Title
Approving an electrical easement to Oncor Electric Company for temporary construction power associated with Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
As part of the Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility project, the Construction Manager At Risk (CMAR) for the project, PLW Waterworks, will need temporary construction power to be able to perform site work and for construction administration for the duration of the project. Currently, there is no electric service to the site given the only electrical service to the site was for a small single family household that remains on the property. In order for Oncor Electric Delivery to provide electrical service to the site, they will need to construct temporary electrical poles to distribute power to the job site trailers and around the site during the construction phase.
After much discussion with PLW Waterworks and Oncor regarding the mobilization area for construction and how best to route electrical service to the site, it was determined that Oncor will need to set new poles on the eastern boundary of the site and run overhead electrical lines to a temporary electric construction meter. Given that the site has no existing infrastructure, the standard practice is to give a general easement for the site which will allow Oncor to find the most efficient route for electrical service to be routed to the job site and then an official metes and bounds will be surveyed and drawn up once the exact pole locations are determined.
This easement will allow Oncor to mobilize to the site and determine the most efficient route and come back to the City once they have determined the best route for electrical service for the construction power needed. With the recent approval of GMP # 1 at the November 14th City Council meeting, the CMAR is looking to mobilize and start site work at the beginning of the calendar year and will n...
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