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Staff Report for the Resolution Accepting the Work for Street Light Undergrounding - East 14th (150th to South City Limit), Project No. 07-210-38-172
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends acceptance of the work, filing of the Notice of Completion, and authorizing the City Manager to release the Maintenance Bond for the subject project upon successful completion of the one-year maintenance period.
BACKGROUND
The master plan for the undergrounding of overhead utilities in San Leandro was created in 1992. East 14th Street was included as an underground utility street in this master plan. In October 1999, the City Council created an Underground Utility District (District) on East 14th Street from 153rd Avenue to the southerly city limits. In April 2003, the District was extended northward to 150th Avenue to encompass the subject project area.
In 2000, PG&E started to underground the existing overhead utilities, but declared bankruptcy and suspended work on the project before it could be completed. AT&T assumed responsibility for the project and installed conduits along East 14th Street for the undergrounding of the overhead wires in 2010. The City then moved forward with the subject project to install new street lights to replace the obsolete light poles powered from overhead wires.
Construction is now completed for the subject project, which installed twenty-one new street lights between 150th Avenue and the southerly City limits on the southwesterly side of East 14th Street. The old street lights were powered from overhead wires, were in poor condition, and did not meet current standards. The new lights have longer mast arms to help distribute light to the northeasterly side of East 14th Street and are fed via underground electrical conductors. Vandal resistant pull box inserts were installed to prevent wire theft.
Analysis
On June 20, 2011, the City Council awarded the construction contract for the subject project to Ten...
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