TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Joe Parco, City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Approval of a Joint Use Agreement (JUA) with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the Undergrounding of Overhead Facilities on Rosecrans Avenue (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Joint Use Agreement (JUA) with SCE for the undergrounding of overhead facilities on Rosecrans Avenue from Redondo Avenue to Manhattan Gateway
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The total costs expended to date to underground SCE facilities on Rosecrans Avenue from Redondo Avenue to Manhattan Gateway is $2.14 million (See attachment 2). No additional costs are anticipated.
BACKGROUND:
On September 15, 2005, the City entered into a Call for Projects Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Nash/Douglas and Rosecrans Avenue Intersection Improvements Project. These improvements that make up the Rosecrans Corridor Transportation Improvement Project (RCTIP) were developed to enhance transportation capacity, reduce congestion and provide better ingress and egress to businesses located along the Rosecrans Avenue Corridor.
Phase 1 of the RCTIP included Intersection Capacity Improvements for Rosecrans Avenue at Nash, Apollo and Continental. Work consisted of the following improvements:
? Nash Street - Construction of a 2nd westbound left-turn lane and southbound receiving lane and conversion of an existing northbound approach lane to a left-turn lane and shared thru-right lane
? Apollo - Construction of a southbound right-turn lane and a 2nd southbound receiving lane.
? Manhattan Gateway - Construction of a 2nd southbound left-turn lane, 2nd westbound left-turn lane, 2nd northbound left-t...
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