HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2002-020 RESOLUTION NO. 2002-020
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 133 ALONG FOURTH AVENUE, FROM "L"
STREET TO ORANGE AVENUE, AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXPENDITURE OF UTILITY ALLOCATION FUNDS TO
SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE SERVICE LATERAL CONVERSION
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2001-445, a public hearing was called for 6:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, the 22nd day of January, 2002, in the Council Chambers of the City of Chula Vista at
276 Fourth Avenue, 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 Fourth Avenue from "L" Street to Orange Avenue
and enclosed within the boundary as shown on the plat attached hereto as
Attachment "A" 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. 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
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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 new location, subject to the applicable roles,
regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of Califomia 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. Fourth Avenue is a major north/south thoroughfare in the western portion of Chula Vista.
The undergrounding of existing overhead utilities will contribute to the creation of an
aesthetically pleasing major street.
2. The segment of Fourth Avenue is classified in the General Plan's Circulation Element as
a Class I Collector street.
3. Undergrounding has been completed on Fourth Avenue from the north City limit to "H"
Street, a distance of 1.25 miles.
4. Undergrounding construction work is currently in progress along Fourth Avenue, from
"H" Street to "L" Street, a distance of one mile.
5. When completed, this undergrounding district will make the proposed district an
extension of an undergrounded section 3.5 miles in length.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby authorize the use of
approximately $1,150,000 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
johrl/p~ / j~ jo~.Kah~eny Lippitt
Public Works Director q/fy Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 22nd day of January, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Padilla, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Cotmcilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Shirley HortogflVl~);or
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk *
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. 2002-020 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22na day of January, 2002.
Executed this 22nd day of January, 2002.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk