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oz/oa/zoiz WHEREAS, each year the City of Redwood City is notified by Pacific Gas & Electric Company ("PG&E") regarding the allocation of work credits for conversion of overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground, known as Rule 20A allocations; and WHEREAS, the City's Community Development Department has consulted with PG&E and determined that the City has accumulated Rule 20A work credits sufficient to complete the proposed overhead conversion project; and WHEREAS, the City Council has now received the report from the Community Development Director recommending that the area identified in Exhibits A and B should be designated as a underground utility district within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services and cable televisions should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, Upon the recommendation of the Community Development Director, the City Council has determined that the proposed Middlefield Road UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2011-1 is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article II of Chapter 11 of the Code of the City of Redwood City (commencing with §11.30), proceedings for the establishment of an underground utility district in a portion of the City of Redwood City were instituted by Resolution No. 15161, adopted January 9, 2012; and WHEREAS, said Resolution No. 15161 sets forth the purpose of said District, its proposed designation and boundary description, describing what utility facilities, if any, may be maintained above ground, and the time and place for hearing objections to the formation of the proposed District; and WHEREAS, the City has notified all of the affected property owners within the proposed Middlefield Road UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2011-1 and invited same to attend a public hearing to discuss formation of the proposed district. Notice of said hearing was provided by mailing and publication in accordance with §11.42 of the code of the City of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, On January 23, 2012, at 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the Redwood City Council Chambers, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California, the City Council held a public hearing regarding the proposed ATTY/ORD.365/MIDDLEFIELD UUD ORD. # 2376 REV:01/70/12 FORMERLY MUFF 804 Page 2 of 4