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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />AUGUST 24, 2011 <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />AGREEMENT WITH MACADEE ? As Recommended <br />ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC. ? As Amended <br />FOR REWIRING STREET LIGHTS IN El Ordinance on Reading <br />El Ordinance on 2n "d Reading <br />OAKMONT - FAIRMONT ? Implementing Resolution <br />NEIGHBORHOOD ? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />CITY-MANAGER <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with <br />Macadee Electrical Construction, Inc. to rewire the streetlight system in the Oakmont - Fairmont <br />Neighborhood for an amount not to exceed $31,135 subject to nonsubstantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney (Exhibit 1). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The street lighting system in the Oakmont - Fairmont Neighborhood is a high-voltage system that <br />is antiquated and obsolete. These lights are on a single wire series system that has been a <br />constant source of maintenance problems. The unique incandescent lamp that operates with the <br />system is no longer being manufactured. The Philips Corporation, the only remaining <br />manufacturer of these lamps, recently stopped production of the lamps without warning. The City <br />has a very small supply of replacement lamps and there are no more available on the market. To <br />avoid lengthy lighting outages, the best option available at this time is to replace the system with <br />modern street light fixtures. <br />To install new fixtures, the neighborhood needs to be rewired to enable a modern multiple-wire <br />240 volt system. The intent is to use existing conduit and poles, remove the obsolete series- type <br />wire, and install new wiring with new fixtures, ballasts, and lamps. <br />On June 2, 2011 Requests for Proposals were mailed to 25 electrical contractors. There are no <br />qualified contractors based in Santa Ana. <br />25 Requests for Proposals mailed <br />0 Requests for Proposals mailed to Santa Ana contractors <br />4 Proposals received <br />0 Proposals received from Santa Ana vendors <br />25D-1