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RESOLUTION NO. 4070
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO AMEND SECTION 12,16,020
OF CHAPTER 12 16 OF TITLE 12 OF THE PALO ALTO
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 5
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, California, as
follows:
1. That in its opinions the public necessity, health and safety
require and that It is the intention of said Council, pursuant to Section
12,16,040 of• Chapter 12,16 of Title 12 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code,
-to amend Section. ?_2,16.020 of said Code, by ordering the establishment of
an underground utility district and to prohibit the construction in and
require the removal from said proposed district of all poles and overhead
lines and associated overhead structures used or useful in supplying
electric, ccmmunication•cr similar or associated services.
2. That the name of the proposed district is Underground Utility
District No, 5 of the City of Pala Alto,
3, That the description of the area comprising said proposed
district is as follows:
Al_ ;ands within the City limits of the City of Palo Alto
fronting on the southwesterly side of El Camino Real
between: Maybell Aver -ale and Vista Avenue,
all as more particularly delineated on that certain map entitled "Under-
ground Utility District No, 5", on file in the office of the City Clerk.
44, That from and after the effective date of the establishment
of said proposed district no person or utility shall erect or construct
within said district any pole, overhead sire or associated overhead
structure used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar
assoc ated services.
5. That by May 15, 1968, all pules and overhead lines and associ-
ated structures used or useful, in supplying electric, communication and
similar or associated services in said proposed district shall be
removed, and from and after said date nc person or utility shall use or
maintain such facilities within said proposed district.
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6. That NOTICE :S HEREBY GIVEN that Monday, the llth day of March,
1968, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M., in the regular meeting place of
said Council, City Hall, Palo Alto, California, are hereby fixed as the
time and place when and where said Council shall hear all protests and
receive evidence for and against the action herein proposed, and when and
where said Council shall consider and finally determine whether the public
necessity, health and safety require the establishment of said district
and the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures
and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying
electric, communication, or similar associated services in the district
hereinabove described.
7. That at said hearing all persons interested shall be given an
opportunity to be heard. Said hearing may be continued from time to time
as may be determined by said Council.
8. •that at said hearing said Council will take evidence and con-
sider the question of whether such undergrounding is in the general public
interest for one or more of the following reasons:
Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually
heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities;
Said street or road or right-of-way is extensively used
by the general public and carries a heavy volume of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic;
Said street or road or right-of-way adjoins or passes
through a civic area.
9. That the Clerk of this City shall give notice of said hearing
by mailing copies of this resolution to all property owners within said
proposed district as shown on the last equalized tax roll of the City,
and to all utilities supplying electric, communication or similar or
associated services within said proposed district, said mailing to be
completed at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of said hearing.
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1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of a resolution duly passed and adopted by the Council
of the City of Palo Alto, California, at a meeting thereof held on
the � day of
members thereof:
February
, 196 8, by the following vote of the
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen:
Arnold, Beahrs, Berwald, Clark, Comstock, Cooley, Dias, Gallagher,
Pearson, Spaeth, Wheatley
NOES, Councilmen: None
ABSENT, Councilmen: None
APPROVED:
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