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Central Mesa Light Rail Extension - City Funded Utility Improvements (Districts 3 and 4)
The Council-approved Design and Construction Agreement for the Central Mesa Light Rail Extension (CME) includes a process for the City to add City-funded improvements to the project. These improvements typically include upgrades to City utilities and other facilities that are located adjacent to or within the new light rail facilities, but are not being impacted directly by the project. These improvements are referred to as Concurrent Non-Project Activities (CNPA), which must be funded by the City. These improvements include upgrades to water, sewer, and gas facilities throughout the project limits as well as adding sleeves (conduits for future utilities) under the light rail tracks in downtown to allow for future repair and/or expansion of the Chilled Water system.
The benefits of including these utility improvements now is that the work is performed at the same time as other similar project work and greatly reduces or eliminates future disruptions to the new roadway pavement and traffic adjacent to the new light rail system.
City staff recommends the approval of the expenditure of funds for various City of Mesa utility improvements located throughout the CME project. The total amount of the proposed improvements is $2,830,863.00. Funding for these CNPA's is available from the 2010 Gas ($515,332), Water and Wastewater ($2,254,662) Bond Authorization. Funding is also available from the Enterprise Fund for the Chilled Water improvements ($60,869).