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HomeMy WebLinkAbout69-66 - Underground Utility District No. 1 - EstablishingM RESOLUTION NO. 69-66 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, a public hearing was called for Monday, September 15, 1969, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Costa Mesa, California, to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures, and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service, within that certain area of the City described as follows: A strip of land 100 feet wide centered on the center line of Victoria Street extending from the center line of Charle Drive easterly to the center line of College Avenue. WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to all utilities concerned in the manner and within the time required by law; and WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons interested have been given an opportunity to be heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Costa Mesa, that, pursuant to Ordinance No. 68-21 of the City of Costa Mesa, the above described area is hereby declared an Underground Utility District, and is designated as Underground Utility District No. 1 of the City of Costa Mesa. Attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A," and hereby incorporated as a part of this resolution, is a map delineating the boundaries of said District; RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council does hereby fix June 30, 1970, as the date on which affected property owners must be ready to receive underground service, and does hereby order the removal of all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service within Underground Utility District No. 1 on or before July 31, 1970; RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the following exception in said Underground Utility District No. 1 be and they are hereby authorized: (1) Any municipal facilities or equipment installed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. (2) Poles or electroliers used exclusively for street lighting. (3) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts. (4) Temporary poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used or to be used in con- junction with construction projects. RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within Under- ground Utility District No. 1 of the adoption of this resolution within ten (10) days after the date of such adoption. Said City Clerk shall further notify said property owners of the necessity that, if they or any person occupying such property desire to continue to receive electric, communication or other similar or associated service, they or such occupant shall, by the date fixed in this resolution, provide all necessary facility changes on their premises so as to receive such service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a new location, subject to applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Cali- fornia. Such notification shall be made by mailing a copy of this resolution together with a copy of said Ordinance No. 68-21, to all affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities; RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council hereby finds and determines as follows: The Underground Utility District herein created is in the general public interest for the following reasons: (1) The undergrounding to be accomplished will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities; (2) The streets, roads or rights of way in the District are extensively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 1969. 7 ATTEST: Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa City Clerk' of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 69-66 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of September, 1969, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Wilson, Tucker, St. Clair, Jordan NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Pinkley City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa 0 1 Resolution No. 69-66 Exhibit "A"