TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer
Jeremy Knapp, Engineering Services Analyst
DATE: February 22, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
Staff Contact Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Discuss an Increase to the Budget for the APS District 30 Overhead to Underground Conversion and Associated Contract
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Town Value(s):
? Primarily one-acre, residential community
? Limited government
? Creating a sense of community
? Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
? Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
? Preserving natural open space
Undergrounding Overhead Power Lines Improves Community Aesthetics By Eliminating Visual Clutter in our Viewsheds
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Reallocate budget authority to the APS District 30 Conversion project.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town has a long standing history of working with Arizona Public Service (APS) to complete overhead to underground powerline conversions. Since 1988, the Town and APS have completed 36 districts, removed over 74 miles of lines, removed almost 2,000 poles, and invested over $42 million. The final undergrounding district is District 30.
The Town's longstanding agreement for funding undergrounding of overhead electrical lines with APS includes APS paying 45% of the trenching cost, installation of conduits and cable. The Town shares with APS 55% of the underground cost (trenching, conduits wires and appurtenances). Additionally, the Town provides trenching, conduits and pull boxes for CenturyLink and pays them their cost for engineering, wire and labor. The Town also pays for the cost of trenching for Cox Communications.
Undergrounding District 30 is located east of Scottsdale Road, between Jackrabbit Road and Vista Drive (see Attachment A and B). The district is unique in that it borders the C...
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