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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2000-018 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-018 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 130 ALONG ORANGE AVENUE FROM FOURTH AVENUE TO PALOMAR STREET AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF UTILITY ALLOCATION FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE SERVICE LATERAL CONVERSION WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 19654, a public hearing was called for 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 1 lth day of January, 2000, in the Council Chambers of the City of Chula Vista at 276 Fourth Avenue in said City, to ascertain whether the public health, safety or welfare requires the removal 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 more particularly described as follows: All that property lying along Orange Avenue from Fourth Avenue to Palomar Street and enclosed within the boundary as shown on the plat as Attachment "A," incorporated herein by reference, of subject Underground Utility District. WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the utility companies concerned in the manner and for the time required 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 City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby finds and determines that the public health, safety and welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures, and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar associated services, the above-described area is hereby declared an Underground Utility District, and is designated as such in the City of Chula Vista. Marked as Exhibit 'A", and incorporated herein by reference, is a map delineating the boundaries of said District. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council shall, by subsequent resolution, fix 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 and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar associated service within said Underground Utility District. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within said Underground Utility District of the adoption of this resolution within fifteen days after the date of said adoption. Said City Clerk shall thrther notify said property owners of the necessity that, if they or any person occupying such property desires to continue to receive electric, communication or other similar or associated service, they, or such occupant shall, by the date fixed in a subsequent resolution provide all necessary facility changes on their premises so as to receive such service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a Resolution 2000-0 Page 2 new location, subject to the applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities 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 to affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utility companies. BE IT FLIRTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby finds that the Underground Utility District herein created is in the general public interest for the following reasons: 1. Orange Avenue is a major east/west thoroughfare in the southern portion of Chula Vista and an entrance into the City. The undergrounding of existing overhead utilities will contribute to the creation of an aesthetically pleasing major street. 2. The subject section of Orange Avenue is classified in the General Plan's Circulation Element as a four-lane major street. 3. Undergrounding of the overhead utilities in this section of Orange Avenue will complete the only remaining portion of Orange Avenue that is not undergrounded. 4. TheproposedC1PProject(STM228)alongthenorthsideofOrangeAvenuebetween Fourth and Fifth Avenues is scheduled for FY 1999/00. This CIP Project will involve the installation of curb, gutter, sidewalks and other improvements. All underground conduits and other utilities must be in place before the final improvements are installed. Therefore, the conversion project is scheduled to coincide with said CIP Project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby authorize the use of approximately $440,000 in utility allocation funds to cover the cost of pole removal, undergrounding overhead facilities, and private property conversion reimbursements. Presented by Approved as to form by Jo P. Lippitt V ' [/ ~ Resolution 2000-018 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 11th day of January, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, and Salas NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Hotton M2Sala~s, ep~ ATTEST: Susan Bigelow, City Clerk u STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ' COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2000-018 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 11th day of January, 2000. Executed this 1 ph day of January, 2000. Susan Bigelow, City Clerk UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICT NO. 130 Orange Ave PaiDmar St to 4th Ave .~----~,--- UNDERGROUND DISTRICT BOUNDARY O DUSK-DAWN LIGHT t UTILITY POLES TO BE REMOVED ~ AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS EXH I BIT "A"