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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 8
For meeting of 1/16/79
ITEM TITLE Resolution 9'~`J~9 Revising Date for Removal of Poles and
Overhead Facilities Within the Third Avenue Underground
Utilities District No. 108.
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ITEM EXPLANATION (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES NOx )
The City Council on September 13, 1977, by Resolution No. 8812
established an Underground t,'tility District on Third Avenue from
"G" Street to "K" Street. On August 8, 1978, by Resolution No.
9220 the City Council established July 1, 1979, as the date for
poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures to be
removed within the Third Avenue Undergrounding District 108 from
"G" to "H" Street and from "I" to "K" Street.
San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Pacific Telephone Company, and
Mission Cable T.V. are presently engaged in the undergrounding of
their facilities within Third Avenue.
Pacific Telephone Company is performing work above and beyond that
which would normally be required in an undergrounding district.
In addition to the ordinary conversion work, Pacific Telephone
Company is also installing a new underground 27 duct major trunk
structure.
On January 2, 1979, staff received a written request from Pacific
Telephone Company to extend the poles out date as established by
City Council Resolution No. 9220. Pacific Telephone Company is
requesting that the poles out date be extended from July 1, 1979,
to October 15, 1979. Pacific Telephone Company's reasons for this
request to extend the poles out date are as follows:
1. The work required to complete their undergrounding project is
of greater magnitude than they originally anticipated.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
City Council revise the poles out date to October 15, 1979, as the
date for poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures
to be removed in the Third Avenue Undergrounding District 108 from
"G" to "H" Street and from "I" to "K" Streets.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
COUNCIL ACTION
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For Meeting of 1/16/79
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2. Pacific Telephone Company's contractor who is placing the sub-
structures is three months behind schedule. The delay in the
schedule is due to unforeseen conflicts with existing underground
utility facilities and structures, i.e., vaults, manholes, etc.
3. After Pacific Telephone Company completed their detailed
engineering, they found out that a great deal of the work
required sequence splicing thereby limiting the number of cable
splicers that could be engaged in work at the same time.
Engineering staff has reviewed Pacific Telephone Company's request
for an extension of the poles out date on Third Avenue from "G" Street
to "K" Street and, under the circumstances, finds the request reasonable.
As in the past, San Diego Gas & Electric Company will remove their
poles which are not in joint use with the telephone company upon
completion of their work. Poles which would remain until October 15,
1979, would be only those poles which are required to support telephone
company facilities. The extension of the poles out date from July 1,
1979, to October 15, 1979, could possibly delay the start of construction
of the Third Avenue Widening Project from "G" to "I" Street as much as
22 months. This delay is based upon a preliminary engineering schedule
for the widening of Third Avenue which schedule could change as the
tentative construction date is approached. At the present time,
Engineering staff sees no significant problems if the poles out date
is extended to October 15, 1979. The contractor for the Third Avenue
Widening Project would be able to coordinate his work with Pacific
Telephone Company such that the removal of the poles on October 15, 1979,
would not affect the contractor's construction of the sidewalk and
pavement. The poles would be removed before the contractor got to this
stage of construction.
At the present time, the poles are not scheduled to be removed for that
portion of Third Avenue between "H" and "I" Street. On July 5, 1978,
the City Council by Resolution No. 9173 granted a temporary exemption
from undergrounding overhead utilities within the Third Avenue Under-
grounding District between "H" and "I" Streets. This exemption was
approved by City Council upon the request of San Diego Gas & Electric
Company due to the uncertainty of the development for the South Bay
Regional Center. The request of Pacific Telephone Company to extend the
poles out date will only affect that portion of Third Avenue between "G"
and "H" Street and "I" and "K" Streets.
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