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