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RESOLUTION 73-48 ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5 WHEREAS, By Minute Order dated April 16, 1973, a public hearing was called for May 7, 1973, at the hour of 7:30 p.m., at the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, 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 for the formation of the Underground Utility District No. 5: That area of varying width bordering both sides of Sycamore Street from Washington Avenue to Civic Center Drive as shown on attached Exhibit "A"; and 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 City Council of the City of Santa Aha: That pursuant to Santa Ana Municipal Code Sections 37-1 to 37-13, the above-described area is hereby declared an Underground Utility District, and is designated as Underground Utility District No. 5 of the City of Santa Ana. Attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A", and hereby incorporated as a part of this Resolution, is a map delineating the boundaries of said District; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council does hereby fix April 15, 1974, 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. 5 on or before June l, 1974. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Clerk of the Council is hereby instructed to notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within Underground Utility District No. 5 of the adoption of this Resolution within ten (10) days after the date of such adoption. Said Clerk of the Council 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 res- pective utility or utilities on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Such notification shall be made by mailing a copy of this resolution, together with a copy of said Santa Ana Municipal Code Sections 37-1 to 37-13 to all affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds and determines as follows: The Underground Utility District herein created is in the general public interest for the following reason: The undergrounding to be accom- plished will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities.