The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About0188.093, l I .c. - ~staH t ~ -,.1>01-------------, 1 March 11 ~ 1993 THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Palo Alto, California Report. in Brief Q.l::S!inance bme-nding District Boundaries of Ungerground Uti!.ill pistrict Np.30 -C-gsc~nt Park III Members of the Council: At its meeting of January 25, 1993, the Council passed Rp.solution of Intent tl0. 7170 to amend underground utility District No. 30 boundary to include six additional properties on Edgewood Drive. The Council meeting o~ March 15, 1993 has been set as the date of the Public Hearing' on the matter. notices announcinq thi"! meeting, with a description of the p~oject and a copy of the resolution, were mailed to all property owners in the propose~ District on Fetru~ry 9, 1993. Tnis report p~esents the maps of the eXisting and proposed boundaries, introduces the ordinance amending the Underground Utility District No.30 boundaries l and recommends COUncil adoption of the ordinance~ Background As indicated i~ CMR 131.93, the purpose of including the six properties (1529-1699) on Edgewood Drive is to eliminate three deteriorated poles located along the rear lot easements of these properties and provide underground electric, telephone and cable TV services from the street. Both the propert~' owners and thE'; City 'Will be.lefit by including these properties in the already established District No. 30. The benefits to the property owners are: CKlI. t88.93 1 L ti ~: , . , 2 The llnd~rgrounct service point required tor the electric, telephone and cable TV utilities .. ill be installed at n.;) cost to the property o'llfne~s. The poles will be removed and the easement vacated at rio expense to the property owners. It these properties ~ere not to become a part of an underground district then, per telephone rules, the estimated fees for each property owner to obtain an uncerground telephone service and have the poles removed ~ould range between $5~COO and $10,000. The city will not charge any fees, since there is no additional expense to the city. Cable TV already has underground service point~ for these properties and, hence, will not bill the customers. The city benefits, since it will no longer need to maintain the overhead lines along the rear lot eaSemEoTlts of these properties~ Financing Tha necessary conduits 8nd underground facilities to serve the six additional p~operties were installed in 1987. No additional ~~derqround construction by the City is re~ired. Funds are available in the Electric capital Improvement projects Overhead and underground Extensions and Replacements~ for connecting T~e six additional properties t.O the underqround systems and removinq the overhead facilities. Total estimated City eKpense is $6,OOO~ The cost of converting the electric~ telephone and cable TV services will be borne by the property cvners. The average cost per property tor converting the services is $2,500. The property owners have been o!fered the option of flnancing their service conve~aions pursuant to section 12.16~091 of the Municipal Code. This involves the borrowing of funas from the city and the rep~yment of such cost, which will be added to the owners' property t~x bills over a ten year pe~iod at an interest rate specified by the Co~~cil as defined in the Code~ Environmental Impact Assessment This project is cateqorically exempt (Class 2) from the environmental impact assess1l'.ent req'"..lir-elnents under the California Environmental Quality Act. --"-,'-,' -_.- ",·L , ! I I ! __ iP - 3 propysed Procedure It ie p~Gposed th~t! 1. The ame~Qinq of the boundaries of the ~xistinq Underqround Utility District No~JO be initiated by the adoptlon of the or~inance am~nding the boundaries as shown on the accompanying map. 2. Tbe Council finds amending the District boundaries to be of general public interest and benefit. The construction work on the (jistributicn system, therefore, wJll be done at th~ expense of the utilities involved; and no part of the distribution cost will be assessed to the affected property owners. Therefore. the only cost to the property owners will be that o:! replacing the overhead service drops to their buildings with underground services. Property owners will be offered ths option of financing their service conver&ions under section 12.16.091 of the Municipal Code and, in effect, borrowing from the City and havlnq their repayment costs added to their ta~ bills over a period of ten years and at an interest rate speciried by the Council. Council Action and Tentative Schedule upon completion ot the public hearing, a deciSion to Froceed with the project ... il1 result in the follo'otdng action and proposed schadu2e: ActION ~ Introduction and first reading of Ordinance Amending Boundaries March 15, 1993* of U'nderqround District No. 30. second readinq and adoption of ordinance ~pril 12, 1993* Resolution determining property owners April 1993* electing to pay service-conversion cost over a period of years. 'L " ;." ... :i i 1 , I i ------------------- '. Pole removal and project comple~ion June 1~93 * Dencte~ council Action Beco l!1ll!endatlQ,D Statt recommends that the Council adopt the attached ordinance to amend Section 12~16.020 of Title 12 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code thereby amending Underground Utility District No~ 30. Re;JjcttuIIY subm.itted, ral-::L 7_ Vo..L..a PATRICK E. VAIATH s2or . p~/ Eng~n7 Eo;iJ'~ Interim Director ot Utilities ~~ru~ ~ FLEMING r City Manager Attachments: Ord.inance District 30 Bounaary Map Relatecl CMl<: CMll:162:7 O.:R:1Jl:93 cn.18a:t3 Amended Di.txict 30 Bc~~dary Map C~escent Park III Underqround Conversion project ReRolution of Intent to Amend Underqround District No.30 4 i i I I , .. ~ ! - o ORDINft ... NCE ~·O ... OP..DINANC£ OF THE COUNCIL C"F--'T"'H"'E,-cC",IT:f OF PAL,Q ALTO JlJ"1ENDING SECT!ON 12.16.C~O OF CHAPTER 12.16 OF TITLE ~2 OF THE PALO AL'l'O M':.:!HCIPAL CODE. E-l' EST~...ar~ISEING ~,-,!NDERGROtJNT) UTILITY O:STiUCT NO. 30, AS A.M:E1"1'C'EC' 'rh-: Cou.ncil of the City 'Of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as fo110;.{s: W-riEREAS, this CQuncil, on January 25, 1993, adopted R.esolution No. 7170, decla'ring its intentiG:n to aI:'.end Sect ion 12.16.020 of Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of the Palo Alto ?-":unicipal Code by establish:ing Undergro'-lnd Utility District-""'0. 30, a::: amended, in the Cit}, a::.d by such Resclu.ticr:: appointEd ?--1cn·j,ay. r.".arch 15. 1993. at tht: hour of 7:00 o'e-lock p.m., in th.e Council Ch~ers, City Hall, at 250 Hamiltou Av~nu,,=, Palo A1tQ, CaliforDia, as the time and place of hearir:g p!:"otests and receivir::g evid.ence for and d,gainst the proposed action and r.otice 0: direction; a!':d WHEREAS. notice was given 0: tr~e time and p"2.ace therein stated in the marmer provided by law, as apPE;ars frOIT. the affida vits on filE in the offi ce of the Cj ty C:'erk; ar.d ~"'HEP.E.?;s, said n>.atter ca.."Tle on. regularly fa-:-h~aring at the time tnerein fixed; and WHEREAS, all written protests and othe.r y,'ritten com.-'!lunica tions .... ere publicly read at said me~t:lna and evidence dt.:ly taken and all perso::?s desiring to be heard wer ..... e fully heard; NOW I THEREFORE, IT IS fO:;""'!~, DETERMINED a=-.c GF..:J2;'EO as follows: SEC'a'pN 1. The public necessity, health ace safety req'..l.ire the removal of poles and ove:!"head lines and associate-j overhead structures fron': those certain lands d<escribed in RBS:)::'U tion No. 7170. SECTION 2. Section 12.16.020 of Chapcer 12.16 elf Title-12 'Of the Palo Alto Mv.nicipal Code is amended by modifying Subs~ct.icn (3D) thereto to read as follcws: • {3D) District No. 30_ All la:'J.ds within th$-City of Pale Alto, County of Santa Clara, b,~unded by San Francisguito Creek, Edgewood Drive, Tsla':""d Drive, H~,ilton Avenue, Cer.t~r Drive, Dana Ave nue, Alester Avenue and Jackson Drive; removal ninety days after completJ on a~d acc€ptance of w,orit, I 1 .i I SECTION J.. The ,; Underground U~ i1 i ty D1 strict referred to in S€ction 12.16.020 shall be amecded to add lands shown on the map tr.os-e referred tQ in Resol1..i.t.ion No. P.:a.p:; " :0 the 7170 .. SECTION 4. The City C'ol..lr.cil hereby finds that th~ a:5opU .. cn of this ordinance is categorically exempt from the Cal. i!or;Jia F.r..v i roarnental ClUal i t y Ac t . SECI"rON 5. This crdinance shall b..;-come effective l.:.pcn the expiration of thirty (30) days from its passage. INTRODUCED: PASSED, AYES: NOES, ABSTENTIONS, kI'TEST: APPROVED: -------Mayor City Clerk: APPROVED AS TO PC,R..lof: City Manager SenJ.or .P...sst. City Attorney Director o! Utilities 2 l .... - : -:---.:ti~ F' ."""",' lI'\~~jl-_ ., I . I Q 7.. tIJ ~ w -l ?i ~ z: § CI I ::J ~ !lJ D. :r :J J • I • I • I .......... ----- .. ~ ~ ~ .. ~ ; " ~"f..\; Ii- " UH~...lND UTIL.IT'T' OIS1F-IC-T 1'iO. bO ~~ •• ..:-:.; •• :.:c>::F:V:::~;:'..:.;;.J' ,--C_IlY_ or !'ALO ALTO. CALlfORNl.I. \ "L - lr~~:E~ ~~_. '1., -~ ~. • EE-IOlf:. I I I , i 1 , M1Ql4q JWNlAND ENGr:r:. '-IANAGtIl . ~. - CRESCENT PARK III UNDERCROUND DISTRICT Na 30 AHENDED BOUNDARY M.<P CITY OF PALO ALTO CALIfORNIA r:400' . LEGEI\1! ; .. _-----_ .. UC30-BM-S-f)()/ I