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REVIEWED BY:
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VrSTA DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO
UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION LINES ALONG PLAZA BONITA ROAD FROM
THE NORTH CITY LIMITS TO THE S UTHWEST CORNER OF
BONIT A ROAD AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARING FOR
OCTOBER 12,2010
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
ASSISTANT DIRE! OF ENG
CITY MANAGER
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SUMMARY
The County of San Diego wishes to undergrOlmd the overhead electrical transmission lines along
Plaza Bonita Road using their undergrounding funds. However, approximately 2000 linear feet
of overhead lines are within the City of Chula Vista. The City must therefore form a utility
undergrounding district for the project to be completed.
~~NVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Environmental Review Coordinator has reviewed the proposed project for compliance with
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has detemlined that the proposed project
qualifies for a Class 2 (d) categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15302 (Replacement or
Reconstruction) of the State CEQA Guidelines because this CEQA section allows the conversion
of overhead electric distribution system facilities to underground including connection to
existing overhead electric utility distribution lines where the surface is restored to the condition
existing prior to the undergrounding. Thus,no further environmental review is required.
RECOMMENDA nON
Council adopt the resolution.
BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
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DISCUSSION
The County of San Diego desires to underground the overhead electric utilities, consisting of
distribution lines and 69 kV transmission lines and poles, along Plaza Bonita Road
approximately from 600 feet north of the intersection with Bonita Mesa Road to the southwest
corner of Plaza Bonita Road and Bonita Road. On December 1, 2004, the County of San Diego
adopted Ordinance No. 9685 (Attachment I), which approved the formation of Underground
Utility DIstrict No. 98 on Plaza Bonita Road. The ordinance took effect 30 days after the date of
its passage.
After the fonnation of the district was approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors,
County staff realized that a large portion of the area to be undergrounded was located in the
cities of Chula Vista and National City. According to Public Utility Commission (PUC) Rule
lOA (Attachment 2), the governing body of the city or county where the overhead electrical
facilities are located must adopt an ordinance creating an underground district in which both the
existing and new facilities are and will bc located and in which all overhead electrical and
communicatIon facilities shall be removed. County staff therefore requested that the cities of
National City and Chub Vista establish utility undergrounding districts along Plaza Bonita Road.
The County would pay for the undergrounding with their Rule 20A funds. This is discussed in
the letter from John Snyder, Director of Public Works for the County of San Diego. (Attachment
3)
The City of National City formed Underground Utility District No. 26, which covered the area to
be undergrounded along Plaza Bonita Road within National City, on November 18, 2008 by
Resolution No.2008-239 (Attachment 4). This resolution authorized the County of San Diego to
remove the utility poles and overhead wires and !TIstall underground electrical and
communications facilities within the district at its sole expense.
City staff postponed forming an undergrounding district because the estimated cost of
undergrounding this area significantly increased and the County was uncertain whether it would
proceed with financing the construction of these facilities. On June 30 2010, staff received
notIce that the County had decided to proceed with construction of the Plaza Bonita district.
County staff reLJuested that the City proceed with formation of the district within Chula Vista
boundaries.
According to PUC Rule 20A, the governing body needs to determine, after consultation with the
electric utility and holding public hearings, that the undergrounding is in the general public
interest for one of several reasons. The City does not have traffic information on Plaza Bonita
Road since it is located within unincorporated County territory or National City. However, the
A verage Daily Traffic (ADT) at the intersection of Plaza Bonita Road and Bonita Road is 44,388
vehicles per day. Plaza Bonita Road is also classified as a collector on the Caltrans/Federal
Highway Adm!TIistration (FHW A) maps. Plaza Bonita Road therefore qualifies for the utility
umlergrounding program in accordance with Public Utility Commission Rule 20A.
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The location of the proposed district is shown on Attachment 5. Although this portion of Plaza
Bonita Road is in the lmincorporated County area, the SDG&E utility easement, which includes
the utility poles, is within the City. The utility wires across Bonita Road will be removed, but
the pole on the southwest comer of Bonita Road and Plaza Bonita Road/Lynwood Drive will
remain, because it is needed to serve properties on the south side of Bonita Road.
Section 15.32.130 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code requires the Council to set a public hearing
for the establishment of a utility undergrounding district in order to determine if the public health,
safety or general welfare will be served. Approval of the subject resolution will set a public hearing
for the October 12,2010 Council meeting at 4:00 pm. Notice shall be published in the Chula Vista
Star News at least five days in advance of the public hearing. Additionally, notice shall be sent to
all affected persons and concerned utility companies of the time and place of the hearing at least 15
days in advance. Since only electrical distribution and transmission lines are involved, SDG&E is
the only affectcd lltility. The owners of the parcels through which the utility trenching will occur
will also be notified. Conversion work on these properties will not need to be done, since there are
no distribution lines servmg the parcels.
DECISION MAKER CONFLICT
Staff has reviewcd the property holdings of the City Council and has found no property holdings
within 500 feet of the boundaries of the properties which are the subject ofthis action.
CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT
There are no impacts to the General Fund orother Chula Vista funds for this action. All work
associated with the utility undergrounding will be paid by San Diego County's Rule 20A funds.
ONGOING FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no ongoing fiscal impacts.
ATTACHMENTS
1. County of San Diego Ordinance No. 9685
2. PUC Rule 20A
3. Letter from San Diego County
4. NatIOnal City Resolution No. 2008-239
5. Proposed Underground Utility District Map
Prepared by' Elizahelh Chopp, Senwr Civil Engineer, Engineering-Public Works Dept.
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ATTACHMENT I
ORDJNANCE NO. '1~v~ (NEW SERIES)
AN ORDJNANCE ADDJNG SECTION 89.299
TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF REGULATORY ORDJNANCES
TO FORi\;[ AN UNDERGROUND UTrLlTY DISTRICT
ON PLAZA BONlT A ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 98
The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego ordains as follows:
Section I. Section 89.299 is hereby added to the San Diego County Code of Regulatory
Ordinances to read as follows:
Sec. 89.299UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 98.
The following described portion of San Diego County, State of California, is hereby declared to be
Underground Utility District No. 98 of the County of San Diego:
Those portions of Plaza Bonita Road and Lynwood Drive in the County of San Diego, State
of California, as shown on Road Surveys 2245 and 885, respectively, copies of which are on file in
the Office of the County Engineer of said County, described as follows:
I. Beginning at a point on the westerly right-of-way line of said Plaza Bonita Road, being the
northerly terminus of a 453-foot radius curve, concave southwesterly, said curve being at the
intersection of Plaza Bonita Road and Bonita Mesa Road located within Pleasant View Terrace
and shown on Map thereof No. 2460, on file in the Office of the County Recorder of said
County;
2. Thence southeasterly and southerly along said curve284.84 feet;
3. Thence, tangent to said curve, S.16055' II "E. 204.58 feet to the beginning ofa tangent 547-foot
radius curve, concave northeasterly;
4. Thence southeasterly and easterly along said curve, 525 feet, more or less, to a tangent in said
right-of-way line of Road Survey 2245;
5. Thence tangent to said curve, S70033' 17"E. 1716.02 feet to the beginning ofa tangent 303-foot
radius curve, concave westerly;
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6. Thence southerly along said curve 263.58 feet;
7. Thence southerly 180 feet, more or less, to the intersection of the southerly light-of-way line of
Bonita Road, according to Road Survey No. 1299 on file in the Office of said County Engineer,
with a 625-foot curve, concave easterly, in the westerly right-of-way line of said Lynwood Drive;
8. Thence southerly along said right-of-way lines of Lynwood Drive 250 fcct;
9. Thence easterly at right angles to the centerline of said Lynwood Drive 55 feet to the easterly
right-of-way line thereof;
10. Thence northerly along said casterly right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of said
Bonita Road;
II. Thence northerly to the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of said Bonita Road with
the easterly right-of-way linc of said Plaza Bonita Road;
12. Thence N.1J"11'02"W., along said easterly right-of-way line, 20 feet more or less to the
beginning of a 397-foot radius curve, concave westerly;
13. Thence northerly and northeasterly along said curve 411.38 feet;
14. Thence N.70033' 17"W. 1398.39 feet to the beginningofa tangent 450-foot radius curve, concave
northeasterly;
15. Thence northerly along said curve 424.06 feet;
16. Thence N.16055' II"W. 207.98 feet to the beginning ofa tangent 547-foot radius curve, concave
southwesterly;
17. Thence northerly and northwesterly along said curve 300 feet, more or less, to the northerly
terminus thereof;
18. Thence southeasterly to the Point of Beginning.
The Board of Supervisors shall by subsequent resolution set the dates by which all affected property
owners shall be ready to receive underground utility service and by which the utility or utilities must
remove all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and make the necessary
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar or
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associated service within Underground Utility District No. 98 and notice of the adoption of such
subsequent resolution shall be given by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in the manner provided
in Section 89.107(a) and (b) of this Division.
Section 2. lt is tlw finding ofthe Board of Supervisors of San Diego County that the public
health, safety and welfare require the removal ofpoles, overhead wires and associated structures, and
the underground installation ofwires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar
Or associated service within UndergrolUld Utility District No.98. The Board of Supervisors further
finds that Underground Utility District No.98, herein created, is in the general public interest because
that portion of Plaza Bonita Road, from Bonita Road to Bonita Mesa Road, within Underground
Utility District No. 98 is uscd by the general public and carries a heavy volume of vehicular traffic
and has a heavy concentration of overhead lines.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after the date ofits
passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once,
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with the names of the members voting for and against the same inCa """" 'I'c', a newspaper of
general circulation published in the County of San Diego.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1st day of December, 2004, Minute Order No. 13
The above Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Cox, Jacob, Slater-Price, Roberts, Horn
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Bo d of Supervisors
County of San Diego, State of California
ATTEST my hand and the seal of the Board of Supervisors this 1st day of December 2004.
THOMAS J. P ASTUSZKA
Clerk o~__~~~anl of Sup
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UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 98
PLAZA BONITA ROAD
From Bonita Road to Bonita Mesa Road
Prepared by: Petersen
Date: 3/5/04
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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO FORM
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. - 98
NOTICE [S HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego,
hereinafter referred to as Board, did on the Twenty-Seventh day of October, 2004, adopt a Resolution
of Intention pursuant to the provisions of County Ordinance No. 32 I 7 (New Series) wherein said
Board did declare its intention to establish an underground utility district in that portion of the
County of San Diego described as Plaza Bonita Road, from Bonita Road to Bonita Mesa Road, in the
County of San Diego, State of Califomia, as shown on map filed with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, a copy of which is attached hereto.
Said Resolution of Intention is on file in the office of said Clerk, Room 402, County
Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, and is rcferred to for all particulars.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board on the
First day of December, 2004, in the Board of Supervisors Chamber, Room 3 I 0, County
Administration Center. All interested persons will be hcard to ascertain whether the public health,
safety or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures
and the electric, communication or similar associated service in the District hereinabove described.
Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
Further information related to the proposed undergrounding project may be obtained by
calling the County Department of Public Works, Utility Coordinator at (858) 694-2215.
Dated: November 1,2004
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By ~ bf. ~ . Deputy
Roberta H. Cruzen
Set Hearing for 12/1/04 at 9:00 a.m.
Formation of Underground Utility Districts in
Bonita and Rancho Santa Fe Areas
Ref: 10/27/04 (20)
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RULE 20
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. The Utility will, at its expense, replace its existing overhead electric facilities with underground
electric facilities along public streets and roads, and on public lands and private property across
which rights-of-way satisfactory to the utility have been obtained by the Utility, provided that:
1. The governin9 body of the city or county in which such electric facilities are and will be
located has:
a. Determined, after consultation with the Utility and after holding public hearings on
the subject, that such undergrounding is in the general public interest for one or
more of the following reasons:
(1) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy
concentration of overhead electric facilities;
(2) The street or road or right-of-way is extensively used by the general public
and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; and
(3) The street or road or right-of-way adjoins or passes through a civic area or
public recreation area or an area of unusual scenic interest to the general
public.
(4)
The street or road or right-of-way is considered an arterial street or major
collector as defined in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research
General Plan Guidelines.
b. Adopted an ordinance creating an underground district in the area in which both the
existing and new facilities are and will be located, requiring among other things, (1)
that all existing overhead communication and electric distribution facilities in such
district shall be removed, (2) that each property served from such electric overhead
facilities shall have installed, in accordance with the Utility's rules for underground
service, all electrical facility changes on the premises necessary to receive service
from the underground facilities of the Utility as soon as it is available, and (3)
authorizing the Utility to discontinue its overhead service.
2.
The Utility's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city or the
unincorporated area of any county, shall be allocated as follows:
a. The amount allocated to each city and county in 1990 shall be the highest of:
(1) The amount allocated to the city or county in 1989, which amount shall be
allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in such city
or unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system overhead
meters; or
(2) The amount the city or county would receive if the Utility's total annual
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated in the
same ratio that the number of overhead meters in each city or the
unincorporated area of each county bears to the total system overhead
meters based on the latest count of overhead meters available prior to
establishing the 1990 allocations; or .
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(3) The amount the city or county would receive if the Utility's total annuai
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated as
follows:
(a) Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same ratio
that the number of overhead meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters, and
(b) Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same ratio
that the total number of meters in any city or the unincorporated
area of any county bears to the total system meters.
b.
Except as provided in Section 2.c., the amount allocated for undergrounding within
any city or the unincorporated area of any county in 1991 and later years shall use
the amount actually allocated to the city or county in 1990 as the base, and any
changes from the 1990 level in the Utility's total annual budgeted amount for
undergrounding shall be allocated to individual cities and counties as follows:
(1) Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall be
allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in any city or
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system overhead
meters.
(2) Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall be
allocated in the same ratio that the total number of meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the totai system meters.
c.
When a city incorporates, resulting in a transfer of Utility meters from the
unincorporated area of a county to the city, there shall be a permanent transfer of a
prorata portion of the county's 1990 allocation base referred to in Section 2.b. to the
city. The amount transferred shall be determined:
(1) Fifty percent based on the ratio that the number of overhead meters in the
city bears to the total system overhead meters; and
(2) Fifty percent based on the ratio that the total number of meters in the city
bears to the total system meters.
When territory is annexed to an existing city, it shall be the responsibility of
the city and county affected, in consultation with the utility serving the
territory, to agree upon an amount of the 1990 allocation base that will be
transferred from the county to the city; and thereafter to jointly notify the
Utility in writing.
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d.
However, Section 2 a, band c shall not apply to any Utility where the total amount
available for allocation under Rule 20-A is equal to or greater than 1.5 times the
previous year's statewide average on a per customer basis. In such cases, the
Utility's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city or the
unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated in the same ratio that the
number of overhead meters in the city or unincorporated area of any county bears to
the total system overhead meters.
e. Upon request by a city or county, the amounts allocated may be exceeded for each
city or county by an amount up to a maximum of five years' allocation at then-current
levels where (the Utility) establishes that participation on a project is warranted and
resources are available. Such allocated amounts may be carried over for a
reasonable period of time in communities with active undergrounding programs. In
order to qualify as a community with an active undergrounding program the
governing body must have adopted an ordinance or ordinances creating an
underground district and/or districts as set forth in Section A.1.b. of this Rule.
Where there is a carry-over or additional requested participation, as discussed
above, the Utility has the right to set, as determined by its capability, reasonable
limits on the rate of performance of the work to be financed by the funds carried
over. When amounts are not expended or carried over for the community, to which
they are initially allocated, they shall be assigned when additional participation on a
project is warranted or be reallocated to communities with active undergrounding
programs.
3.
The undergrounding extends for a minimum distance of one block or 600 feet, whichever is
the lesser.
Upon request of the governing body, the Utility will pay from the existing allocation of that
entity for:
a. The installation of no more than 100 feet of each customer's underground electric
senvice lateral occasioned by the undergrounding; and/or
b. The conversion of a customer's meter panel to accept underground service
occasioned by the undergrounding, excluding permit fees.
The Utility or the governing body may establish a lesser allowance, or may otherwise limit
the amount of money to be expended on a single customer's electric senvice, or the total
amount to be expended on all electric senvice installations in a particular project.
4.
The Utility may, at its sole discretion, enter into agreements with a governing body of a city
or county to reduce the amount of funding for undergrounding of overhead facilities (see
Form 142-1659). The 90veming body will, at the time of entry into the agreement, be
entitled to an agreement for a minimum of one (1) year or as long as five (5) years. Upon
entry into the agreement, any specific projects that the governing body and the Utility have
previously agreed to will not be subject to the agreement. Any expenses incurred by the
Utility due to performance of agreements, as set forth in this sub-section, shall be booked as
normal Utility expenses.
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B.
In circumstances other than those covered by A. above, the Utility will replace its existing overhead
electric facilities with underground electric facilities along public streets and roads or other locations
mutually agreed upon when requested by an applicant or applicants when all of the following
conditions are met:
1.
All property owners served from the overhead facilities to be removed, first agree in
writing to have the wiring changes made on their premises so that service may be
furnished from the underground distribution systern in accordance with the Utility's
rules, and that the Utility may discontinue its overhead service upon completion of
the underground facilities, or
a.
b. Suitable legislation is in effect requiring such necessary wiring changes to be made
and authorizing the Utility to discontinue its overhead service.
2. The applicant has:
a. Furnished and installed the pads and vaults for transformers and associated
equipment, conduits, ducts, boxes, pole bases, and performed other work related to
structures and substructures including breaking of pavement, trenching, backfilling,
and repaving required in connection with the installation of the underground system,
all in accordance with the Utility's specifications, or, in lieu thereof, paid the Utility to
do so;
b. Transferred ownership of such facilities, in good condition, to the Utility; and
c. Paid a nonrefundable sum equal to the excess, if any, of the estimated costs,
including transformers, meters and services, of completing the underground system
and building a new equivalent overhead system.
3. The area to be undergrounded includes both sides of a street for at least one block or 600
feet, whichever is the lesser, and all existing overhead communication and electric
distribution facilities within the area will be removed.
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The Utility may, when requested and authorized by the city or county and mutually agreed
upon by such government entity and the Utility, initially fund any required engineering/design
costs for conversion projects under this section. In the event such a project proceeds, the
requesting city or county shall reimburse the Utility for such engineering/design costs before
the Utility shall be required to commence further work on the project. In the event the project
is not approved to proceed within two and one-half years of the Utility's delivery of such
engineering/design study, the requesting city or county shall reimburse the Utility for its costs
of such engineering/design study within 90 days of a demand by the Utility. In the event a
city or county does not reimburse the Utility within 90 days of its demand for reimbursement,
the Utility will be permitted to expense such costs as an operational cost and shall reduce
the city or county's allocations provided under Section A of this Schedule by the like amount.
5.
The removal of overhead facilities shall be completed by the Utility at their expense.
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C. In circumstances other than those covered by A. or B. above, when mutually agreed upon by the
Utility and an applicant, overhead electric facilities may be replaced with underground electric
facilities, provided the applicant requesting the change pays in advance, a nonrefundable sum equal
to the estimated cost of the underground facilities less the estimated net salvage value and
depreciation of the replaced overhead facilities. Underground services will be installed and
maintained as provided in the Utility's rules applicable thereto.
D. The term "underground electric system" means an electric system with all wires installed
underground, except those wires in surface mounted equipment enclosures.
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Advice Ur. No. 1428-E Lee Schavrien Effective Ju125,2002
Vice President
Decision No. 01-12-009 Regulatory Affairs Resolution No. E-3767
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ATTACHMENT -9
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
JOHN L. SNYDER
DIRECTOR
5555 OVERLAND AVE, SUITE 2188
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92123.1295
(858) 694-2212 FAX: (SSS} 268-0461
Web Site: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/dpw{
September 3, 2010
City of Chula Vista
Attn: Elizabeth Chopp
276 4th Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 92010
Dear Ms. Chopp:
CONSTRUCTION OF PLAZA BONITA ROAD UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
The County of San Diego (County) is proceeding with plans to construct the Plaza
Bonita Road Underground Utility District (UUD). This UUD project will convert
approximately 2800' of overhead transmission and distribution electric lines to
underground. The project will eliminate 13 wood and steel poles from their existing
locations on the west side of Plaza Bonita Road. The limits of the project, as approved
by the County Board of Supervisors in 2004, extend from Bonita Mesa Road to Bonita
Road in the community of Bonita. This project will be funded via the County's 20A utility
program.
If you have any questions regarding this project please call Lawrence Hirsch, Utility
Coordinator for County of San Diego, Capital Improvement Projects at (858) 694-2215
or bye-mail atlawrence.Hirsch@sdcountV.ca.qov
Sincerely,
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RESOLUTION NO. 2008 - 239
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ESTABLISHING
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 26 ALONG
PLAZA BONITA ROAD FROM APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET NORTH
OF THE INTERSECTION OF BONITA MESA ROAD SOUTH TO
THE SOUTHERLY CITY LIMIT, AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES WITHIN
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 26
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WHEREAS, the County of San Diego has developed plans for the undergrounding
of all 64K volt transmission lines along Plaza Bonila Road and these plans inClude transmission
lines inside the City of National City boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Diego has requested that the City of National City
create an Underground Utility District along Plaza Bonita Road from approximately 600 feet north
of the intersection of Bonita Mesa Road south to the southerly city limillo allow for the
undergrounding of the 64K volt transmission lines within National City limits; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with National City Municipal Code Chapler 13.08, the
County of San Diego, at is sole expense, is requesting permission to remove utility poles and
overhead wires, and underground the existing 64K volt power transmission lines and facilities for
power transmission services along Plaza Bonita Road from approximately 600 feet north of the
intersection of Bonita Mesa Road south to the southerly city limit. No distribution or service lines
are within the proposed boundaries, and no properties will be impacted.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of National City
hereby finds and determines that the public safety and welfare require the removal of poles,
overhead wires and associated structures, and the underground installation of wires and facilities
for supplying electric, communications or similar or associated service, and that pursuant to
Ordinance No. 1414 of the City of National City, the above described area is hereby declared an
Underground Utility District, and is hereby designated Underground Utility District No. 26 of the City
of National City. ed hereto, marked as Exhibit "A", and hereby incorporated as part of this
Resolution, is a map delineating the boundaries of said District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of National City hereby
authorizes the County of San Diego, at is sole expense, to remove utility poles and overhead wires,
and underground the existing 64K volt power transmission lines and facilities for power
transmission services within National City Utility District No. 26.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of Nove
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George H. Iser, III
City Attorney
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
November 18, 2008 by the following vote, to-wit:
Ayes:
Councilmembers Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Ungab, Zarate.
Nays:
None.
Absent:
None.
Abstain:
None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, Caiifornia
MICHAEL R. DALLA
City Clerk of the City of National City, Caiifornia
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-239 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on November 18, 2008.
By:
Deputy
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RESOLUTION 2010-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO
UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION LINES ALONG PLAZA BONITA ROAD
FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMITS TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF BONITA ROAD AND SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR OCTOBER 12,2010
WHEREAS, a portion of the SDG&E right-of-way is located within the City of Chula
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WHEREAS, the County of San Diego wishes to underground the electrical transmission
and distribution lines located within San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) right-of-way along
the west side of Plaza Bonita Road from approximately 600 feet north of Bonita Mesa Road to
the intersection with Bonita Road; and
WHEREAS, Public Utility Commission (PUC) Rule 20A requires that the governing
body of the city or county where the overhead electrical facilities are located must adopt an
ordinance creating an underground district in which both the existing and new facilities are and
will be located and in which all overhead electrical and communication facilities shall be
removed; and
WHEREAS, the formation of an underground district by the City along Plaza Bonita
Road will be contingent on the payment of all undergrounding costs by the County; and
WHEREAS, the County proposes to pay for all thc costs of the undergrounding by using
its funding allocation as specified in PUC Rule 20A and requests that the City of Chula Vista
form an underground district; 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 determine if the public health, safety or general welfare will be served.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby declare the City's intention to form a Utility Underground District (District) to
facilitate the County of San Diego's undergrounding of electrical transmission and distribution
lines along Plaza Bonita Road from the north City limits to the southwest corner of Bonita Road
and set a public hearing for said District formation for October 12,2010.
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Presented by
Riehard A. Hopkins
Direetor of Pub lie Works
Approved as to form by
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'City Attorney
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