AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 10/17/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Public Works Department
Department of Water and Power
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Corona and the County of Riverside pertaining to the relocation of utilities to accommodate the construction of the Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley, Utilities Relocation; and appropriate $505,070.12 within the Water Utility Fund to create a new Capital Improvement Project titled “Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley, Utilities Relocation.”
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
1. City Council approve and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Corona and the County of Riverside, in the amount of $419,070.12, for the City to pay costs incurred by the County to relocate utilities (facilities) within County right-of-way along Temescal Canyon Road in Temescal Valley for which the City does not have prior property right, title, or interest.
2. City Council authorize an appropriation of $505,070.12 within the Water Utility Fund (Fund 570) to create a new Capital Improvement Project titled “Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley, Utilities Relocation.”
3. Corona Utility Authority (CUA), review, ratify, and to the extent necessary, direct that the City Council take the above actions.
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ANALYSIS:
The County of Riverside Transportation Department has designed, bid, and prepared to award a construction contract to widen two segments of Temescal Canyon Road from two to four travel lanes between Dawson Canyon Road and Dos Lagos Drive in the community of Temescal Valley. The two segments to be widened are located from Dawson Canyon Road to a location 0.7 miles north of Dawson Canyon Road and from Dos Lagos Drive to Leroy Road, as shown on Exhibit “A.”
The proposed roadway improvements include the construction of one (1) additional lane in each direction and an 8-foot bike lane in each direction, along with a continuous center-turn pocket. Traffic signals will be modified at Dawson Canyon Road and Dos Lagos Drive. Additional improvements include construction of a retaining wall, drainage improvements, utility relocations, sidewalk, curb and gutter, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps, roadside signs, pavement markings, and reconstruction of driveways.
The proposed storm drains to be constructed for the road widening project require the vertical relocation of the City’s existing welded steel Glen Ivy waterline at two locations. The Glen Ivy waterline was constructed in the period 1977-79 within the established County right-of-way for Temescal Canyon Road. The County has vested prior property right, title, or interest to accommodate the construction of the Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley. The City is required to relocate the Glen Ivy waterline upon request by the County.
The City has requested the County to include the waterline relocation work in the County’s roadway and utilities improvement plans to enable the utility’s relocation work to be scheduled and performed with the roadway work, thus avoiding potential costs associated with construction delays if the utility relocation work was bid as a separate project.
Proposed City utilities relocation work includes construction of a new 18-inch ductile iron pipe in a lower vertical profile along the existing 18-inch steel waterline horizontal alignment, and installation of new valves, fittings and appurtenances at the locations shown in Exhibit “A.”
The County has completed the Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley design, advertised the project for bidding, and opened bids on September 5, 2018. The County intends to award the construction contract at the County Supervisors meeting on November 6, 2018, and begin construction in late 2018.
The Reimbursement Agreement stipulates the responsibilities of the City and the County for utilities relocation as required for construction of the Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not applicable.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated construction costs for this project are outlined as follows:
The recommended action will result in an appropriation of $505,070.12 from the available working capital in the Water Utility Fund (Fund 570) to fund a newly created Capital Improvement Project titled “Temescal Canyon Road Widening Project, Temescal Valley, Utilities Relocation.”
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
As the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the County of Riverside prepared Initial Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations (IS/MND) for the Dawson Canyon Segment and the Dos Lagos Segment of the Project in order to analyze the Projects' impacts to the environment. Based on the findings of the Projects’ Initial Studies, the Projects will not have a significant effect on the environment. On November 14, 2017, by agenda Item 3.24, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors adopted the IS/MNDs. Notices of Determination were filed with the Riverside County Clerk’s Office on November 14, 2017, (E-201701466 & E-201701467) and the posting was terminated on December 20, 2017.
Since the Adoption of the MNDs in 2017, there have been no changes in the Projects nor their circumstances. Thus, no further environmental documentation is required for the approval of the Funding Agreement pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15162.
PREPARED BY: VERNON R. WEISMAN, P.E., DISTRICT ENGINEER
REVIEWED BY: TOM KOPER, P.E., ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: NELSON D. NELSON, P.E., PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: TOM MOODY, GENERAL MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: KIM SITTON, FINANCE MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: CITA LONGSWORTH, PURCHASING MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: MICHELE NISSEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
SUBMITTED BY: DARRELL TALBERT, CITY MANAGER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Exhibit: “A” - Vicinity and Location Map
Attachment: Reimbursement Agreement