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File #: 19-0466    Version: 1
Type: Gen. Bus. - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 11/19/2019 Final action:
Title: Presentation of Underground Utility Assessment District 19-4 and Consideration of a Resolutions to Initiate District Formation Proceedings, Approve the Preliminary Engineer's Report, and Set a Date and Time for a Public Hearing (Public Works Director Katsouleas). ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NOS. 19-0103 AND 19-0104
Attachments: 1. UUAD 19-4 Boundary Map, 2. Resolution No. 19-0103, 3. Resolution No. 19-0104, 4. Preliminary Engineer's Report, 5. Sample Ballot & Procedures, 6. Sample Notice of Proposed Assessment, 7. Notice of Public Hearing, 8. Certificate of Sufficiency, 9. PowerPoint Presentation
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Anastasia Seims, Senior Civil Engineer

SUBJECT:Title
Presentation of Underground Utility Assessment District 19-4 and Consideration of a Resolutions to Initiate District Formation Proceedings, Approve the Preliminary Engineer's Report, and Set a Date and Time for a Public Hearing (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NOS. 19-0103 AND 19-0104
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:ody
Staff recommends that City Council adopt the following resolutions to initiate Underground Utility Assessment District (UUAD) formation proceedings for District 19-4 (District 4):

1. Resolution No. 19-0103 approving the Resolution of Intention (Attachment).
2. Resolution No. 19-0104 approving the Preliminary Engineer's Report and setting a Public Hearing for the City Council Meeting of January 7, 2020 (Attachment).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The total cost to underground electrical and telecom utilities for 167 homes in District 4 is $7,255,000, which includes plan designs, construction, construction oversight, cabling, financing, and other incidental costs as follows:

Category Cost
Design Services $ 189,726.00
Construction and Cabling $5,279,613.61
Project Contingency $ 527,961.36
Incidental Expenses $ 628,271.25
Bond Costs $ 629,427.78
Total Undergrounding Costs $7,255,000.00

To date, $222,206 has been spent on utility design plans and Assessment Engineering services using funds provided by various homeowners (Depositors) in District 4. Should District 4 be formed following the results of the Proposition 218 vote, then these funds would be fully reimbursed to Depositors per the terms of the loan agreement approved by City Council on June 5, 2018. Additionally, the City will be reimbursed for its total costs incu...

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