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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-087
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO
UNDERGROUND OVERHEAD 138KV ELECTRICAL
TRANSMISSION LINES (TIE LINE 13815) ALONG THE
CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT AND SUPPORTING
STRUCTURES BETWEEN TOWER 189507 AND TOWER
188701, INCLUDING TOWER 188701, AND SETTING A
PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FORMATION OF A UTILITY
UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICT ON APRIL 25, 2006 AT 6:00
P.M.
WHEREAS, on October 12, 2004, the City Council approved a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the City and San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E)
providing for specific benefits to be included under the forthcoming Franchise agreements; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2006, the City Council adopted Ordinances 2004-2987
and 2004-2988, which granted SDG&E ten-year franchises for the transmission and distribution
of electricity and natural gas, respectively, within the City of Chula Vista. These franchises shall
be automatically extended for a new tenn of an additional 20 years upon SDG&E's completion
of all the requirements of the MOU; and
WHEREAS, the MOU states that a key objective of the City is to remove overhead
electric transmission lines and towers along the Bayfront between the City's northerly border and
the electrical substation adjacent to the Duke Energy Power Plant; and
WHEREAS, the MOU also provides that the City would pay for the undergrounding of
one 138 kV electrical line (Tie Line 13815) and that SDG&E would pay for the removal of the
other existing 138 kV lines, the undergrounding of a new 230 kV line, and the removal of all
structures along the tie line; and
WHEREAS, SDG&E plans to complete undergrounding all 138 kV and 230 kV
transmission lines between Tower 18950T(at the Sweetwater River) and Tower 281763 (at the
existing electrical substation) before December 31, 2008, but that the eventual intent is to also
underground the remaining 138 kV line down to the relocated substation at Tower 188701; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 15.32.130 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code,
Council is required to set a public hearing for the establishment of a Utility Underground District
in order to detennine if the public health, safety or general welfare will be served.
Resolution No. 2006-087
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NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City Chula Vista
does hereby declare its intent to underground the overhead 138 kV electrical transmission lines
(Tie Line 13815) along the Chula Vista Bayfiont and supporting structures between Tower
189507 and Tower 188701, including Tower 188701, and set a public hearing for the formation
of a Utility Underground District on April 25, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Leah Browder
Acting Engineering Director
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 21st day of March 2006 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, Chavez, McCann, Rindone and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
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Stephen C. Padilla, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City CI k
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. 2006-087 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 21st day of March 2006.
Executed this 21st day of March 2006.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City CI
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