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• Consultant, through City staff, shall request and obtain a written acknowledgement of any conflicts from the respective utility owners. • Reasonable efforts shall be taken to accommodate utility company requests for minor design changes to accommodate their facilities. Consultant understands that the utility companies are generally operating within the City right-of-way but may have prior rights to that of the City in some cases. • Consultant, through City staff, shall issue mid -design letters with 50% plans which requests utility owner to initiate relocation engineering, funding, properly rights checks, etc. • Consultant shall monitor each utility owner that has conflicting facilities and shall obtain relocation plans and other relevant information from utility owner. Consultant shall review relocation plans for conformance with the requirements of the project. • Consultant shall coordinate inclusion of special provisions in City's bid documents for adjustments and relocations of utility facilities as alternate bid items, if requested by the owning utility. Said work may require that cooperative agreements be prepared by City between the City and the owning utility companies. Engineer shall provide information and exhibits as required to support the preparation of cooperative agreements, if needed. • Consultant shall conduct utility coordination meetings, as needed, regarding adjustments and relocations, to resolve conflict issues. • For utility conflicts that require relocating, Consultant staff shall submit the official notice / order to the utility companies to relocate conflicting facilities. • Consultant shall make recommendations for special provision language with regard to utility issues, recommendations for construction windows of time for utility relocation activities, recommendations for inclusion of utility bid items, etc. • For utility conflicts with City owned water, sewer, reclaimed pipelines, electrical, Fiber Optic lines, Signal electrical, or storm drain that require relocating, Consultant shall prepare the required relocation plans or new installation plans as necessary to provide biddable Plans and Specifications (turn -key service). City staff shall submit the official notice / order to the utility companies to relocate conflicting facilities. • For utility conflicts or improvements within properties that shall be affected with the Project, the Consultant is responsible to prepare the needed plans for relocation or demolitions and re-establishment (such as irrigation., landscape, electrical services, lighting, gas services, communication, etc.) Consultant shall locate and tie any features that would affect the design or construction. 11. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) shall be developed with the objective to provide continuous traffic circulation and access, with adequate space for safe and efficient construction. The TMP will be coordinated with project stakeholders to include but not be limited to: • Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) • Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) • California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) • California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) • Businesses • LocaI neighborhood associations, and • Other public or private agencies/utilities or parties.