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RESOLUTION NO. 25-00
A RESOLUTION TO EXPEDITE IMPLEMENTATION OF AB1149
WHICH RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO AMEND RULES FOR THE
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD ELECTRIC AND
COMMUNCATIONS FACILITIES.
WHEREAS, the State of California passed Assembly Bill 1149, which
recognizes the need to amend, revise, and improve rules for the replacement of overhead
electric and communications facilities with underground facilities; and
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission("CPUC"), has opened a
proceeding to implement Assembly Bill 1149 which will consider comments of
stakeholders and produce recommendations for improving the CPUC utility
undergrounding program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the Town
of Los Altos Hills strongly urges the CPUC to rapidly accelerate the undergrounding
program, to establish a statewide goal to complete the conversion of overhead to
underground utilities in urban and suburban areas no later than 25 years from January 1,
2001, and to authorize local jurisdictions to implement the program for completion within
a 25-year schedule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos
Hills strongly urges the CPUC, as a fundamental principle, to authorize local jurisdictions
to establish underground districts with boundaries that seek to maximize the continuity of
underground districts and are in accordance with locally determined priorities. Further,
such priorities shall include, but not be limited to, public safety, service reliability,
economic development and aesthetics. The CPUC shall identify ways to significantly
increase undergrounding funds and ensure funds are spent in a timely and cost-effective
fashion using state-of-the-art designs and construction practices. The CPUC shall ensure
significant improvement in utility administration of the undergrounding program to avoid
delay in the installation of underground facilities. The CPUC shall require the utilities to
disclose the historic use of Rule 20 funds to each local jurisdiction and allow jurisdictions
to recapture any unused funds from the statewide pool and/or their past allocations; and
require the utilities to annually report the expenditures for each district in each local
jurisdiction to the CPUC and each jurisdiction.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos
Hills strongly urges the CPUC to adopt these principles to assist local jurisdictions in
converting overhead utility facilities to underground facilities and shall assist the CPUC
as needed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 2011.
MIsrE . eDauber
ATTEST
City Clerk