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Transportation Department recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Grant Easement from the County to AT&T for an exclusive easement for the relocation of utilities.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
There is no fiscal impact and no net cost to the County General Fund associated with this agenda item.
Background:
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and AT&T design staff have coordinated the planning and design efforts for the relocation of AT&T facilities in conflict with the US Hwy. 50/Missouri Flat IC Phase 1B project. In this relocation planning, multiple options were considered. DOT and AT&T design staff concluded that the most cost effective method for both the County and AT&T is to relocate portions of AT&T’s facilities from their existing underground location within Caltrans right of way, to an existing overhead pole line outside of Caltrans right of way. In order to facilitate this alternative, AT&T must place an expensive remote terminal (RT ) conversion cabinet in an easement to be granted exclusively to AT&T by the County. The County’s share of relocation cost for this alternative is estimated to be approximately $112,000 and is reflected in the Utility Relocation Agreement and Joint Use Agreement (URA/JUA; refer to Legistar #09-0190).
If the preferred alternative noted above were not to be utilized, AT&T and DOT have identified two other alternatives and the additional costs associated therewith. The second alternative would relocate AT&T facilities overhead (OH) without an RT conversion, necessitating the replacement of the existing AT&T pole line with an added cost to the County of approximately $50,000, for a total cost of $162,000 ($112,000 cost under the URA/JUA + $50,000 OH cost = $162,000). The third alternative would relocate AT&T facilities underground (UG) outside of the Caltrans Right-of-way at an additional cost to the County of approximately $250,000, for a total cost of $362,000 ...
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