HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1969-5335RESOLUTION N0. 5335
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
APPROVING THE PROPOSED REPORT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF PRIVATELY OWNED UTILITIES TO UNDERGROUND FACILITIES IN
AREAS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, IN PRINCIPAL, AND URGING UTILITIES
TO BUDGET ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR LOCAL CONVERSION PROGRAMS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve
as follows:
WHEREAS, Public Utilities Commissioner Gatov and Examiner Gillanders
who were assigned to Case No. 8209, have now issued a proposed report con-
cerning the responsibility of privately owned utilities to underground
utility facilities in areas of new construction, and
WHEREAS, said report contains the following key recommendations:
1. Underground utilities should be the standard for all new
construction unless clearly impractical.
2. Any order adopted by the PUC concerning undergrounding
in areas of new construction should be applied uniformly
throughout the state to all privately owned utilities.
3. The additional cost of placing utility facilities under-
ground as opposed to overhead in areas of new construction should
be absorbed by the utilities.
4. Existing overhead utility facilities subject to relocation
should be relocated underground.
and
WHEREAS, said report which would be adopted as an order of the
Public Utilities Commission, constitutes a substantial step forward
subject to certain notifications urged by the League of California Cities
in the Undergrounding Program of the State of California, and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has long supported the most
expeditious undergrounding program possible which would not necessitate
a general rate increase, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed said proposed report and
considers its acceptance in total, i.e., specifically that portion thereof
which stipulates that the undergrounding as recommended can be undertaken
without any general rate increase.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista that the City Council does hereby approve of said proposed
report, in principal, and urges its adoption by the Public Utilities
Commission as an order of said Commission subject to the statement of
exceptions filed by the League of California Cities on June 30, 1969.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby reiterate
their long standing demand that utilities realistically budget additional
funds for local conversion programs so as to effectuate the undergrounding
of utility facilities within a reasonable time.
BE IT F(JRTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista urges the Public Utilities Commission to insist upon a substantial
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increase in the commitment of amounts so budgeted to carry out under-
grounding programs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council urges the acceptance
of the proposed report known as the Gatov and Gillanders Report, upon the
stipulation and with the proviso that the recommendations contained therein
would carry out an expeditious undergrounding program without the necessity
of a general rate increase.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified
copy of this resolution to Mr. William W. Dunlop, Secretary of the
California State Public Utilities Commission, State Building, 350
McAllister Street, San Francisco, California 94102.
Presente by
Lane Cole, Director o blic
Works
Approved as to form by
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George D. h- dberg, Ci y Attorne..
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ADOPTED APTD APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA VISTA
CALIFORNIA, this 26th day of August 1969 by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Sylvester, Hamilton, McCorquodale
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen McAllister
ayor of the City o hula Vista
~ City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, KENNETH P. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
and that the same has not been amended
or repealed.
DATED
City Clerk
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