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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-05-18; City Council; 431; Proposed Underground District No. 2Agenda Bill No. Date: May 18, 1971 2Ref erred To : . -. Subject: Submi tted Ey : T. Proposed Underground-District No. 2 City. Engineer __ 7 1-8 - - 5 Statement of the Mztter 'On April 20, '1971, the. City Council establ.ished 'Elm Avenue from Interstate 5 to 'State Street as an underground conversion-district. , The staff, ' working .with the' San Diego' Gas & Electric Company, has established the - foilowing. tentative schedule: . .. . .-- ._ . . *- -Public Hearing June 15, 1971 Start design August 1, '1971 ..Complete design :December li 1971 . . Start Construction .January 15, 1972. . . . . The estimated cdnversion cost is $105,000. The -present balance of-the City's a1locat.ion is $15,000 but the SDG&E Gbmpany has indicated .that. -I. - approximately $90,000 can be advanced on 'future years' allocations-.:. ._ '. .. -. . .. 'x-. . ,. I Exhibit -1)- Resolution of Intention No. 2) M'ap of proposed - 8) - -7f66 . _- \, ..l)- Resolution of Intention No. 2) M'ap of proposed - 8) - -7f66 . _- \, . .. Staff Recomnenda tions AcDpt Resolution of .Intention ~o./f,59. - ~ .- -. c c r .. -. * AB No. City Manager's Recommendation Date: Mav 18, 1971 Concur with City Engineer. Consideration-being given to.boundry ch-anges as indicated by Director of Building and Housing. Council 'Action -1- . 5-18-71 Resolution No. 1854, setting Public hearing for June 15, 1971 was adopted by title only and further reading waived. The request for ffnancial assistance of an underground lighting district by Mr. Art Harris, Presid.ent of the Terramar Association District #2 was denied by the Council. - and the request for Council's deferring the Unground Utilities ' 6-15-71 Resolution #1866 establishing underground Utility District No. 2. adopted following a public hearing. -2- I i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1: 14 15 1E 17 LE 15 2c 21 22 2: 24 2: 2t .2: 2t 2s 3( 3: 3: RESOLUTION NO. 1854 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE REQUIRES THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT ON ELM AVENUE FROM THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 5 TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF UNDER- GROUND DISTRICT NO, 1 AND EXTENDING 75 FEET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELM AVENUE AND 50 FEET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ELM AVENUE. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Carlsbad as follows: WHEREAS, Ordinance No, 7037 establishes a procedure for the creation of underground utility districts and requires as the initial step in such procedure the holding of a public hearing to ascertain whether public health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installation of wires and facili- ties for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associ- ated service in any such district; and WHEREAS, it has been recommended that such an underground utility district, hereinafter called the District, be formed on Elm Avenue from the Westerly right of way line of Interstate 5 to the East boundary of underground District No. 1 and extending 75 feet on the South side of Elm Avenue and 50 feet on the North side of Elm Avenue. NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved as follows: 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public h’earing will be held by the Council of the City of Carlsbad on June 15, 1971, at the hour of 7:30 P. M. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Carlsbad, California, to ascertain whether the public health, safety or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installatio of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar associated service in the District hereinabove described. EXHIBIT 1 c c v-. , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 13. 12 13 14 15 16 17 ia 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .27 2e 29 3c 31 32 2. At such hearing all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be determined by the City Council. 3. The City Clerk shall notify all affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities con- cerned of the time and place of such hearing by mailing a copy of this resolution to such property owners and utilities concerned at least ten (10) days prior to the date thereof. 4. The area proposed to be included in the District is shown upon that certain map entitled "Map of Proposed underground Utili- ties District No. 2", dated May 6, 1971 , which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City o'f Car 1 sbad Adopted by the Council of the City of Carlsbad this 18th day of May, 1971, by the following vote: AYES: Counci lman Dunne, PcComas , Jardi ne and Lewis NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Castro City of Carlsbad Carlsbad, California ATTEST : &&& S, City Clerk CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK I, MARGARET E. ADAMS, City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and ex'act copy of Resolution No. 1854 of said City, duly passed and adopted by tne City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited. Ffl&,/, ADAMS, <City Clerk (SEAL OF CITY) -2- 2. i 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .27 28 29 30 31 32 RESOLUTION NO. 1866 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Carlsbad as follows: WHEREAS, by Resolution No, 1854 a public hearing was called for June 15, 1971, at the hour of 7:30 P.M,, in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Carlsbad, California, to ascertain whether the public health, safety, or welfare requires the re- moval of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service, within that certain area of the City described as follows: Elm Avenue from Westerly right of way line of Inter- state 5 to the East boundary of Underground District No. 1 and extending 75 feet on the South side of Elm Avenue and 50 feet on the North side of Elm Avenue; and WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all af- fected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities concerned in the manner and for the time re- quired by law; and WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons interested have been given an opportunity to be heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby finds and determines that the public health, safety and welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures, and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service, in the above described area, and that, pursuant to Ordinance No, 7037 of the City of Carlsbad, , . 'I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 20 25 26 .27 28 29 30 31 32 .~ . ,._- . ,. . the above-described area is hereby declared an underground Utility District, and is designated as Underground Utility District No. 2 of the City of Carlsbad. Attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A", and hereby incorporated as a part of this resolution, is a map delineating the boundaries of said Dis- trict; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the following exceptions in said underground Utility District No. 2 be and they are hereby author- ized: Anchor poles at locations as may be approved by the City Engineer. RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council does hereby fix May 15, 1972, as the date on which affected property owners must be ready to receive underground service, and does hereby order the removal of all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures, the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service within Underground Utility District No. 2, and the reconnection thereof, on or before June 15, 19723 RESOLVED, FVRTHER, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within Underground Utility District No. 2 of the adopt- ion of this resolution within ten (10) days after the date of such adoption. Said City Clerk shall further notify said prop- erty owners of the necessity that, if they or any person occupy- ing such property desire to continue to receive electric, com- munication or other similar or associated service, they or such occupant shall, by the date fixed in this resolution, provide all necessary facility changes on their premises so as to re- ceive such service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a new location, subject to applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities -2- i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California as of the date of adoption of this resolution. Such notification shall be made by mailing a copy of this resolution, together with a copy of said Ordinance No. 7037, to affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assess- ment roll and to the affected utilities; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Council hereby finds that the Underground Utility District herein created is in the general public interest for the following reasons: (1) The undergrounding to be accomplished will avoid or elimi- nate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities; (2) The streets, roads or rights of way in the District are extensively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; (3) The said streets, roads or rights of way adjoin or pass through a civic area. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held June 15 , 1971, by the following vote, to wit: AYES : Cmn. Dunne, McComas, Jardine, Castro and Lewis. NOES : None. ATTEST : ' -yyg,, C,&d 2 '. Q247Ld / MARGAREVE. ADAMS, City Clerk -3-