20-PRESENTATION FROM STAN MCKEE REGARDING ONCOR'S UNDERGROUND COST RECOVERY FACTOR (UCRF)

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Submittal Date: 08-12-2011 Council Date: 08-22-2011 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET Otiginating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: Engineering, Planning & Shawn Napier, P.E. Director of Development Engineering, Planning & 20, RECOMMENDED MOTION: Deliberate on presentation from Stan McKee regarding Oncor's Underground Cost Recovery Factor rr rru M POLICY ISSUE(S): Franchise Utilities BACKGROUND: The City of Paris has been exploring the option of placing the current overhead utilities underground in conjunction with the next sidewalk replacement project along Clarksville Street. ONCOR and Suddenlink have facilities in the two block area just east of the plaza. ONCOR Electric Delivery's estimate for a turnkey job is $51,734.00; the price does not include the price to repair the sidewalk in order to create an area for the contractor to bore the underground lines. It also does not include an estimate to acquire the services of an electrician to change the electric services from being served from an overhead line to an underground line. The services must meet code and several of the meter bases do not currently meet code if we alter them. The second price from ONCOR was $22,693.00 if the City did the "civil work." This would mean that ONCOR would supply the City with the PVC pipe and precast pads for transformers and secondary handholes (boxes in the sidewalk). ONCOR would come in after the underground pipe was installed and pull the electric lines through the PVC lines. The remainder of the costs are as follows: Fee for Hayter Engineering to prepare the underground options $3,800.00 Price from Suddenlink to pull new cable in PVC lines installed as part of the City's Sidewalk contractor $1,262.30 Estimated cost to provide all of the underground facilities for Suddenlink $22,065.00 Estimated fee to provide all of the underground facilities for ONCOR if we selected not to do the turn key job $19,030.00 Estimated fee to transfer electric services from weather heads to underground lines and bring the meter bases up to code $8,800.00 Total cost if ONCOR did the turn key job would be approximately $90,000.00 The Total cost if the City of Paris does the civil work for ONCOR would be approximately $78,000.00 The grant for the sidewalk replacement did not include money for placing utilities underground. Any additional funds would be the City's responsibility. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 -1 145