TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Gilbert Gamboa, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Status Update on Existing Underground Utility Assessment Districts in the City (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
RECEIVE REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council 1) receive this report on the status of Underground Utility Assessment Districts (UUADs) 12, 14 and 15, and 2) provide direction on whether to proceed with the formation process of these three districts.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Listed below are total costs that have been appropriated and spent from the unreserved General Fund balance for engineering design and assessment expenses necessary to initiate UUADs 12, 14 and 15.
District 12 District 14 District 15
Southern California Edison $60,000 $80,000 $15,000
Frontier (Verizon) $116,498 $123,248 $*
Spectrum (Time Warner) $20,810 $21,930 $26,825
Assessment Engineering $30,907 $18,572 $ -
Total Funds Expended $228,215 $243,750 $41,825
* Verizon was paid $51,349 for District 15 design services in June 2010 but ultimately refunded its design fee back to the City in June, 2013 following inactivity.
It is important to note that should any assessment district ultimately be approved by a Proposition 218 vote of property owners and City Council, then the engineering design and assessment engineering fees listed above and all other city-incurred expenses are added to the total cost of district formation and recovered. However, these costs are not recovered if the assessment district fails or if it does not proceed to a Prop 218 vote.
BACKGROUND:
Utility undergrounding is the process of placing all overhead utilities (power, telephone, and cable TV wires) and facilities such as electrical transformers underground. ...
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