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 City of Hermosa Beach --- 08-28-01
PROJECT NO. CIP 97-182 MYRTLE AVENUE
UNDERGROUNDING AND
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report. Summary: This report covers progress made to date in the two utility districts. All three utilities in the Myrtle District have been successfully converted. The poles on Manhattan, Hermosa, Myrtle and Silverstrand Avenues, Ozone Drive and all but 4 on 25th Street have been removed. The remaining utility poles in the Myrtle District will be removed by August 24, 2001. While the Verizon crew has been working steadily in the district, pole removal has been slow for a number of reasons including: multiple-phone service, plugged telephone conduits, improper connections, conduit crossing to another location, etc. Corrections were completed by August 16, 2001. In the Myrtle District, Adelphia had to make some additional corrections including switching three locations to underground service. Edison completed pole heading in the Myrtle District on July 31 and then started the work in the Loma District. At the present time, three transition poles have been set up in the Loma District and they are currently in the process of installing the necessary components inside the nine district vaults. Anticipated completion of primary and secondary wire pulling is September 15. Once completed, they will begin the private service conversions. Edison’s projected completion is mid-October. Verizon will begin working in the Loma District on August 27 and they estimate completion by the end of November. Work Completed: The majority of the poles in the Myrtle District have been removed. Several locations in the district have had one or more problems with the phone conduits, which have been corrected. Irish Construction assisted the City in relocating the telephone riser duct at the corner of Palm Driver and Greenwich Village at no cost to the City. Adelphia facilitated pole removal by undergrounding several locations on Ozone Drive and one location on 25th Street at Staff’s request. Edison has topped off all existing poles in the Myrtle District and completed installation of permanent streetlights on Myrtle and Silverstrand Avenues and on Ozone Drive. As for the Loma District, fourteen of the eighteen property owners with conversion deficiencies have responded positively and their work is complete. Two of the remaining four have qualified for financial assistance and the remaining two have received permits to rebuild at their locations. Edison has set up three permanent boundary poles in the district. Work In Progress: All utility poles on Palm Drive, 24th, 25th & 26th Streets are going to be removed during the week of August 20. The anticipated completion of pole removal in the Myrtle District is August 24, 2001. Edison is in the process of completing primary and secondary wire pulling in the Loma District as well as finishing the compartment installations in the nine district vaults. City crews will be repainting red lines on Ozone Drive. Work Remaining Verizon will remove the remaining poles in the Myrtle District. Cable, electrical and telephone services in the Loma District all need to be converted to underground. Permanent streetlights need to be installed throughout both districts. Conclusions: The utility service conversions in the Myrtle District have been very successful. All utility poles in the district will disappear by August 24. Edison and Verizon expect to complete their work in the Loma District by mid-October and the end of November respectively. Even with the difficulties encountered since Edison and Verizon began their work, problems resolved with the cooperation of all involved companies. Edison crew delays due to emergency calls could not be avoided in the Myrtle District and the same situation is to be expected during the completion of the Loma District. Staff does feel, however, that the Loma District will be completed at a faster pace and the poles will disappear well before year-end.
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