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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 024-1982RESOLUTION NO. 24--82 RESOLUTION REQUESTING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES RESOLVED, by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California that: WHEREAS, the rates for street lighting charged by utilities governed by the California Public Utilities Commission do not reflect the actual energy used by the street lights; and WHEREAS, local agencies are discouraged from acquirinc the components of the utility -owned street light system because procedures for acquisition of the components are vague and unnecessarily cumbersome; and WHEREAS, joint -tenancy of utility poles have been discouraged or conditioned in such a manner as to be infeasible; and WHEREAS, utilities' rate structure adjusted and appro\ ed by the Commission from time to time included provisions for the amortization of utilities' installation and replacement costs of street lighting facilities; and WHEREAS, utilities' method of evaluating its street lighting facilities (Reproduction Cost New Less Depreciation) doeE not reflect the actual saleable worth of these facilities; and WHEREAS, utilities require local public agencies to purchase street lighting facilities which were previously install- ed by property owners and developers and then dedicated at no cost to the utilities; and WHEREAS, utilities do not allow energy -conserving means of efficient lumination except for high pressure sodium vapor street lights in their system; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Public Utilities Commission is requested to consider, amend and adopt regulations governing and regulating street lighting which would provide that; 1. Rates charged for street lighting reflect the actual energy used by the lights; and - 2. Procedures for acquiring components of the utilities' street lighting system be stated in a clear and precise manner; and 3. Utilities be required, if requested by a local Public Agency to allow joint use of their utility pole system, without charge, to install street light fixtures owned and maintained by the local public agency; and 4. The method utilized by utilities for valuating street lighting facilities to be purchased by public entities be based on actual cost of the facilities when installed less depreciation and any other amounts recovered through utility rate charges, not to exceed salvage value; and 5. Utilities be required, if requested by a local public gency to transfer to the agency, without charge, any street ighting facility which utilities acquired from property owners nd developers at no cost to the utility; and 6. Utilities be directed to utilize any and all forms of nergy-efficient, economical street lighting including but not limited to both high and low pressure sodium vapor street lights, when requested to do so by a public entity. Mayor I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council held on the 5th Jay of April 1982, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote 4Y ES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MANGINI, MARTIN VOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE aBSENT:000NCILMEN: NONE City Clerk