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RESOLUTION NO. 1
A RESOLUTION OF
THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
EXTENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 71-89, the City Council of the
Town of Los Altos Hills declared and designated Underground
Utility District No. 2 of the Town of Los Altos Hills and thereby
ordered the removal of all poles, overhead wires and associated
structures and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or
associated service within the district; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to extend the date for
the removal of overhead structures and installation of
underground service;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos
Hills does RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1. Public interest and convenience require the
extension of the date for removing overhead structures and
undergrounding service within Underground Utility District No. 2
to on or before May 31, 1991.
Section 2 . The City Clerk is hereby instructed to notify
all affected utilities and all persons owning real property
within Underground Utility District No. 2 of the extension of the
date set forth in Resolution No. 71-89 within ten (10) days after
the date of such adoption. Such notification shall be made by
mailing a copy of this Resolution together with Resolution
No. 71-89, to the affected property owners shown on the last
equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities.
Passed and adopted this 8th day Of : January , 1991.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City
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RESOLUTION NO. 71-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
LOS ALTOS HILLS ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 2 IN THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, County of
Santa Clara, State of California, that
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 62-89 a Public Hearing was called for
Wednesday, June 7, 1989, a the hour of 7:15 p.m., in the Council Chambers in
the.Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los AltosHills, California, to ascertain
whether the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare requires the removal
of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric
communication, or similar or associated services within that certain area of
the Town described as follows:
All of the City street right-of-way, respectively, of El
Monte Avenue within the Town of Los Altos Hills extending
from the intersection of Summerhill Avenue to a point
900 feet, more or less, west of the intersection of O'Keefe
Avenue, together with the. following described real property in
the Town of Los Altos Hills, County of Santa Clara, State of
California, to wit:
Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Tract 2932, also known as
12784, 12790, and 12792 Normandy Lane
as shown and delineated on the Map entitled "Diagram of
Underground Utility District No. 2" approved by the Town. of
Los Altos Hills; and
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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 interested have been given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills that, pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code, the above-described area is hereby declared an
Underground Utility District, and is designated as Underground Utility
District No. 2 of the Town of Los Altos Hills. Attached hereto, marked
"Exhibit A", and hereby incorporated as a part of this Resolution, is a map
delineating the boundaries of said District:
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council does hereby fix August 31
19 89 , as the date on which affected property owners must be ready to
received underground service, and does hereby order the removal of all
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric,
communication; or similar or associated service within Underground Utility
District No. 2, on or before January 31 19 90 .
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to
notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within
Underground Utility District No. 2 of the adoption of this Resolution within
ten (10) days after the date of such adoption. Said City Clerk shall further
notify said property owners of the necessity that, if they or any person
occupying such property desire to continue to receive electric,
communication or other similar or associated service, they or such occupant
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shall, by the date fixed this Resolution, provide all necessary facility changes
on their premises so as to receive such service from the lines of the
supplying utility or utilities at a new location, subject to applicable rules,
regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Such notification shall
be made by mailing a copy of this Resolution, together with a copy of said
ChaptergUtility
4 entitled "Underground Districts" of Title 7 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code to affected property owners as such are shown on the
last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council hereby finds that the
Underground Utility District herein created is in the general public interest
for the following reasons:
1. The undergrounding to be accomplished will avoid or eliminate an
unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities; and,
2. The streets, roads, or rights-of way in the District are extensively
used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian or.
vehicular traffic.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED and DETERMINED that the following
exceptions in said Underground Utility District No. 2 be and they are hereby
authorized:
(a) Any municipal facilities or equipment installed under the
supervision and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
(b) Poles or electroliers used exclusively for street lighting.
(c) Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures) crossing any
• portion of the above-described District within which overhead
wires have been prohibited, or connecting to buildings on the
perimeter of said District iwhen such wires originate in an area
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from which poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead
structures are not prohibited.
(d) Poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures used
for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in
excess of 34,500 volts.
(e) Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of a building by
means of a bracket or other fixture and extending from one
location on the building to another location on the same building
or to an adjacent building without crossing any public street.
(f) Antennae, associated equipment, and supporting structures used
by a utility for furnishing communication services.
(g) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface
mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and
meter cabinets, and concealed ducts.
(h) Temporary poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead
structures used or to be used in conjunction with construction
projects.
REGULARLY passed and adopted this 7th day of June, 1989.
MAYOR
ATTEST /
CITY CLERK 053089
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