HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 477 RESOLUTION-N6. 477
ESTABLISHING SARATOGA UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2-B
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Saratoga as follows:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 399-3, a public hearing was called for Wednesday,
September 18, 1968, at the hour of 8:00 P.M. in the Council Chanbers, 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 Verde Vista Lane between Verde Vista Court and Tract 4253, on the northsouth
portion of Boyce Lane, and on the property west of that portion of Sarahills Drive
in Tract No. 3461 as shown on the Map of Saratoga Underground Utility District No.
2-B, revised dated April 2, 1969, as shown on Map of Saratoga Underground Utility
District No. 2-B, dated September 4, 1968; and
WHEREAS, Notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property owners
as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities concerned in the
manner and for the time required by law; and
WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons inter-
ested have been given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW THEREFORE, 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 under-
ground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication,
or similar or associated service, on Verde Vista Lane between Verde Vista Court and
Tract 4253, on the northsouth portion of Boyce Lane, and on the property west of
that portion of Sarahills Drive in Tract No. 3461 as shown on the Map of Saratoga
Underground Utility District No. 2-B, revised dated April 2, 1969, as shown on Map
of Saratoga Underground Utility District No. 2-B, dated September 4, 1968; and further,
but without limiting the foregoing, that such undergrounding is in the public interest
because it will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribu-
~onfacilities~and pursuant to Chapter 15 of the Saratoga City Code, such described
area is hereby established as Saratoga Underground Utility No. 2-B.
RESOLVE~ FURTHER, that the following shall not be exceptions in said Underground
Utility District No. 2-B
Those facilities more particularly described in subsections (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 supportung structures, used by a
utility for furnishing communication services.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures shall be removed and underground installations made in said underground
utility district within the following times:
a. Underground installation by utility companies and property owners and
reconnections not later than August 1, 1969;
b. Removal of poles, overhead wires and other associated overhead structures
not later than August 30, 1969;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the City Clerk~ within ten (10) days after the adoption
of this resolution, shall mail a copy hereof and a copy of ordinance No. 38-20 to
affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized roll and to the
affected utilities.
Adopted this &th day of April , 1969, by the City
Council of the City of Saratoga by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tyler, Robbins, Smith, Dwyer, Sanders
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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