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<br />Page 2 of 4 <br />ATTY/ORD.430/ROOSEVELT AVENUE UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 <br />REV: 07-14-16 RL <br />WHEREAS, each year the City of Redwood City is notified by Pacific Gas & <br />Electric Company ("PG&E") regarding the allocation of work credits for conversion <br />of Overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground, known as Rule <br />20A allocations ; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City's Community Development Department has consulted with <br />PG&E and determined that the City has accumulated Rule 20A work credits sufficient <br />to complete the proposed overhead conversion project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has now received the report from the Community <br />Development Director recommending that the area identified in Exhibits A and B <br />should be designated as a underground utility district within which all existing overhead <br />poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of <br />electric power, telecommunication services and cable televisions should be removed <br />and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Community Development Director, <br />the City Council has determined that the proposed Roosevelt Avenue UNDERGROUND <br />UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 is categorically exempt from environmental review <br />pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article II of Chapter 11 of the Code <br />of the City of Redwood City (commencing with §11.30), proceedings for the <br />establishment of an underground utility district in a portion of the City of Redwood <br />City were instituted by Resolution No. 15497, adopted June 13, 2016; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS , said Resolution No. 15497 sets forth the purpose of said District , <br />its proposed designation and boundary description , describing what utility facilities, <br />if any, may be maintained above ground , and the time and place for hearing <br />objections to the formation of the proposed District ; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City has notified all of the affected property owners within the <br />proposed Roosevelt Avenue UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 and <br />invited same to attend a public hearing to discuss formation of the proposed district. <br />Notice of said hearing was provided by mailing and publication in accordance <br />with <br />§11.42 of the code of the City of Redwood City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, On July 25, 2016, at 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the <br />matter could be heard, at the Redwood City Council Chambers, 1017 Middlefield <br />Road, Redwood City, California , the City Council held a public hearing regarding the <br />8.B. - Page 6