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   Railroad Square Utility Underground Conversion

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   The CRA Board approved underground utility conversion costs for Railroad Square along Nebraska Avenue from Adams Street to Grand Boulevard, with Duke Energy not to exceed $173,711.87 and Charter Spectrum not to exceed $56,380.65. Staff noted this was opportune timing because Duke Energy is already in town for a storm hardening project, allowing negotiated cost offsets. Frontier's portion was minimal and handled separately under city manager approval authority.

   • motion:Approve underground utility conversion costs at Railroad Square with Duke Energy ($173,711.87) and Charter Spectrum ($56,380.65). (passed)

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   [00:00:18] Ms. Vance, Railroad Square Utility Underground Conversion. [00:00:21] Talk to us. [00:00:22] This is the first step of the process for us [00:00:30] to initiate the construction work at Railroad Square. [00:00:34] And Mr. Rivera has been working with Duke Energy [00:00:41] to come up and Charter Spectrum to come up [00:00:45] with some costs related to the underground conversion [00:00:50] of their utility infrastructure. [00:00:53] Duke Energy is estimated costs for an amount [00:00:58] not to exceed $173,711.87. [00:01:06] And Charter Spectrum has indicated a fee [00:01:11] in the amount not to exceed $56,380.65 [00:01:19] for their underground conversion. [00:01:23] And this relates to the block of Railroad Square [00:01:28] that spans Nebraska Avenue from Adams Street to Grand Boulevard. [00:01:35] And is there something I'm forgetting, Mr. Rivera, [00:01:38] that we should introduce? [00:01:39] I would just like to add that this is the right time [00:01:43] to do something like this. [00:01:46] As you are aware, Duke Energy is in town [00:01:49] for the storm hardening project that they're doing. [00:01:53] And so we were able to negotiate a deal where [00:01:55] they had the total cost to install all of their lines [00:02:00] and convert them underground and deduct the costs [00:02:04] that they would have spent to upgrade [00:02:07] the system above ground. [00:02:09] So even if you weren't going to do any improvements [00:02:12] to this block, if you wanted to get those facilities [00:02:15] underground, now would be the time to do it. [00:02:19] Are you suggesting we expand the project? [00:02:21] Yeah. [00:02:22] Open it up for public comment. [00:02:27] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to approval. [00:02:31] Second. [00:02:32] To the maker. [00:02:33] So I notice here you have Duke, you have Charter Spectrum. [00:02:37] So there's no other service providers on those poles. [00:02:40] Just Frontier is right there. [00:02:42] They're underground already. [00:02:44] There is Frontier, but their cost was minimal [00:02:47] and it didn't add up to the threshold where we had to go. [00:02:54] The city manager could approve it. [00:02:56] So we didn't add that invoice in here. [00:02:58] OK. [00:02:58] Good. [00:02:59] I just worry because there's a lot of times [00:03:01] they'll go underground or redo stuff [00:03:03] and you still have cable or whoever still [00:03:07] hanging on the poles. [00:03:08] So you still got the ugly poles out there. [00:03:10] So I just want to make sure we're covering everything. [00:03:15] Second. [00:03:21] Let's get going. [00:03:22] Director Allman. [00:03:25] Hallelujah. [00:03:26] There's no further discussion. [00:03:27] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:03:30] Aye. [00:03:31] Opposed, like sign. [00:03:33] Any additional communications? [00:03:36] I've got a comment just to, because I [00:03:39] don't know when the right time to say this, [00:03:42] but I'll say it now. [00:03:45] You know, I want to thank you for your leadership [00:03:47] on this council during the time that I've served here. [00:03:52] And I know you many more years prior to that.

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