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Approval of the Final Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertising for Bids for the Washington Boulevard Streetlight Improvement Project between Glencoe Avenue and Beethoven Avenue.
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City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council approve the final plans and specifications and
authorize advertising for construction bids for the Washington Boulevard Streetlight
Improvement Project, P-856.
BACKGROUND:
This year’s Capital Improvement Budget includes Washington Boulevard Streetlight
Improvement Project between Glencoe Avenue and Beethoven Avenue, P-856. The
project was approved by the City Council in January 2006 for use of Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, as recommended by the City’s CDBG
Advisory Committee.
The existing streetlight system on Washington Boulevard between Glencoe Avenue
and Beethoven Avenue is obsolete and requires replacement for several reasons:
• It is on a series circuit and is over 30 years old;
• It has lead wiring which tends to corrode; and
• It runs on high voltage.
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 Series circuitry is outdated and no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:
• If one section of the circuit is damaged, the other lights on the circuit fail;
Meeting Date: 7/10/06 Item Number: A-8
AGENDA ITEM: Approval of the Final Plans and Specifications and Authorize
Advertising for Bids for the Washington Boulevard Streetlight Improvement
Project between Glencoe Avenue and Beethoven Avenue
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 July 5
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Washington Boulevard Business Owners (north side; Glencoe Avenue to Beethoven
Avenue) via First Class Postcard, mailed June 30,
2006
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (06/28/06)
CAO Approval:
Jerry B. Fulwood (07/05/06)
City Controller Approval:
Marlee Chang (07/03/06)
City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
• 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).
The proposed new streetlights will be charged a lower energy rate by Southern
California Edison because it requires less power and no maintenance from the utility
company (all maintenance will be performed by Public Works personnel).
DISCUSSION:
The scope of work along Washington Boulevard consists of the removal and
replacement of the existing luminaries on the existing nineteen (19) streetlights and
its associated circuitry on the north side of the street between Glencoe Avenue and
Beethoven Avenue.
Under the general civil engineering agreement, Paller-Roberts Engineering, Inc.
prepared the construction plans and specifications for this project for $19,500. The
plans and specifications have been reviewed by the Engineering Division’s
engineers and are ready for final approval by the City Council.
If City Council approves the request for authorization to proceed with advertising for
construction bids, it is estimated that the request to award a construction contract
will occur at a City Council meeting in September 2006. Afterwards, construction is
slated to begin in October 2006 and expected to be completed by December 2006.
The construction management and construction inspection will be performed by
Engineering Division staff.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Sufficient funds were appropriated for this project in the Capital Improvement Budget
for Fiscal Year 2005/06 and 2006/07 with Gas Tax funds (Business Unit 41800856)
and CDBG-Capital funds (42800856).
ATTACHMENT:
1. Location Map.
City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
MOTION:
That the City Council:
Approve the final plans and specifications and authorize advertising for bids for the
Washington Boulevard Streetlight Improvement Project, P-856.