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WHEREAS, the cost of utility undergrounding for the Roosevelt Project is <br />estimated to be One Million, One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($1,140,000); and <br />WHEREAS, in 2001 the City Council amended, by Ordinance No. 2207, RCMC <br />section 18.242 to account for the high costs associated with undergrounding all utilities <br />for certain remodeling projects; and <br />WHEREAS, undergrounding costs remain quite expensive and can be overly <br />burdensome for new development, particularly for "smaller" new buildings; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide an option to undergrounding <br />upon the construction of a new commercial building and has amended RCMC section <br />18.242 to permit the payment of a fee in lieu of utility undergrounding; and <br />WHEREAS, the undergrounding requirements contained in RCMC section <br />18.242 apply to commercial properties and not properties located in residential <br />neighborhoods like those involved in the James Project; and <br />WHEREAS, the undergrounding costs per linear foot of the more recent and <br />more complex Roosevelt Project is approximately Four Hundred Thirty -eight Dollars <br />($438); and <br />WHEREAS, rounding down to the nearest one hundred dollars, the approximate <br />costs of undergrounding the Roosevelt Project was Four Hundred Dollars ($400) per <br />linear foot; and <br />WHEREAS, based upon the Roosevelt Project, the costs of undergrounding one <br />side of a street is approximately Two Hundred Dollars ($200); and <br />WHEREAS, it is assumed that half of the overhead wiring to be underground will <br />be for local service and is thus payable via Rule 20A funds; and <br />WHEREAS, fees collected pursuant to Section 18.242 will not exceed the costs <br />associated with the utility undergrounding. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: <br />1. That a Utility Undergrounding Fund is hereby established for the purpose <br />of utility undergrounding projects in the City of Redwood City. <br />2. That pursuant to Section 18.242 of the Code of the City of Redwood City, <br />the following in lieu fee is hereby established for undergrounding <br />associated with the construction of a new commercial building: <br />One Hundred Dollars ($100) per lineal foot of property frontage. <br />F:Atty /Reso /Reso.1327 <br />102502 2 <br />14481 <br />