TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer
Jeremy Knapp, Engineering Services Analyst
DATE: March 8, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
Staff Contact Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Authorize the Town Manager to enter into a contract with Arizona Trench Company for trenching, installation of underground conduits, pull boxes and equipment pads for District 30 Overhead to Underground Conversion Project in an amount of $659,196 and authorize payment of $159,757 to Arizona Public Service and $113,286.63 to CenturyLink upon completion of District 30 in Fiscal Year 2019 and authorize a budget transfer from FY2017-18 CIP Project 2016-14.1 Lincoln Drive - Ritz Related Roadway Improvements to CIP Project 2016-02 APS District 30 to fund the town's portion of the project.
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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
Approval of the necessary contracts and budget transfer to complete APS District 30 Overhead to Underground 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, ...
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