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Item #20 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 7,2005 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKHER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN OF RANCHO MEDITERRANIA ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UPGRADE TO DANIEL AND ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,200. DATE: MAY 31, 2005 In 1993, the Redevelopment Agency acquired Rancho Mediterrania as part of a litigation settlement. The Agency's intent was to sell off each individual lot to low to moderate income households for the purposes of maintaining and preserving low to moderate income housing units within the City. For the past several years, Rancho Mediterrania has experienced recurring high voltage electrical system failure which causes blackouts for the entire subdivision. This failure is due to continuous deterioration of direct buried high voltage cables that were originally installed to nm the system. In March of 2005, staff contacted Daniel and Associates to make a preliminary assessment of this recurring electrical system failure. Staff provided Daniel and Associates with all of the available maintenance records and met with Subsurface Electric, Inc. (electrical maintenance contractor of Rancho Mediterrania) for further data gathering. ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION: Daniel and Associates recommended that all the high voltage cable for the whole subdivision be replaced. Direct buried cable life is good for 20 years and it will start to deteriorate beyond that period. Insect and animal bites also contributed to further cable deterioration. He also recommended dividing the system into several separate circuits to avoid total blackout of the whole subdivision. Since the City will need plans and specifications to address this problem and put this project out for bid, staff recommends is retaining the services of Daniel and Associates for $7,200. The scope of work is providing an electrical and street lighting plan for the whole subdivision and providing the