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Home My WebLink About1992/08/25 Item 9 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY: Item ~ Meeting Date 8/25/92 Resolution lie. 1 bY Declaring City's intention to underground utilities along "E" Street from Broadway to Toyon Lane, including Toyon Lane, Corte Helena Avenue, and Guava Avenue (Candy Cane Lane) and setting a public hearing for the formation of a utility undergrounding district along said street section Director of Public Works rtI' . ~~l, City Manager 1ge (4/Sths Vote: Yes_No..xJ ITEM TITLE: REVIEWED BY: On November 12, 1991, the City Council approved Resolution No. 16415 accepting a report on the City's Utility Underground Conversion Program and approving a revised list of Utility Underground Conversion Projects. This is listed as the third utility conversion project in the City's adopted program. Districts for the first two projects ("F" Street and Fourth Avenue) have already been established. On August 12, 1992, an Underground Utility Advisory Committee (UUAC) meeting was held in the Public Services Building to consider the proposed boundary of an underground utility district for the conversion of existing overhead utilities. The proposed boundary is shown on attached Exhibit "A". The district's limits extend along "E" Street from Broadway to Toyon Lane and include Toyon Lane, Corte Helena Avenue and Guava Avenue (Candy Cane Lane). RECOMMENDATION: That Council adopt the resolution as stated in the item title above. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable. DISCUSSION: The Underground Utility Advisory Committee (UUAC), consisting of representatives of SDG&E, Pacific Bell, Cox Cable TV, Chula Vista Cable and the City agreed to propose to the City Council the formation of a utility undergrounding district for the conversion of overhead facilities along "E" Street within the limits mentioned above. The proposed utility undergrounding district along "E" Street is about 7,400 feet long running from Broadway to Toyon Lane and includes approximately 400' along Toyon Lane, 250' along Corte Helena Avenue and 600' crossing Candy Cane Lane (please see Exhibit "A"). The estimated cost for undergrounding the utilities is $2.0 million. West and east of the proposed district, undergrounding of overhead utilities has been completed. The Average Daily Traffic Cl-I Page 2, Item l Meeting Date 8/25/92 (ADT) count on "E" Street varies between 17,500 and 20,000 depending upon the location along "E" Street. Staff recommends the formation of this conversion district along this section of "E" Street, including Toyon Lane, Corte Helena Avenue and Candy Cane Lane because: 1. "E" Street is a major east/west thoroughfare connecting Interstate 5 and Interstate 805 in the Northern portion of Chula Vista. "E" Street also passes through and provides access to the central business district. The undergrounding of existing overhead utilities will contribute to the creation of an aesthetically pleasing central business district. 2. "E" Street is classified as a class I collector street. 3. The City will use SDG&E allocation funds based on Rule 20-A Distribution Formula to fund this project. 4. Undergrounding has been completed on "E" Street west of Broadway and east of Toy on Lane thus making the proposed district a link between two undergrounded sections. 5. Undergrounding will eliminate overhead lines on Chula Vista's well known Candy Cane Lane. Toyon Lane is proposed to be included in this district because of its direct aesthetic impact on "E" Street. Drivers on "E" Street can see most of the utility lines on Toyon Lane as they approach Corte Maria east of First Avenue. Utilities on Corte Helena were also included in the District because of associated minimal costs and since they did not extend in the easterly direction. Section 15.32.130 of the Chula Vista Municipal code requires the City Council to set a public hearing to determine whether the public health, safety and general welfare requires the undergrounding of existing overhead utilities within designated areas of the City and to give persons the opportunity to speak in favor of or against the formation of a proposed district to underground utilities. The purpose of forming the district is to require the utility companies to underground all overhead lines and to remove all existing wooden utility poles within the district and to require property owners to convert their service connections to underground at their expense. The conversion work by the property owners involves trenching, backfill and conduit installation from property line to point of connection. Chula Vista City Council Policy No. 585-1 established a mechanism that reduces the property owner's cost for the conversion from the distribution lines to the residence. The mechanism is based on the following provisions: 1. Funding is limited to single family residential properties. q - 'l.. Page 3, Item l Meeting Date 8/25/92 2. Funding is limited to facilities which customer traditionally supplies/installs such as trenching and conduit from property line to point of connection. 3. Funding shall not exceed the estimated cost of trenching and conduit installation for up to 100 feet of the private service lateral. Approval of this resolution will set a public hearing to be held at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Public Services Building on October 20, 1992, in accordance with Section 15.32.130 of the Municipal Code for the formation of this district. Section 15.32.140 of the City Code requires the City Clerk to notify all affected persons and each utility company of the time and place of the public hearing at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing. Notice is to be given by mail to all property owners and occupants of property located within the boundaries of the proposed district. The City Clerk is required by this section of the Code to publish the Resolution of Intention, setting the public hearing in the local newspaper no less than five days prior to the date of the public hearing. The installation of standard City street lights in this stretch of "E" Street is to be financed by CIP Project No. TF-149. This CIP Project will also cover two previously approved utility undergrounding projects, "F" Street from Church to Second Avenue and 4th Avenue from "E" Street to Highway 54. A transparency of Exhibit "A" showing the boundaries of the proposed district is available. FISCAL IMPACT: The cost of pole removal, undergrounding overhead facilities and private property conversion funding as outlined above, is estimated to be about $2.0 million. SDG&E's allocated funds (Rule 20-A) will cover the estimated cost of the project. 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'II 1Ta0T 111=11:::::::" :,:,:::lIrrlll I.. : (/)I~nn DI'STRICT BOUNDARY \ N , II II 11111 ~f- ,II r- '\.It: \ ~-', .,F ~ ~\ +t .Jl.'...,~ \ JJ rl '\ ':::I DRAWN BY: M.J.I PROJECT TITLE EXHIBIT -A" UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICT - NO. 123 irE" STREET - BETWEEN BROADWAY AND TOYON' LANE DATE: 8 I 14 I 92 INCLUD..G TOYON LANE, CORTE HELENA AVENUE AND GUAVA AVENUE SOUTH OF "E' STREET RESOLUTION NO. 11.1 /,~ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC NECESSITY, HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE REQUIRES THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT ALONG "E" STREET FROM BROADWAY TO TOYON LANE, INCLUDING TOYON LANE, CORTE HELENA AVENUE, AND GUAVA AVENUE (CANDY CANE LANE) The City Council of the city of Chula vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, Chapter 15.32 of the Chula vista Municipal Code establishes a procedure for the creation of underground utility districts and requires as the initial step in such procedure the holding of a public hearing to ascertain whether public necessity, 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 in any such district, and WHEREAS, on August 12, 1992, an Underground Utility Advisory Committee (UUAC) meeting was held in the Public Services Building to consider the proposed boundary of an underground utility district along E Street from Broadway to Toyon Lane, including Toyon Lane, Corte Helena Avenue and Guava Avenue (Candy Cane Lane), and WHEREAS, it has been recommended that such an underground utility district, hereinafter called "District", be formed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of the city of Chula vista as follows: 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the City of Chula vista at 276 Fourth Avenue in said city on Tuesday, the 20th day of October, 1992, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., to ascertain whether the public necessity, 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 associated service in the District hereinabove described. At such hearing, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be determined by the city Council. 2. The City Clerk shall notify all affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities 1 '1-5" concerned of the time and place of such hearing by mailing a copy of this resolution to such property owners and utilities concerned at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date thereof. 3. The area proposed to be included in the District is as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. Presented by as j John P. Lippitt, Director of Public Works Bruce M. Attorney , City F: \hooJe\attomey\IntentUU 2 q-l,P