PALM DESERT
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: APPROVAL FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PALM DESERT
HIGHLANDS UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
NO. 04-01
FROM: PAT CONLON, SPECIAL PROJECTS ADMINISTRATOR
DATE: JULY 10, 2004
CONTENTS: LOCATION MAP
CONTRACT NO C-23000 WITH MUNI FINANCIAL
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WORK ORDER
NO. 4-7112 6879-7106
VERIZON LETTER OF 5/28/04 REQUESTING ENGINEERING
DEPOSIT
Recommendation:
By minute motion:
1) Approve Contract No. C- 23000 with MuniFinancial in the amount of $123,087
for assessment district engineering services and include a 10% contingency in the
above contract for the amount of $12,308.
2) Approve Southern California Edison Work Order No. 4-7112 6879-7106 in the
amount of $3,000 for engineering services.
3) Approve Verizon Engineering pre -deposit in the amount of $5,000 for the
engineering services.
4) Authorize the appropriation of $143,395 for the unobligated fund 400 reserves.
Discussion:
This action is necessary to begin the engineering for the Palm Desert Highlands Utility Under
grounding Assessment District. This engineering work will take approximately six months to
complete. Upon completion, staff will return to the City Council for the following actions:
1) The preliminary engineering report and a request to advertise for public bids and
authorization to send out ballots.
2) After bids are opened, the assessment is spread and ballots are mailed out to
property owners.
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3) The ballots are returned, counted, and if successful the construction contract is
awarded.
This entire process will take about one year to complete. If all goes well and the assessment
district successfully forms, work could begin in summer of 2005 in this neighborhood.
The above monies expended by the City for engineering services will be recovered from
assessment district bond funds if the assessment district successfully forms.
Submitted by: Approval:
Ateeridoyi,,_
P t Conlon Paul Gibson
Special Projects Administrator Director of Finance/City Treasurer
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EXHIBIT A
2004/JUN/24/THU 01:48 PM SCE PLANNING DEPT P5
FAX No. 760 202 4294 P. 001/001
PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AGREEMENT
The Agreement is between Southern California/Edison Company ("SCE") and
G, PA- . S Er- ("Applicant")
Applicant may request at a future date that Southern California Edison Company perform Work related to
the installation, removal, relocation, reareangernent and / or replacement (" WORK") OF SCE's electric
service facilities at /h
Applicant therefore requests that SCR estimate the cost to perl'or m the WORK. SCE must incur certain
expenses for preliminary design and engineering of the WORK. in order to estimate the cost to perform the
WORK contemplated by the APPLICANT. Applicent agrees to pay SCE for au& expenses under the
following terms and conditions:
Applicant aball pay SCE the sum of $ 2• �� �t • in advance for Moues
incurred by SCE for preliminary design and engineering of the WORK contemplated by
Applicant.
2. If Applicant desires SCE to perform the WORD oontemplated by the Applicant.
Applicant shall execute a separate written contract to perform the WORK. If SCE
performs the WORK contemplated by Applicant pursuant to a contract executed by
Applicant within one year from the date herein, the sum paid to SCE by Applicant
pursuant to this Agreement shall be applied without interest to whatever surer are payable
by Applicant pursuant to the contract to perform the WORK. The sums required by the
contract to perform tho WORE, may include costs for additional design and engineering
Mated to the WORK contemplated, by the Applicant.
3. The sum paid by Applicant pursuant to ibis .Agreement shall be fotfbited to SCE if (a)
Applicant requests SCE to perform the WORK but the WORK cannot be completed
through no fault of SCEs, or (b) Applicant fails within ono year from the date herein to
execute a written contract for SCE to perform the WORK.
4. SCE may require Applicant to pay an additional sum pursuant to the agreement if SCE
must modify the scope of the preliminary design and engineering as a result of any
change in the WORK contemplated by the Applicant.
5. This Agreement shall not be conatrucd as a contract to provide electric service to
Applicant or as a oontract to performthe WORTS contemplated by Applicant.
DATED:
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SCE 144148 Now 12/0.3(
By
For
Signature
Namur and Title
Applicant
Received Jun-24-04 12:50pm
From-760 202 4264
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