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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16 Brickelltown StreetscapeAgenda Item #16 T o: From: Date: Subject: Board o f Directors Neil Kauf man April 15, 20 15 Discuss io n of t he T own of T ruckee’s Brickelltown Streetscape Project WORKS HO P 1. WHY T HIS MAT T ER IS BEFORE T HE BOARD The W a ter Department anti cipates that an a greement wi th the Town regarding the constructi on of water system faci l i ties with be presented for Board approval in the next few months. 2. HIST ORY The Town of Truckee i s currently undertakin g the Brickelltown Stree tscape project. The project i nvolves undergroundi ng of overh ead utiliti es, constructi on of a pedestri an pl aza and sidewal ks, re al i gnment of Donner P ass Road and creati on of paved parki ng spaces. The area of the project is from 10120 Jibboom Street to the traffic roundab out at the McIve r Crossing. The ove rall project is broken i nto three phases . Phase 1 –Streetscape and si dewal k i mprovements al ong Jibbo om Street, Spring Street and Donner Pass Road from 10120 Jibboom Street to 10178 Donner Pass Road. This work began i n the late summer of 2014 and will be compl eted in the early summer of 2015. Phase 2 –Utility undergroundi ng from 10178 Don ner Pass Road to the McIver Undercrossing roundab out. This work i s scheduled for the summer of 2015. Phase 3 –Donner Pass Road real ignment al ong with si dewalk and streetscape improvements from 101 78 Donner Pass Road to the roundabout. Th i s work is scheduled for the summer of 2016. During the summer of 2014, the W ater De partment undertook the Spring Street Pipeline Rehabilitation project i n order to ad dress a problematic pipeline before the Phase 1 i mprovements were constructed. Michael D. Holley General Manager / W a ter Utili ty Manager 3. NEW INFORMAT ION The W ater Department was conducted fiel d inspection s and evaluati o ns of all of the water system faciliti es al ong Donner Pass R oad from the McIver Un dercrossi ng to Spring Street. The water mai n along this alignment was repl aced in 1985. It is believed that the existing service l atera l s and meter boxes were not replaced at that time but were reconnected to the new mai n. Over the past 30 years, a number of th e service laterals and meter bo xes have been repl aced/upgraded as buildi ngs have been r edeveloped and renovate d in this area. The W ater Department has identi fied ei ght locati ons where meter boxes, servi ce l ateral s or both should be repl aced before the final streetscape improvements are constructed. The W a ter Department has discussed this iss ue with the Town of Truckee and it was agreed that the most co st effecti ve sol u tion woul d be to incl ude replacement of these water faci l i ties in the co ntract documents for t he Town’s uti l i ty undergroundi ng project. The To wn is final i zing the bidding documents for the project and antici pates advertisi ng for bids i n early May 2015. This water system work wi l l be paid for by the Distri ct’s W ater Department. The Town has developed a draft agreement governing this work. A final agreement wi l l be presented to the District’s Board for approval once the bi d opening ha s occurred and the actual bi d prices have been determi ned. 4. FISCAL IMPACT The estimated cost for the water system work is between $30,000 and $50,000. The funding source for thi s work i s the W ater Depa rtment’s Capi tal Repl acement Fund. The Town of Truckee is payi ng for all of the el ectric wor k through a Development Agreement, so there is no direct fiscal impact to the El e ctric Departmen t. 5. RECOMMENDAT ION Receive this report and provide comment. The W a ter Department anti cipates that an a greement wi th the Town regarding the constructi on of water system faci l i ties with be presented for Board approval in the next few months. The electri c work incl udes removal of ap proxi mately 12 00' of overhead l i nes and the associated poles. Included in this work is the instal l ati o n of 3 pad mounted transformers and the co nversion or about 20 s ervices fr om overhead to underground. The Town of Truckee ha s established a Deve l opment Agreement with the Distri ct to account for this work.