HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 013-2003RESOLUTION 13-2003
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME URGING
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC TO
STUDY ALTERNATIVES TO LOCATING NEW ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE
IN THE SKYLINE BOULEVARD CORRIDOR
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the City Council understands that the PUC and Pacific Gas & Electric are
studying the possibility of locating a 230kV transmission line between Woodside and San Francisco;
and
WHEREAS, as currently proposed by PG&E, the new line would create a significant
intrusion into the lives of the many people who live along Skyline Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, those residents have legitimate concerns about the effects that the new
transmission lines will have on the health and safety of their families; and
WHEREAS, the transmission lines as proposed will have a significant effect on the views
and enjoyment of the residents' properties by their new height and breadth; and
WHEREAS, citizens are entitled to a meaningful discussion of the range of alternatives
available to mitigate or avoid these problems; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that there has to be a better way of providing necessary
electrical power to San Francisco than the current proposal,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
1. PG&E is urged to provide meaningful answers, discussion, and analysis of the range of
alternatives available to it to mitigate or eliminate the potential adverse effects of the proposed
230kV transmission lines on the residents of the Skyline Boulevard Corridor.
2. The California Public Utilities Commission is urged to ensure that PG&E provides
meaningful answers, discussion, and analysis of the range of alternatives available to it to mitigate
or eliminate the potential adverse effects of the proposed 230kV transmission lines on the residents
of the Skyline Boulevard Corridor and is further urged to continue to give due consideration to the
issues raised by the 280 Corridor Concerned Citizens, the Town of Hillsborough, and others on this
issue.
3. The City Clerk is requested to send a certified copy of this resolution to the California
Public Utilities Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric.
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I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day
of Eehrnary ,2003, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLcocE,
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
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COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'MAHONY
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