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RESOLUTION 40-19 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF :THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS FOR THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT IN THE AREA AROUND THE EL MONTL FIDE STATION WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized electric and telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32; and WHEREAS, pursuant to certain criteria, CPUC rules allow participating cities and counties to establish legislation authorizing the creation' of underground utility districts within which existing overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and service facilities will be converted to underground; and WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills, has adopted an ordinance, codified as Chapter 3 UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS under Title 7 Public Works in the Town of Los Altos Hills Municipal Code, authorizing the City Council to designate -areas within which all existing overhead. poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services and cable television should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, the Town in consultation with the Los Altos Hills County Fire District (Fire District) has determined that the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare requires undergrounding the existing overhead utilities and removal of the utility poles in the area around the El Monte Fire Station. would allow the Town to maintain an unobstructed emergency route that would otherwise be blocked if the roadways were blocked by fallen utility poles; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works for the Town, -of Los Altos Hills has consulted with the affected public utilities and such utilities have agreed that the proposed underground conversion district, designated an Underground Utility District in the area around the El Monte Fire Station and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, meets the criteria established by the rules of the CPUC, to wit, That the street or road or right-of-way is extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and That the street or road or right-of-way is considered an arterial street or major collector as - defined in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research General Plan Guidelines, and WHEREAS, each year the Town. of Los Altos Hills is notified by PG&E regarding the allocation of work credits for conversion of overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground, known as Rule 20A allocations; and Resolution 40-19 Page 1