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Home My WebLink AboutRDA UNDERGD UTIL'S 07-20-81OATE: TO: FROH: S UBJ ECT: JULY 13, 1981 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ! nter - C om ~JSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOP~-~gT ~ENCY AND STAFF RICHARD EDGAR Ub~D~ING OF UTILITIES AND STREET LIGHT CONSTR~CTIGN IN ~JSTIN REDEVELOPMff~T AREA (RDA) As presented in the 1981-82 approved budget, om,,,,,~tment is in process for two projects; one in the undergrounding and street lights for E1 Camino Real and the other in Irvine Blvd. frcm Yorba to Holt. Beyond these projects, a cc~prehensive array of all RDA area improvements are tabulated for future consideration. Unfortunately, the price tag of $3,000,000 is overwhelming and does not lend itself to simple planning. It is my opinion that' a n~re realistic approach is to make a c~m,~tment in principle that $300,000 or $400,000 of the annual RDA budget be assigned to undergrounding and street lights; then each year a finite increment would be constructed. Each increment would stand alone and not depend on some other construction sequence. In selecting basic increments, I believe a simple mini-goal would be to oa,~lete undergrounding and street lights on all arterial streets within a basic downtown triangle. This triangle would be bounded by Irvine Blvd., Newport Blvd., E1 Camino Real and the extem~ion of E1 Camino Real to Irvine. The following four year program ~uld achieve this goal within the financial restraints: YEAR 1 FISCAL 1982-1983 Irvine Blvd. from Holt to Newport and Holt from Newport to Irvine. This would include the intersection of Irvine and Newport, but would not include the intersection of Holt and Newport. YEAR2 FISCAL 1983-1984 Newport Blvd. frcm Larwin Square to the Flood Control Channel south of Irvine and First Street westerly 200 yards. This would include the Newport/Holt and Newport/First intersections. YEAR 3 FISCAL 1984-1985 Complete First Street from Newport to Prospect. YEAR4 FISCAL 1985-1986 Prospect frcmFirst Street to BenetaWay. UNDEBGROUNDING OF UTILITIES AND STREET LIGHT CONST~3CTION IN ~JSTIN REDEVELOPMSX~T AREA (RDA) JULY 13, 1981 PAGE 2 Ail other undergrounding and street light projects would be on a list to be fulfilled after 1985-1986 fiscal year. No priority would be established, but approximate cost figures would be listed. This plan is rec(~m~nded as an immediate revision to the 1981-1982 budget. By this action, the appropriate utilities could be directed to initiate planning for the 1982-1983 fiscal budget.