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HomeMy WebLinkAbout097-03RESOLUTION NO. 97-2003 DESIGNATING AN AREA FOR THE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION UTILITIES AND ORDERING THE REMOVAL OF ABOVE GROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION UTILITIES IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS THE CAMINO TASSAJARA ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION UNDERGROUND DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING $20,000 WHEREAS, the Danville Town Council has received the recommendation of the City Engineer that the area designated in Exhibit 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, in Danville, California, should be designated as an area in which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures should be removed, and that underground wires and facilities for supplying electric power, communications, or similar or associated service should be installed; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 18 of the Danville Municipal Code, the City Clerk notified all property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and utilities concerned, by mail, of a public hearing on this matter to be held on October 8, 2003 at the Town Hall, 201 Front Street, Danville, California, at 7:30 p.m.; and WHEREAS, service conversions for the properties at 2420, 2830, 2850, and 2860 Camino Tassajara that cannot be paid from Rule 20A funds are eligible for conversions costs to be paid by the Town of Danville up to $5,000 for each property site; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on said date at which time the Town Council did receive and consider the recommendation of the City Engineer and did hear any and all objections or protests that were raised by the owners of property within the above described area pertaining to designating this area an underground utility district; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Danville that on behalf of all Danville citizens does hereby resolve: Section 1. The public necessity, health, safety, and welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric power, communication, or similar or associated services within the areas as shown in Exhibit 1, attached hereto, with such area hereby being designated as the Camino Tassajara Electric and Communication Underground District. Section 2. Determines the undergrounding of utilities as provided in Section I will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities. Section 3. Orders that the removal and underground installation of the above-mentioned utilities be accomplished by December 31, 2006, and that all property owners within said District shall be ready to receive underground service from such underground system as of July 1, 2006. Section 4. Directs the City Clerk to mail a copy of this Resolution to all affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities. Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption; now, therefore, be it further RESOLVED, that $20,000 is hereby appropriated from the General Purpose Revenue sub- account of the Capital Improvement Fund for the cost of conversion of overhead services to underground services for services at 2420, 2830, 2850, and 2860 Camino Tassajara. APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on October 8, 2003, by the following vote: AYES: Shimansky, Arnerich, Andersen, Doyle, Stepper NOES: None ABSTAINED: None ABSENT: None APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST: CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK PAGE 2 OF RESOLUTION NO. 97-2003 ATTACHMENT A