HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 845 RESOLUTION NO. 845
ESTABLIS|!ING SARATOGA UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Saratoga as follows:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 399-6, a public hearing was called for
Wednesday, March 15, 1978, at the hour of 8:00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall, Saratoga, California, to ascertain whether
the public necessity , health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the under-
ground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric,
communication, or s~milar or associated service on the East and West side
of Saratoga-Sunnyvale, between Saratoga Avenue and Reid Lane as shown on
Map of Saratoga Underground Utility District 5 dated January 18, ].978; and
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given t~ 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
interested 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 a~d welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and
associated structures, and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated
service, on the East and West side of Saratoga-Sunnyvale, between Saratoga.
Avenue and Reid Lane as shown on Map of Saratoga Underground Utility
District 5 dated January 18, !978; 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
distribution facilities; and pursuant to Chapter 15 of the Saratoga City
Code, such described area is hereby established as Saratoga Underground
Ut'iliy District No. 5.
RESOINED, FURTHER, that the following shall not be exceptions in
said Undergreund U~ility District No. 5:
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 supporting 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 th~ following times:
a. Underground installation by utility companies and property
owners and reconnections not later than March 1, 1979.
b. Removal of poles, overhead wires and other associated overhead
structures not later than May 1, 1979
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 15th day of March 1978, by the City Council of the
Cityof Saratoga by the following vote:
AYES: Counc].lmen Matteoni, Kraus, Corr, Callon, & Kalb
ABSENT: None ~. ! t~.~l.~2.~-
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