HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-048 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
at its regular meeting held on the 7th day of May 1973.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was
introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the ?th day
of I~y, 19T3and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN:Markel, Evans, Garthe, Yamamoto~ Patterson, Ward,
Griset
NOES, COUNCILMEN:None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
APPROVED AS TO FORM: