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• A 0' .4 "7 •,• •• - .„., • .1r " • tt,.t q';•••r• ••• ' 4 ORANGE'.COUNTY', •: - 4.0 . . ' BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No.Ell ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT MEETING DATE August I, 1983 Subject:. Protection of Telephone Cable 1Department: Community Development 1 Public Hearing: yes X no 1 MAttachfriTT--- Information Contact: Albert Kittrell Phone Number: 732-8181 Ext. 425 Purpose: To consider protecting Southern Bell 's underground telephone cable. Street improvement activities encroached on Southern Bell 's utility easement. Need: Southern Bell has a long distant underground telephone cable that runs through the Northern Fairview Community Development Area. The John McAdams Company, consulting engineers, inad- vertently omitted an easementowned_by Southern Bell from street improvement plans and specifications. After a substantial amount of street improvements had been completed, Southern Bell notified the Community Development Department and The John McAdams Company that street improvement activities were encroaching on their utility easement. Southern Bell is demanding that the underground telephone cable is protected. The specific area in question is brain Street. The cable runs along the shoulder of the street. The new paved street was not constructed over the cable. Southern Bell would like to do the work themselves and invoice the County based on time and materials. They have given an estimate of $2,600.00 to $3,200.00. The John McAdams Company believes their easement gives them the right to require that this work be done. The McAdams Company suggests the County ' arrange to have Southern Bell 'perform the work. Impact: This is a cost that should have been identified and included in the original contract amount. The $3,200.00 estimated , cost will hAv.