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7.A. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er August 26, 2013 SUBJECT Middlefield Road Underground Utility District No. 2011-1 - Public Hearing RECOMMENDATION Hold a Public Hearing, waive first reading and introduce an Ordinance amending Middlefield Road Underground Utility District No. 2011-1 Boundary and extending the overhead facilities removal date, and considering the project as categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(d). BACKGROUND Pursuant to Municipal Code Chapter 11, Article 2, Sec. 11.44., any revision to the boundary of an underground utilities district requires a public hearing and an amendment to the ordinance. On July 22, 2013, Council adopted a Resolution of Intent and set a Public Hearing concerning the exclusion and addition of territory by modifying the boundaries of the Middlefield Road Underground Utility District No. 2011-1. ANALYSIS The purpose of the public hearing is to inform the property owners within the district of the changes to the boundary and that the removal date for all overhead facilities within the district has been extended one year from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 to provide more construction time for the project. As such, the affected property owners have been given notice of the public hearing through a direct mailing and a notice in the newspaper at least ten days before the hearing. The underground district encompasses Middlefield Road from Main Street to MacArthur Avenue and along certain side streets as shown in the attached boundary map and described in the legal description. Since the adoption of the district, minor changes to the boundaries of the underground district have been identified as necessary for varying reasons: 1) PG&E requested matching the City and County underground district lines which fall on the street centerline on Douglas Ave. This is due to the CA Public Utilities Commission requirement that Rule 20A projects include both sides of the street.