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and operations, as well as ensuring that all City-owned facilities placed within the public <br /> <br /> way have as-constructed drawings completed and submitted to the Engineering Division <br /> <br /> for record and mapping purposes. <br /> 2.G PERMITS DURING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS <br /> Utility installation or relocation within the public way being performed concurrently with <br /> public infrastructure improvement and construction projects shall require a permit prior to <br /> commencement of utility work. <br /> 2.G.1 City Engineered and Administered Projects <br /> For permit work conducted in conjunction with City engineered or administered projects, <br /> the Utility Inspector will verify that a utility right-of-way permit has been issued and that the <br /> Engineering Division project manager assigned to the project is supplied copies of all <br /> issued permits and associated plans. The Utility inspector will perform inspections and <br /> respond to all locate requests required during contract construction projects administered <br /> by the City until such time as the Engineering Division assigned personnel are on site. <br /> After Engineering personnel are on site, they will be responsible for any required utility <br /> inspections and locates until substantial completion of the project. After substantial <br /> completion, when assigned Engineering personnel are no longer on site, the Utility <br /> Inspector will again be responsible. Substantial completion for projects that include street <br /> work will be completion of the final paving. Substantial completion for projects not <br /> involving street work will be determined by the Engineering project manager. <br /> The Engineering Division project manager shall notify the Utility Inspector in writing (by <br /> memorandum or electronic mail) whenever utility inspection and locate responsibilities for <br /> a project transfer to Engineering personnel (when an Engineering inspector is assigned to <br /> on-site inspection) and when responsibilities transfer back to the Utility Inspector (upon <br /> substantial project completion). At the time of project substantial completion, the Utility <br /> Inspector shall be provided documentation of all field design changes in underground <br /> facilities which occurred during the construction project. The Utility Inspector may be <br /> required to respond to locate requests after the project is completed but prior to availability <br /> of as-constructed drawings. <br /> The inspection for any utility facilities relocation which was performed due to the City's <br /> contract construction project but which lies outside the limits of the construction project <br /> shall be the responsibility of the Utility Inspector. <br /> 2.G.2 Privately Engineered Public Improvement Projects <br /> Provisions for utility permits and inspection for City engineered and administered projects <br /> shall apply to privately engineered public improvement projects with the exception that <br /> Engineering Division personnel inspect only utility crossings installed concurrent with <br /> public improvements inspected by the Engineering inspector. All other right-of-way permit <br /> related inspection activities on such projects will be performed by the Utility Inspector. <br /> Utility & R/W Permit Policy 14 06/01/97 <br /> <br />