Important Cathedral City Cove
Phase 1
Construction Information
for the week of January 21, 2008

Project Status Map

Accomplishments

WORK SCHEDULED WEEK OF JANUARY 21, 2008:
The list below represents the best available information for work scheduled during the week of January 21, 2008. The contractor regularly provides door hanger notices on streets prior to construction.

STORM DRAIN WORK IN PROCESS
Storm drain catch basin and manhole installation will continue on :

Cathedral Canyon Drive south of East Palm Canyon Drive.

STREET WORK IN PROCESS
Street work and final cap has been done on the following streets.

SEWER CONNECTIONS APPROVED TO-DATE:
Property Owners have been sent a letter from the City Engineer letting them know that they can connect to their new sewers in the following areas:

NEWLY ADDED:

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED:

The City Engineer will continue to approve connections in the Cove Phase 1 project every few weeks. Letters are mailed to property owners as Desert Water Agency and the City Engineer accept and approve the sewers for connection.

CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE:
Property owners, who also occupy their home in the Cove neighborhood, may qualify for financial assistance for the connection process from Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency Affordable Housing funds. Please call the City’s Housing Department at 760-770-0376 for more information

STREET PAVING COMPLETED TO-DATE:

Note: Cove residents may see construction workers in areas throughout the Phase 1 Cove project that have been paved. This work could be related to surveying, material testing, inspection, contractor punch-list items, and field conditions resulting in unplanned work activity.

CATHEDRAL CANYON DRIVE INFORMATION
Sewer and Street work is on schedule with exception of Cathedral Canyon Drive based upon information below:

The City is on schedule with the sewer project and the contractor has completed the sewer installation on Cathedral Canyon Drive. Cathedral Canyon Drive has been closed to thru-traffic as preparation has been made to install a storm drain system on this street.

However, the storm drain system – not being paid for by the Cove Improvement Assessment District – had to be redesigned, which has caused a delay. The utility lines were not shown in the right locations on official maps, often times shallower than indicated. Once identified, the true locations required a different style of pipe and catch basins on Cathedral Canyon Drive, Palo Verde Drive and Tahquitz Road.

Because storm drain pipes are made at the factory specifically for each job, additional time was needed to fill the storm drain pipe order for the redesign work.

The pipe is now on-site and being used to construct the storm drain system on Palo Verde Drive and Tahquitz Road.

Once the storm drain pipe is installed and the catch basins built, street construction on Cathedral Canyon Drive will resume with the installation of curb and gutter, drive approaches, cross gutters and spandrels. After these items are completed, Cathedral Canyon Drive will be graded and it will be paved.

It is estimated that the storm drain work will be finished and Cathedral Canyon Drive will be paved early in 2008. The sewer and street work on all other areas of the Cove project are progressing per the project schedule and the Cove Phase 2 work will start early in 2008 as planned.