HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1996-18530 RESOLUTION NO. 18530
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 127 ALONG
PALOMAR STREET FROM INTERSTATE 5 TO INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF UTILITY ALLOCATION
FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE SERVICE LATERAL CONVERSION
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 18484, a public hearing was called for 6:00 p,m. on
Tuesday, the 10th day of December, 1996, 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 Palomar Street from Interstate 5 to Industrial Boulevard
and enclosed within the boundary as shown on the plat attached hereto as
Attachment "A" of subject Underground Utility District.
and
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. Attached hereto, marked 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 further 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
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service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a 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 FURTHER 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. Palomar is a major east/west thoroughfare in the southern portion of Chula Vista and
an entrance to the City. The undergrounding of existing overhead utilities will
contribute to the creation of an aesthetically pleasing major street.
2. The subject section of Palomar Street is classified in the General Plan's Circulation
Element as a six-lane major street.
3. Undergrounding has been completed on Palomar Street east of Industrial Boulevard and
there are no overhead wires over Interstate 5, thus making the proposed district a
closing link between previously undergrounded sections.
4. The proposed widening and reconstruction of Palomar Street significantly increased the
ranking of the subject street section in the City's adopted utility conversion program,
thus making it a priority project. The project is proposed to be included in the City's
CIP Program as project ST-922; Palomar Street - I-5 to Industrial Boulevard, with
design to begin in FY 1998/99. The conversion project will take place in connection
with the construction of street improvements, which will follow completion of design
and acquisition of right-of-way. The street improvements will include new street
lights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby authorize the use of
approximately $126,150 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
Recorded Doc. #97-0024832
1/27/97
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EXHIBIT "A"
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 17th day of December, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Salas, and Horton
NAYES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
ShirletHorton, Mayor
ATTEST:
~uthelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 18530 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 17th day of
December, 1996.
Executed this 17th day of December, 1996.
Beverly A./Authelet, City Clerk
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