HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/1/2002 - STAFF REPORTS (19) DATE: May 1, 2002
TO: City Council
FROM: Executive Director-Airports
DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURE - UTILITY COMPANY PAYMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Downtown Parking Structure
Project Administrator to execute utility company payments
SUMMARY:
This action would authorize payments to the utility companies for utility relocation.
BACKGROUND:
The Downtown Parking Structure Project will require numerous utility company
relocations. The utilities require deposits of the necessary funds for the work prior to
the work being carried out. The estimated costs are as follows:
Item Estimate
4" fire service - 3 each @ $18,000 $54,000
6" fire hydrant - 1 each @ $14,000 14,000
Detector checks - 2 each @ $3000 6,000
Backflow - 2 each @ $4500 9,000
Relocate 1 fire service: 2,100
Relocate 1" domestic service 1,000
SCE fees 25,000
Estimated Total $111,100
To ensure this project is not delayed awaiting a City Council meeting,staff seeks pre-
approval to pay utility companies up to $120,000 for required relocation. A Minute
Order is attached for consideration. Funding for these costs will be reimbursed from
the pending bond issuance for the overall project.
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ALLEN F. SMOOT, AAE
Executive Director-Airports E 719
APPROVED
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS: REVIEWED BY DEPI OF FINANCE
1. Minute Order
MINUTE ORDER NO.
AUTHORIZING THE DOWNTOWN PARKING
STRUCTURE PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR
TO EXECUTE PAYMENTS TO UTILITY
COMPANIES UP TO A TOTAL OF $150,000
FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, authorizing the
Downtown Parking Structure Project Administrator to execute
payments to utility companies up to a total of $150,000 for
utility relocations, was adopted by the City Council of the City
of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 1"
day of May 2002.
PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk
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