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STATUS OF OTHER RELATED UNDERGROUND CONVERSION WORK Underground conduits have been installed in Kottinger Drive as part of the Second Street and Kottinger Drive project. It is anticipated that the roadway repaving of Kottinger Drive and Second Street will be completed later this month. PG&E has started placing underground conduit in First Street, with completion of underground conduit work anticipated in the fall of 2005 and overhead wire removal occurring in the beginning of 2006. As part of the utility conversion, the City of Pleasanton has taken on the responsibility to oversee the individual conversion of overhead utilities on private property. Typically, the individual service connections are the responsibility of the individual property owners. However, by the City taking on this responsibility, the coordination effort will be limited to the City's contractor and PG&E, rather than having PG&E coordinating the conversion efforts with 42 individual property owners and potentially 42 separate contractors. Having all of the work done by one contractor will improve efficiency and reduce overall project costs. The individual conversion of electrical services on private property is referred to as "The First Street Underground Utility Conversion (CIP No. 025071B)". This portion of work is under a separate design and will be advertised and bid separately. When the District was formed, the City Council invoked Rule 20A provisions which allowed for Rule 20A funds to pay for the undergrounding of conduit up to 100 feet on private property, and up to $1500 for each electrical panel box conversion for both residential and commercial properties. However, any costs in excess of the Rule 20A funds will be covered either by the City for residential properties, or by the property owner for commercial properties. The City currently has in place executed agreements that provide for reimbursement of the conversion costs to the City. The City's contractor will perform all work and, in mm, the City will pay the contractor as work progresses. Once completed, the City will invoice PG&E for alt reimbursable costs covered under Rule 20A. Since all of this work is to be performed on private property and involves the routing of services through crawl spaces, attics, or eaves, the exact costs for this work is currently unknown at this time. It is projected that cost will range from $200,000-$300,000, with 80 to 90 percent of the costs being reimbursable under Rule 20A. It is expected that this work will be put out to bid later this year, with award of the construction contract in December or January. At that time, when exact costs are known, the City Council will be asked to authorize additional funding from the General Fund to front the costs for work covered by Rule 20A and those costs in excess of Rule 20A for both residential and commercial properties. PROJECT BUDGET The cost for this work will be drawn from the funds allocated for this project and appropriated from the City's General Fund under "First and Kottinger Undergrounding Phase I & II Street Lights and Electrical Service Laterals" (CIP Project No. 025071). The project involves two separate and distinct types of work that include the installation of street lighting and the electrical SR:04:254 Page 3 of 5