REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: HARMANJIT DHALIWAL, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Special Projects & Capital Management Division
RAFAEL SAUCEDO, Chief Engineering Technician
Public Works Department, Special Projects & Capital Management Division
JASON A. CAMIT, PLS, Chief Surveyor
Public Works Department, Traffic & Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Dedicating a portion of City-owned property for public utility purposes to accommodate the construction of an underground utility within Roeding Park adjacent to State Route 99. (Council District 3)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council adopt a resolution dedicating a portion of City-owned property for public utility purposes to accommodate the construction of underground utilities within Roeding Park adjacent to State Route 99.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Caltrans has secured funding to rehabilitate and improve State Route 99 from El Dorado Street to Clinton Avenue. The project will reconstruct the freeway pavement and several bridges but will also improve freeway operations by adding auxiliary lanes. The project includes re-construction of the freeway interchange at Olive Avenue, removal of the existing entrance and exit ramps at Belmont Avenue and at McKinley Avenue, and removal of the Teilman Avenue overcrossing.
To facilitate the re-construction of the interchange at Olive Avenue, existing utilities need to be relocated from the existing Olive Avenue interchange. To accommodate this utility relocation, a public utility easement (PUE) is needed under the existing Pacific, Gas, & Electric (PG&E) power pole line within City-owned Roeding Park property (Property).
The dedication of the PUE will enable the City to have the authority to permit California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) registered utilities the right from time to time to excavate for, construct, reconstruct, remove, r...
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