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<br />Page 1 of 4 <br />ATTY/ORD.430/ROOSEVELT AVENUE UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 <br />REV: 07-14-16 RL <br />ORDINANCE NO._____ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY <br />DISTRICT IN A PORTION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY; <br />DESIGNATING SAID DISTRICT AS ROOSEVELT AVENUE <br />UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1; DESCRIBING THE <br />BOUNDARIES OF SAID DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING WHAT UTILITY <br />FACILITIES WILL BE MAINTAINED ABOVE GROUND; AND <br />ESTABLISHING THE TIME BY WHICH POLES AND OVERHEAD <br />WIRES SHALL BE REMOVED AND UNDERGROUND SERVICE <br />PROVIDED <br />WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") has authorized <br />electric and telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities <br />to underground pursuant to Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS , pursuant to certain criteria , CPUC rules allow participating cities <br />to establish legislation authorizing the creation of underground utility districts within <br />which existing overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and <br />service facilities will be converted to underground ; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City, has adopted an ordinance authorizing <br />the City Council to designate areas within which all existing overhead poles, overhead <br />wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, <br />telecommunication services and cable television should be removed and replaced <br />with underground wires and facilities ; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Community Development Department for the City of Redwood <br />City has consulted with the affected public utilities and such utilities have agreed that the <br />proposed underground conversion district, designated Roosevelt Avenue <br />UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 and more particularly described in <br />Exhibit "A" (legal description) and Exhibit "B" (Plat of Roosevelt Avenue UUD) attached <br />hereto and incorporated herein by reference meets the criteria established by the rules of <br />the CPUC, to wit: <br /> <br />(a) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy <br />concentration of overhead electric facilities. <br />(b) The streets , roads, alleys , or ways in the district are extensively used by <br />the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian and vehicular <br />traffic. <br /> <br />8.B. - Page 5