Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 076-2019RESOLUTION NO. 76-2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME ESTABLISHING THE EL CAMINO REAL UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT 2019-1 WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized electric and telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to certain criteria, CPUC rules allow participating cities and counties to establish legislation authorizing the creation of underground utility districts within which existing overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and service facilities will be converted to underground; and WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame has adopted an ordinance authorizing the City Council to designate areas within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires, and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services, and cable television should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works for the City of Burlingame has consulted with the affected public utilities, and such utilities have agreed that the proposed underground conversion district, designated the El Camino Real Underground Utility District (2019-1), meets the criteria established by the rules of the CPUC; and WHEREAS, each year the City of Burlingame is notified by PG&E regarding the allocation of work credits for conversion of overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground, known as Rule 20A allocations; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works for the City of Burlingame has consulted with PG&E and determined that the City has accumulated Rule 20A work credits; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Burlingame has now received the report from the Director of Public Works recommending that the area identified in the Utility District Map should be designated as an underground utility district within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires, and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services, and cable television should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame has notified all affected property owners within the proposed El Camino Real Underground Utility District and invited them to attend the public hearing to discuss formation of the proposed district, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Burlingame held a public hearing, at which time the Council did receive and consider the recommendation of the Director of Public Works and did hear any and all objections or protests that were raised by the property owners within the above described district pertaining to designating this area an underground utility district. NOW, THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED, ORDERED AND FOUND by the City Council of the City of Burlingame, State of California, as follows: Section 1. Upon completion of each project phase: • The public interest requires the removal of all existing utility poles [excepting those poles supporting streetlights, traffic signals or trolley lines], overhead wires and associated overhead structures and installation of underground wires and facilities for supplying electric power, communication, or similar associated services within the areas as shown in the Utility District Map, attached hereto, with such area being designated as the El Camino Real Underground Utility District. • Each property served from such electric overhead facilities shall have installed in accordance with PG&E's rules for underground service, all electrical facility changes on the premises necessary to receive service from the underground facilities of PG&E as soon as it is available. • Authorizing PG&E to discontinue its overhead electric service upon completion of the underground distribution system. Section 2. Funding details for the project will be determined as the project phases are developed and timelines and schedules are set in coordination with Caltrans' work on El Camino Real. Donna Colson, Mayor AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day of June, 2019, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: Meagia asse earer, City Clerk