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Approve plans and specifications for the Krueger and Lindblade Streets streetlight improvement project and authorize bids.
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City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the final plans and specifications
and authorize advertising for construction bids for the Krueger and Lindblade Streets
Streetlight Improvement Projects, P-652 and P-684.
BACKGROUND:
This year’s Capital Improvement Budget includes Krueger and Lindblade Streets
Streetlight Improvement Project, P-652 and P-684.
The existing streetlight system on Krueger Street between Ince Boulevard and its
northerly terminus and Lindblade Street between Higuera Street and its northerly
terminus was identified as substandard and requires replacement and upgrade. The
existing streetlight system has become obsolete and requires replacement for
several reasons:
It is on series circuit and is over 30 years old;
It has lead wiring which tends to corrode;
It runs on high voltage; and,
It does not provide an adequate level of illumination.
The new system will address these issues. Series circuitry is outdated and no
longer used for street lighting systems due to its inherent maintenance problems,
which include:
Meeting Date: 6/27/05 Item Number: A-5
AGENDA ITEM: Consideration to Approve the Final Plans and Specifications and
Authorize Advertising for Bids for the Krueger and Lindblade Streets Streetlight
Improvement Projects
Contact Person/Dept.: Lee Torres/Public
Works
Phone Number: 310.253.5623
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification:
Master Notification List emailed on June 22
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Krueger Street Residents (Ince Boulevard to its northerly terminus) and Lindblade
Street Businesses (Higuera Street to its northerly terminus) via First Class Postcard,
mailed June 16, 2005
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson 6/15/05
CAO Approval:
Jerry Fulwood 6/20/05
City Controller Approval:
Jim Lavery 6/20/05City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
If one section of the circuit is damaged, the other lights on the circuit fail;
The old lead wiring is much more prone to causing outages than the proposed
modern wiring; and,
Extreme care is required when maintaining the existing high voltage circuitry
(the new system will run on low voltage).
DISCUSSION:
The scope of work along Krueger Street consists of the removal and replacement of
the existing streetlights with one (1) 25-foot-high ‘Cobra-head’ streetlight at the street
terminus; and fourteen (14) 11-foot-high traditional marberlite standards with ‘acorn’
lamps.
The scope of work along Lindblade Street consists of the removal and replacement
of existing streetlights with six (6) 25-foot-high fluted-steel standards. The new lights
will be on parallel circuitry and spaced such that an appropriate level of illumination
is provided.
On June 1, 2005 an invitation was sent to the residents of Krueger Street, between
Ince Boulevard and its northerly terminus; and businesses along Lindblade Street,
between Higuera Street and its northerly terminus, for a community meeting that
was held on June 8, 2005, 7 p.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial Complex. The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss the proposed streetlight improvement project and
provide a forum for the residents to review and comment on the design plans. No
residents or business owners/representatives attended the meeting.
Under Engineering Division staff supervision, Paller-Roberts Engineering, Inc.
prepared the construction plans and specifications for this project for $19,200. It is
proposed that the two projects be combined as one for bidding and construction
purposes. Costs such as mobilization and buying streetlights in bulk will reduce the
overall bid.
The construction management and construction inspection will be performed by
Engineering Division staff.
It is estimated that the award of the construction contract will occur in August 2005
with construction slated to begin in September 2005 and expected to be completed
in November 2005.City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Sufficient funds were appropriated for these projects in the Capital Improvement
Budget for Fiscal Year 2004/05 with Gas Tax funds (Business Unit 41800652 and
41800684).
ATTACHMENT:
1. Location Map.
MOTION:
That the City Council:
Approve the final plans and specifications and authorize advertising for bids for the
Krueger and Lindblade Streets Streetlight Improvement Projects, P-652 and P-684.
6/27/05
Consideration to Approve the Final Plans and
Specifications and Authorize Advertising for
Bids for the Krueger and Lindblade (Streets)
Streetlight Improvement Projects
MEETING DATE
AGENDA ITEM
ATTACHMENTS
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