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Home My WebLink AboutReso 1973-7068RESOLUTION NO. 7068 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING AND APPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL PURSUANT TO THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO THE SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION OF GAS AND ELECTRIC SERVICE IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, on October 31, 1972, the City Council adopted Ordinances No. 1426 and 1427 granting a 25-year franchise to the San Diego Gas and Electric Company for the distribution and trans- mission of gas and electric service in Chula Vista, and WHEREAS, Section 7 of these ordinances specifies that both parties shall cooperate in the preparation of an administrative manual, and WHEREAS, attached hereto is the proposed draft of the administrative manual which has been prepared with the cooperation of the San Diego"Gas and Electric Company staff and approved by the City Attorney. i NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby approve and accept the admini- strative manual for the distribution and transmission of gas and electric service in the City of Chula Vista, attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference as if set forth in full. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the San Diego Gas and Electric Company. Presented by Approved as to form by s'""~ ~/ ~.-, ~ C/~~ j La e F. Cole, ireC or o George D. Lindberg, City Attorney Public Works ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 1st day of November , 1973 , by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl, Scott NAPES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen None /J) 7 ATTEST '~~~'l Z~-,.zc.-~ -~ // / Lt: Lfz'.~-'- n City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I~ , City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED City Cler ~,~. ~.~ ... ~ .., , MANUAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES FOR UTILITY INSTALLATIONS IN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CALIFORNIA ., INTRODUCTION The following manual was developed through a series of meetings between members of the staff of the Department of Public Works of the City of Chula Vista and representatives of San Diego Gas and Electric Company which is operating in the streets of the City. Its history is as follows; The franchises granted to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company in 1972 require that company to cooperate with City officials to formalize, in writing, certain desirable admin- istrative practices which shall govern the installation and removal of grantee's facilities in the streets of the City, which facilities shall include, but not be limited to, cathodic protection practices. The San Diego Gas & Electric Company was further required by the franchises to review and update this manual with the City annually. The undersigned, by their signatures, approve this manual and accept the provisions as binding for a period of at least one year from the date of City Council approval; and further agree to cooperate with the City to review and revise the manual as necessary at the end of one year from the date of City Council approval; provided, however, that should there be any conflict between the provisions of this manual and the franchises granted by ordinance of the City Council to any signatory hereof, the provisions of that -i- ~~i ' i particular franchise shall govern as to that particular signatory. Dated this 1st day of November , 1973. _--~- f .~. ~,/~ j e- -, , ~ y~~ _ _ // (( ''~ Mayor City of Chula Vista SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY F '~, i is Senior Vice President Approved as to form by: GEORGE D. LINDBERG, City Attorney Approved by City Council by Resolution # 7068 Date November 1, 1973 -ii- ,. ., COORDINATION All utilities with installations in the public rights of way shall maintain responsible membership on a Utilities Coordination Committee, sponsored by the City, which shall meet throughout the year at the call of the City. The City shall be represented on this Committee by the Public Works Director/City Engineer and, as necessary, representatives of Building Department, Planning Department and City Attorney. The Committee shall have as its objectives: (l) to compare and coordinate construction schedules, to achieve maximum efficiency in work and minimum inconvenience and cost to the public; (2) to foresee future problems in construction, environ- mental and aesthetic, as well as functional, and report these problems to the planning groups of the organizations they represent; and (3) to review on a continuing basis all laws and regulations which affect the installation and maintenance of utilities, and recommend needed revisions to their respective managements. The management of all utilities agree to consider all Committee referrals, and to meet, as needed, to reconcile differences. Responsible City Department: Public Works. Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -1- ~ i RECORDS All utilities with installations in the public rights of way shall arrange to maintain records relating the location of such utilities to the California Coordinate System; except that: A utility which, prior to issuance of this manual, has adopted a different but compatible coordinate system may continue to use that system, provided it furnishes to the City's Public Works Department a conversion formula for the Chula Vista area. All utilities shall maintain up-to-date records on their utility locations, and shall agree to furnish information concerning them promptly upon request to the City, other agencies, private engineers or contractors, or any other persons or groups having need of such knowledge. It is understood that such records are approximate; and that pot-holing should be requested, and performed in the design stage whenever the exact horizontal and vertical placements are required. Responsible City Department: Public Works. Information on California Coordinate System available at: Chula Vista Civic Center, Engineering Division Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -2- PARK DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN SPACE San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) shall continue to cooperate with the City of Chula Vista in granting leases for park development and open space which shall extend for as many years as is provided for the term of the franchise for the use of rights of way owned by 5DG&E. SDG&E shall participate in the development and maintenance of such rights of way so as to provide appropriate open space corridors in accordance with the like requirements which are imposed upon all property owners within the City of Chula Vista. -3- FRANCHISE FEE PAYMENTS San Diego Gas & Electric Company shall make gas and electric franchise fee payments to the City of Chula Vista on a semi-annual basis. The August 15 payment will equal one-half the amount computed for the previous year as contained in the statement filed on the preceding March 15. The next March 15 payment will be computed on the total franchise fee for the previous year less the August 15 payment. Responsible City Department: Finance. Responsibility for performance res'ts' with: Each utility. -4- ~ ~ 1 OVERHEAD INSTALLATIONS The installation of overhead distribution facilities in any area that has either been converted to underground facilities or originally constructed with underground facilities is prohibited; except when, due to excessive cost or other good and sufficient reason, the City Council grants a waiver of the undergrounding of facilities pursuant to provisions of the Chula Vista City Code, for a limited time only. Responsible City De~artmerit: Public Works. -5- RELOCATION OF UTILITIES All utilities maintained within the public right of way by virtue of a franchise granted by the City require relocation as necessary to accommodate improvement projects financed by public funds for the benefit of the public, including improvement districts formed by assessment act procedures. Work on said relocation shall commence by the utility companies upon receipt of written request and approved plans by the Director of Public Works/City Engineer. All utilities should be relocated prior to commencement of construction of the project unless there are unusual conditions (e.g. cuts and fills) that require the contractor to start prior to utility relocations. The City should allow sufficient lead time in its construction scheduling to permit utility relocation to occur. The expense of such relocation shall be borne as followso 1. Utility -- When facilities are located within a franchise position to accommodate public funded improvement and assessment projects or where such improvements are financed by a non-profit organization for the benefit of that organization. The above shall not apply where the existing utility facilities are located within property owned by the utility or within a utility easement which is prior in time to the City's right of way, 2. Private Developer -- Where required to accommodate profit motivated private development -6- f ~ . ~ resulting in piecemeal relocations. In this case, it shall be the responsibility of the developer to contact the utility agencies, advise them of the proposed improvements, and make direct arrangements for the relocation of any conflicting utilities. Evidence of such should be presented by the developer prior to final approval of the development's plan by the City or issuance of any permit to construct. Responsible City Department: Public Works. Responsibility for performance rests with: EACH UTILITY. -~ 7 -- /;. '_ ~ J Y a ~ UTILITY LOCATIONS All utilities placed in the public rights of way of the City of Chula Vista shall occupy the locations indicated in City of San Diego Standard Drawing P-24-71; except when, due to specific conditions which would make such locations impractical, permission for variance is given in writing by the Director of Public Works. Utilities already existing in non-standard locations may be replaced in the same locations. Responsible Cit~i Department: Public Works. Standard Drawing Available at: Chula Vista Civic Center, Engineering Division Responsibility 'f'or performance rests with: Each utility. -8- _; ,~ ~~ ' REVISIQNS ~ APPROVH: S '~ ~ - - _ -- --- DESC°IPi10N ... _ - --- -_ -_ ---T .. -T -- ~ PY APPROYEDi DATE -. - - _-- - cl I'v[tRl~ DFoAR F - riT ~ ~ ~ /7,.~.riv...~~..+~-~ `~oj(~ G ~kEVISf fFpM 7T0-E8 . - - - -- -- RWD - ---- ~6 I-60 ~ -- -- - riLITIEG F PaNru NT _ _ ~~ ~ r 1 F L i n E tT+! - . EN" 1 - _.- __._-_. _. -_ __.. _ __ __ _._ _ . ~.~.__~. _ . _ _ nAN R atTU 'vT ~ _ r 1 ___ c'Irv a T~a•.~v _. ___ _._ _____ _. _. _ ~_ _ ~ ~. 10' 10~ Pole Line -` F.H. ~ ~ lOn either side of street) ~ .~ _ ) P.L. ~- `~y'1 _ 12" ~ Curb Curb ~ f d ~-Inlet ~ ~ ~ ~ ,storm ruin -~ __ i __ _ _ _ ~ ___~Cleanout . (on either side) ~~ a c :'~ _ Sewer _ _ c ~ M.H Watff'~r Variable to miss qas or venter ' Curb 4 I _ Elect olier Cond ___ one n eitl P.L-~--- ( I ' I I _ i - _ o -- - - Scale I "= 20' u 0 W'M ~ PowerCond i (on opposite side from) Storm Orain ) __~ _ ' to-m Orain Governs ) ' >3' 18"Min. ' ~''"'~ -Curb side ~- ~ 'O' F.H. P.L. ROADWAY INTERSECTION PLAN NOTE • This~~STAN0AR0~~ is n guide only and deviations w:ll be acceptable where conditions • dictnte. Oimrnaions shown nre desirable but do nolyovern. Ths intention is to show the Rtlative Position of ALL UTILITIES ~PECIFIGTICN REFEREN'E CITY OF SAN DIEGO STANDARD DRAWING GUIDE FOR LOCATION OF PIPES CONDUITS AND UNDERG~tOUND WORK IN CITY STREET scA~E As__ shown DR4wING N0. P-24 ------~, ~;. ' • NEW TRANSMISSION POLES In the construction and erection of new transmission poles or structures including the addition of new circuits, San Diego Gas & Electric Company shall consult the City of Chula Vista. Routine or emergency maintenance and minor reconstruction of existing transmission facilities shall be exempt. Responsible Cit~D`epartment: Public Works. Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -9- CATHODIC PROTECTION For purposes of this manual the term "cathodic protection" shall mean control of external corrosion on underground or submerged metallic systems. Utilities maintaining installations in public rights of way shall provide cathodic protection in accordance with the recommended practice of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) as more particularly contained in Standard RP-O1-69 for Control of External Corrosion on Underground or Submerged metallic Pipe Systems except that, when Department of Transportation or California Public Utilities Commission requirements are in conflict with the NACE standard, the Department of Transportation and/or the California Public Utilities Commission. requirements shall govern. All City-owned and all franchised utilities shall provide and maintain active membership of responsible personnel on a joint committee, sponsored by the City, which shall meet throughout the year at the call of the City to serve as an informational clearing-house and policy-setting body on this subject. Responsible City Department: Public Works. Standard RP-Ol-69 available at: Chula Vista Civic Center, Engineering Division Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -10- A , EMERGENCY REPAIRS Incidental damage done by one utility to another's installation shall be handled on an informal basis, each utility repairing its own installation. Damage caused to non-utility property shall be repaired by the responsible utility. When a utility feels that a specific case of con- siderable damage to its facilities has been caused by a lack of coordination, or by inadequate investigation or negligence on the part of another utility or the City, and the damaged utility feels that the above rule is unjust, the case should be brought before the Utilities Coordination Committee for review and recommendations. Responsible City Department: Public Works. Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -11- ;-- PAVEMENT CUTTING Utilities maintaining installations in the public rights of way shall exert every effort, in long range planning and through active participation in the work of the Coordination Committee to avoid longitudinal cuts in new street surfaces within three years of paving, anal in chip seal or other resurfacing within one year after surfacing has been placed.. Responsible City Departments Public Works. Res~onsibilt~~or~erformance rests with: Each utility. -12- ~' -' , • SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL The. utility working in the street shall be responsible for the safe movement of traffic through its construction and maintenance operations. Signs, warning devices and general conditions of safety shall be as detailed in the 1973 edition of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter of the' American PLiblic Works ASGnr:i a~i nn mar>>,a l o„a-; +~ o~ "Traffic Control." However, insofar as any signatory to this manual is governed by the Williams-Steiger Occupational and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.A. 650 et seq.), said provisions or any regulations issued pursuant thereto shall apply to said signatory in lieu of those set forth above. When two or more utility organizations are working in the same area they shall coordinate their operations and traffic control measures in such manner as to assure the safe movement of traffic. Responsible City Department: ~ecifications available at: Public Works. Chula Vista Civic Center, Public Works Department Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -13- .. TREYdCH RESTORATION All utility organizations involved in trench excavation within tYie public rights of way shall install pavement re- placement in accordance with Section 12-09 of the City of Chula Vista Standard Specifications and Cllula Vista Standard Drawing Number 305. Responsible City Department: Public 4Jorks. Specific information available at: Chula Vista Civic Center Engineering Division Responsibility for performance rests with: Each utility. -14-