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Item 9 - Poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park Electrical Renovation Project AGENDA.REPORT SUMMARY TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council/ Honorable Chairman and Members of the Redevelopment Agency FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Manager / Executive D~ INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager and Assistan( B '\ Executive Director David Narevsky, Redevelopment Manager DN Javid Siminou, Senior Civil Engineer ~ Wayne R. Gilbert, Housing Program coordinator\P~ DATE: September 21, 1993 SUBJECT: Poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park Electrical Renovation Project - Appropriation of Funds ABSTRACT A contract has been approved and construction is underway for the replacement of the underground electrical system at Poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park. Due to problems encountered during construction with gas lines, it is recommended that the City Council/Redevelopment Agency approve staff recommendation to modify the existing contract to add installation of a new gas system in Phase II at Poway Royal Estates. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW An environmental review of the project was previously conducted. The review determined that the project was exempt from CEQA and a notice has been filed with the County Clerk. No additional environmental review is necessary. FISCAL IMPACT There are sufficient funds available to complete this project within the capital improvement reserve fund, created when the Certificates of Participation were issued for the Park purchase. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Bill Cross, President of the Poway Royal Mobilehome Owners Association, will receive a copy of this report. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency approve staff recommendation to modify the existing contract to add installation of a new gas system in Phase II at Poway Royal Estates. ACTION summary.mem 1 of 3 SEP 21 1993 ITEM 9./ - AGENDA REPOR" CITY OF POW A Y This repon is included on the Consent Calendar. There will be no separate discussion of the report prior to approval by the City Council unless members of the Council. staff or public request it to be removed fro~ the ~onsent Calendar and discussed separately. If you wish to have this report pulled for discussion, please fill out a slIp IndICatmg the report number and give it to the City Clerk prior to the beginning of the City ~ouncil meeting. .. TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the C1ty Counc1l Honorable Chairman and Members of the Redevelopment Agency FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Manager/Executive ~or,' INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant city Manager/AssistantC~ Executive Director '~ . David Narevsky, Redevelopment ManagerD~ Javid Siminou, Senior civil Engineer ~ Wayne R. Gilbert, Housing Program coordinato~~ September 21, 1993 DATE: SUBJECT: poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park Electrical Renovation Project - Appropriation of Funds BACKGROUND On September 1, 1992, the City Council/Redevelopment Agency adopted Resolution No. 92-172 and Resolution No. R-92-57 approving the electrical renovation project at poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park. On December 15, 1992, authorization was granted for award of bid for the poway Royal Estates Mobilehome Park Electrical System Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $1,505,825. Although $1,505,825 was the amount authorized, $275,000 has been designated for the replacement of the telephone and Cox cable systems and has not been utilized as it was determined to delete this work. Instead, the $275,000 could be utilized for the installation of a new gas system in the Phase II area of poway Royal Estates, consisting of 200 spaces. FINDINGS During the trenching of Phase I, the contractor encountered a number of gas leaks, caused by old steel gas piping leaking at the unions and seams of the piping. Approximately 400 feet of the piping required replacement. This work was completed outside of the contract for the electrical renovation project. On a few occasions, SDG&E responded to gas leaks and was ready to shut down the Park had the Park not responded immediately to the gas leaks. The Park gas system is fed by a master meter with two lines, Phase I and Phase II. ACTION: --, J SEP 21 1993 ITEM 9.' 2 of 3 poway Royal Estates Mobi1ehome Park Electrical Renovation project- Appropriation of Funds September 21, 1993 Page 2 Based on the experiences learned in Phase I, we are anticipating similar experiences, gas leaks, and outages in Phase II. The cost to replace the entire gas system in Phase II is estimated between $500,000 and $600,000 if this work was done as a separate project. However, we anticipate a reduction of this cost to approximately $300,000 because the trenching and laterals will already be opened and available to install a dual system, both electric and gas, at one time, rather than as two separate projects. Should the change order be approved for Phase II, the contractor will hire a sub-contractor approved by SDG&E for the installation of gas systems. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW An environmental review of the project was previously conducted. The review determined that the project was exempt from CEQA and a notice has been filed with the County Clerk. No additional environmental review is necessary. FISCAL IMPACT There are sufficient funds available to complete this project within the capital improvement reserve fund, created when the Certificates of Participation were issued for the Park purchase. Staff will seek reimbursement of any additional funds from the Capital Improvement Fund. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Bill Cross, President of the poway Royal Mobilehome Owners Association, will receive a copy of this report. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council/Redevelopment Agency: 1. Approve staff recommendation to modify the existing contract with Me1 Smith Electric to add the gas line replacement for Phase II. 2. Authorize staff to utilize the available remainder of the $275,000, for the replacement of the gas system in Phase II. 3. Authorize an additional $25,000 should the change order reach the present estimate of $300,000. 19 a:\gasphase 3 of 3 SEP 21 1993 ITEM ~.I