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the realigned Vineyard Avenue, infrastructure improvements for the School Loop Road, and construction support services, including a management fee. During the course of construction, there have been project revisions due to changed conditions encountered in the field, due to improvements at the Katz Winery, and due to work added that was originally deferred pending the start of residential construction. These revisions have resulted in an increase of just under one million dollars above the original amount to be reimbursed to Greenbriar ($6.6M). The additional work completed in this phase of construction, as well as revisions due to changed conditions, were anticipated by the Specific Plan infrastructure cost estimates and therefore can be covered by Specific Plan fees collected. Revisions necessary due to changed conditions in the field were covered by a contingency amount included in the original cost estimates. No additional General Fund money will be necessary to complete this additional work. Staff recommends an appropriation of $770,000 from the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan Fee account be used to reimburse Greenbriar Homes for this phase of roadway improvements; the remainder will come from existing funding sources. It is anticipated that the Specific Plan Fee Account will be reimbursed at a later time by the developer of Katz Winery and by PG&E for work included or added to the Vineyard Corridor infrastructure project. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The realignment of Vineyard Avenue, from the Ruby Hill Fire Station to Pietronave Lane was established conceptually in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, adopted by the City Council in 1999. The realignment shifted the roadway northerly towards the Arroyo del Valle, eliminating substandard curves that occurred along the then existing roadway alignment, and provides for the future development of intervening properties. This realignment of Vineyard Avenue and construction of other necessary core infrastructure, such as water and sewer lines, provide for the development of properties included within the 384 acre Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan area. The initial phase of construction included roadway improvements for a realigned Vineyard Avenue between the Ruby Hill Fire Station and Pietronave Lane, in addition to the loop road surrounding the school site, and storm drainage improvements, including two storm water detention ponds. Some of the Specific Plan core infrastructure had already been constructed with earlier developments, such as infrastructure constructed with the Vista Diablo subdivision and the S-curve realignment constructed by Signature Properties. SR 05:053 Page 2 of 6