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Memo
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Community Services Department
290 E Linden Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202
208.237.2430
www.CityofChubbuck.us
From: Devin Hillam, Community Services Director & Impact Fee Administrator I DI71
Date: November 29, 2023
Re: City Hall Park/Open Space electrical upgrade
As groups like the Chubbuck Farmers Market and our own city -sponsored events like City Hall -i -days have
used the areas around City Hall to bring in food trucks, we have learned that our current power services to the light
poles are unable to accommodate the electrical demands of food trucks and as such, noisy generators are required.
These generators make it difficult to hear and discourage both trucks and attendees from fully enjoying the parks
and open space to which we're trying to attract people to in the Chubbuck Village district.
Upon inquiring about how we can upgrade the electrical outlets, I learned from our Facility Services
Department that panel and conduit upgrades would be required, and that the best way to do that would be by
replacing concrete pads along the routes. Mike Wise with the Department wrote:
After much thought and research about the power for the food truck power at City Hall, we feel like
we could maybe replace the 100 amp box down in the North side of City Hall and install a 200 amp
box that would accommodate more outlets. Between what we would need and the power company
needs to do the panel upgrades we feel like we could make it happen for around (ballpark)
$60,000. We are not entirely sure how we would get the conduits to the areas that we need them
to make this happen but was thinking that if the concrete was removed and replaced we could
install then, otherwise we may need to have some boring done and we did not get any cost
estimations for taking the concrete out and replacing or possibly boring it. I know there are a lot
of variables here and still questions in our minds.
As the Council has seen, many of the concrete pads around City Hall have been having issues with spalling
and should/could be replaced. Upgrading the electrical capacity at the park and open space area around City Hall
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would qualify for use of parks development impact fees, and could fund the replacement of some of the concrete
sections which otherwise would need to be funded through other funds, such as the general fund.
If the Council is interested in this project, I will seek cost estimates and bring them forward at a future date
for more consideration.
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