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10/12/10, Item 6
ITEM TITLE:
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
UTILITY UNDERGROUND DISTRICT TO U1\'DERGROUND
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND DISTRlBUTION LINES
ALONG PLAZA BONITA ROAD
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ESTABLISHING THE PLAZA BONITA UTILITY
UNDERGROUND DISTRICT ALONG PLAZA BONITA ROAD
FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMITS TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF BONITA ROAD ~
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ~
ASSISTANT DIRE~R OF ENGIN ~~
CITY MANAGER
ASSISTANT CITY ANAGER "7r
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REVIEWED BY:
SUMMARY
On September 14, 2010 the City Council approved Resolution No. 2010-231 and ordered a public
hearing to be held on October 12, 20 I 0 to determine whether the public health, safety and general
welfare requires the fonnation of an utility underground district to underground the overhead
electrical transmission and distribution lines along Plaza Bonita Road from the north City limits
to the southwest corner of Bonita Road. This district is being formed at the request of the
County of San Diego, who will be financing all the costs using their undergrounding funds.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Environmental Review Coordinator has reviewed the proposed project for compliance with
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the proposed project
qualilies 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 utility 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.
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BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
DISCUSSION
The County of San Diego desires to underground the overhead electric utilities, consisting of
uistribution lines anu 69 kV transmission lines and poles, along Plaza Bonita Road
approxunately from 600 feet north of the intersection with Bonita Mesa Road to the southwest
comer of Plaza Bonita Road anu Bonita Road. On December 1, 2004, the County of San Diego
adopteu Ordinance No. 9685 (Attachment 1 l, which approved the fOffiJation of Underground
Utility District No. 98 on Plaza Bonita Road. The ordinance took effect 30 days after the date of
its passage.
According to Public Utility Commission (PUC) Rule 20A, the governing body of the city or
county where the overheau electrical facilities are located must adopt an ordinance creating an
unuerground district III which both the existing and new facilities are and will be locateu and in
which all overhead electrical and communication facilities shall be removed. County staff
therefore requested that the cities of National City anu Chula Vista establish utility
undcrgrounding districts along Plaza Bonita Road. The County would pay for the
undergrounding with their Rule 20A funds. The City of National City formed a utility
underground district for the portion of the district with their City boundaries on November 18,
2008, authorizing the County of San Diego to remove the utility poles and overhead wires and
install underground electrical facilities within the district at its sole expense.
On June 30 2010, staff received notice that the County had decided to proceed with construction
of the Plaza Bonita district. COLmty staff requested that the City proceed with formation of the
district within Chula Vista boundaries. This district would only include undergrounding of
clectricallines, since there are no overhead communication facilities in this area. PUC Rule 20A
and Section 15.32.130 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code requires Council 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. On September 14,2010 City Council adopted
Resolution No. 2010-231 (Attachment 2), declaring the City's intention to underground existing
overhead electncal and communication lines along Plaza Bonita Road and setting a public
hearing for the October 12, 2010 Council meeting.
The location of the proposed district is shown on Attachment 3. Although this portion of Plaza
Bonita Roau is in the unincorporated County area, the SDG&E utility easement, which includes
the utility poles, is within the City. The utility wires across Bonita Roau will be removed, but
the pole on the southwest comer of Bonita Road and Plaza Bonita Roau/Lynwood Drive will
remain, because it is needed to serve properties on the south side of Bonita Road.
Section 15.32.140 ofthe Chula Vista Municipal Coue requires the City to notify all affected persons
and concerned utility companies ofthe time and place of the public hearing at least 15 days prior to
the public hearing. Since there currently are no individual electric services cOImccted to the
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dIstribution lines within the district, no private service conversions will need to be done as part of
the district. Since only electrical distribution and transmission lines are involved, SDG&E is the
only affected utility, bllt we included other interested utilities serving the area. Public notices have
been mailed out as specified. The City is also required to publish the resolution calling for a public
heating in a newspaper of general circulation one time no less than five days prior to the date of the
public hearing. Notice has been published in the Chula Vista Star News as required.
DECISION MAKER CONFLICT
Staff has reviewed the property holclings of the City Council and has found no property holdings
within 500 feet of the boundaries of the properties which are the subject of this action.
CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT
There are no impacts to the General Fund or other Chula Vista funds for this action. All work
associated with the utility undergrounding will be paicl by San Diego County's Rule 20A funds.
ONGOING FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no ongoing fiscal impacts.
ATTACHMENTS
I. County of San Diego Ordinance No. 9685
2. Resolution No. 2010-231
3. Proposed Underground Utility District Map
Prepared by EI/7,aheth Chopp. Senior Civil Engl11eer, Engineering-Public Works Dept.
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ATTACHMENT I
ORDINANCE NO. '/&>'.>:" (NEW SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 89.299
TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF REGULATORY ORDINANCES
TO FORM AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
ON PLAZA BONITA ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 98
The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego ordains as follows:
Section 1. 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 COlUlty, 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' ll"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' IT'E. 1716.02 feet to the beginning ofa tangent 303-foot
radius curve, concave westerly;
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8. Thence southerly along said right-of-way lines ofLynwood Drive 250 feet;
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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 right-of-way line of
Bonita Road, according to Road Survey No. l299 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;
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 easterly right-of-way line to the southerly right-of-way line of said
Bonita Road;
11. Thence northerly to the intersection ofthe northerly right-of-way line of said Bonita Road with
the easterly right-of-way line of said Plaza Bonita Road;
12. Thence N.I1 011 '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 41 1.38 feet;
14. Thence N.70033' I T'W. 1398.39 feet to the beginning ofa tangent 450-footradius curve, concave
northeasterly;
15. Thence northerly along said curve 424.06 feet;
16. Thence N.I6055' 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
o,^,'Uers 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 ofSupervisoTS in the marmer provided
in Section 89.107(a) and (b) ofthis Division.
Section 2. It is the finding of the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County that the public
health, safety and welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures, and
the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar
or associated service within Undcrgrotmd 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 used 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 of its
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 in 1-D "'... <I< < If , a newspaper of
general circulation published in the County of San Diego.
CCSF, 84.27,4/77
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1st day of December, 2004, Minute Order No.13
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Bo d of Supervisors
County of San Diego, State of California
The above Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Cox, Jacob, Slater-Price, Roberts, Horn
ATTEST my hand and the seal of the Board of Supervisors this 1st day of December 2004.
THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA
Clerk o~ard of Sup
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Cecil B. Fo
12/1/04 (13)
Ordinance No.9685 (N.S)
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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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RESOLUTION 2010- 2-3/
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
CORl"\fER OF BONITA ROAD AND SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR OCTOBER 12,2010
WHEREAS, the COW1ty 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, a portion of the SDG&E right-of-way is located within the City of Chula
Vista; and
WHEREAS, Public Utility Commission (PUC) Rule 20A requires th:lt the governing
body of the city or county where the overhead electrical facilities are located must adopt an
ordinance creating an W1derground district in which both the existing and new !acilities are and
will be located and in which all overhead electrical and communication facilities shall be
removed; and
WHEREAS, the fOffimtion of an underground district by the City along Plaza Bonita
Road will be contingent on the payment of all undergrounding costs by the COW1ty; and
WHEREAS, the County proposes to p:lY for all thc costs of the undergrounding by using
its funding :lI1oc:ltion as specified in PUC Rule 20A and requests tl"!at the City of Chula Vista I
form an underground district; :lUd .
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 15.32.130 of the Chula Vista Municip:ll 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 alona Plaza Bonita Road from the north Citv limits to the southwest comer of Bonita Road
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and set a public hearing for said District formation for October 12, 2010.
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ROBERTO SOLORZANOSEPTEMBER 2010
PROPOSED PLAZA BONITA UTILITY UNDERGROUND DISTRICT
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RESOLUTION 2010-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ESTABLISHING THE PLAZA BONITA
UTILITY UNDERGROUND DISTRICT ALONG PLAZA
BONITA ROAD FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMITS TO THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BONITA ROAD
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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, which is partly within the City of Chula Vista as shown on the
County of San Diego Underground Utility District No. 98 Legal Description (County Ordinance
No. 9685) and on the County of San Diego Underground Utility District No. 98 Map
incorporated herein by this reference and on file with the Chula Vista City Clerk pursuant to
Chula Vista Municipal Code section 15.32.150; and
WHEREAS, there are no properties that tie into the subject distribution lines and no
streetlights owned and/or maintained by the City would be affected by formation of the proposed
underground utility district, therefore Municipal Code Section 15.32.150 A and B are not
applicable and a subsequent resolution will not be required; 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 create 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 County proposes to pay for all the 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, 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, on September 14,2010, Council adopted a resolution declaring the City's
intention to underground overhead electrical transmission and distribution lines along Plaza
Bonita Road from the north City limits to the southwest comer of Bonita Road and setting a
public hearing for the October 12,2010 Council meeting, in accordance with Section 15.32.130
of the Chula Vista Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, notices of the public hearing have been sent to all affected property owners
and concerned utilities and published in the Chula Vista Star News in accordance with Section
15.32.140 of the Chu1a Vista Municipal Code; and
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WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held on October 12, 2010 to consider the
establishment of the Plaza Bonita Utility Underground District and all persons interested were
given the opportunity to be heard.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby establish the Plaza Bonita Utility Underground District along Plaza Bonita
Road from the north City limits to the southwest corner of Bonita Road.
BElT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby makes those certain findings
that the public health, safety and general welfare requires the removal of the subject poles,
overhead wires and associated structures within said district.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
Richard A. Hopkins
Director of Public Works
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