HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 479 RESOLUTION NO. 479
ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Saratoga as foillows:
I~EREAS, by Resolution No. 399-4, a public hearing was called for Wednesday,
April 16, 1969, at the hour of 8:00 P. M, in the Council Chambers, at 13777
Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, to ascertain whether the public necessity,
health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service
on the Civic Center property on Fruitvale Avenue, between ~ildcat Creek, Fruitvale
Avenue, and the Redwood School property, as shown on the }~aD of Saratoga Underground
Utility District No. 3 dated April 2, 1969; and
WHEREAS, Notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property owners
as sho~n on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities concerned in the
manner and for the time required by law; and
WttEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons
interested have been given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, ~IEREFORE, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby finds and determines that the public necessity, health, safety and welfare
require the removal of poles, overhead wires and 'associated structures, and the
under8round installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communi-
cation, or similar or associated service, on the Civic Center property on Fruitvale
Avenue, between Wildcat Creek, Fruitvale Avenue, and the Redwood School property
as shown on the ~p of Saratoga Underground Utility District Moo B, dated April 2,
1969; and further, but without limiting the foregoing; that such undergrounding is
in the public interest because it x~ill eliminate overhead wires and appurtenances
in an area of unusual scenic interest to the general public; and pursuant to Chapter
15 of the Saratoga City Code, such described area is hereby established as Saratoga
Underground Utility District No. 3.
RESOLVED, FUR~!ER, that the follo~ing shall not be exceptions in said I~der-
ground Utility District No. 3:
Those facilities ~ore particularly described in subsection~ (d), and (f), of
Section 15-6, Chapter 15 of the Saratoga City Code. Subsections as follows:
(d) Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used for the
transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 34,500
volts.
(f) Antennae, associated equipment and supporting structures, used by a
utility for furnishing communication services.
RESOLVED, 'FURT~IER, that all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures shall be removed and underground installations made in said underground
utility district within the following ti-es:
a. Underground installation by utility companies and proDerty owners and
recommeetions not later than Movember 1, 1969;
b. Removal of poles, overhead wires and other associated overhea~ structures
not later than November 30, 1969, except those from the first pole beyond
the pole immediately behind the city office which may remain attached until
perminent location of the city corporation yard.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the City Clerk, within ten (10) days after the
adoption of this resolution, shall mail a copy hereof and a coDy of Ordinance
38.20 to affected property owners as such a~e sho~al on the last e~ualized roll and
to the affected utilities,
Adopted this 16th day of April
~-_- ~ -_ ..... , 1969, by the
City Council of the City of Saratoga by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tyler, Dwyer, Robbins, Smith, Sanders
NOES: None
AB SENT: None ' ""
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ATTEST:
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