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, L REP�R T To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager August 14, 2000 Subject Funding Agreement for Undergrounding of Utilities at 1400-1480 Industrial Road Recommendation Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing execution of Funding Agreement between i scribe and the City of Redwood City, allowing $50,000 to be deposited in a City account for undergrounding utilities at 1400-1480 Industrial Road. Background The tenant for 1400-1480 Industrial Road (i scribe) applied for permits to do interior remodeling to allow o�ce use. This change of use, as well as the cost of construction (over $100,000) triggered several ordinances. No new floor area is being added. The applicant has gone before the Architectural Advisory Committee, and will be improving the exterior of the building, as well as providing landscaping along the frontage and in parking areas. The work on the property also triggered the "Local Development Standards", which require repair, replacement, or installation of curb, gutter, and sidewalk, as well as undergrounding utilities. The applicant is going to add new sidewalk, but the issue of undergrounding overhead utility lines is problematic. This site is covered with overhead utility lines, two of which connect directly to lines on Whipple Avenue (over adjacent properties). After looking at the site, it is clear that this property would have an undue burden if the letter of the ordinance were carried out. In addition, the undergrounding on this site would probably require additional poles to be installed on adjacent properties, creating more clutter. The staff and Council have been looking at improving the City entry at Veterans Boulevard and Whipple Avenue, which includes undergrounding of overhead wires. It would seem more appropriate to do all of the undergrounding at once, particularly when some of these are high voltage lines. -1- . ___._ . _ _w_