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09/12/2016 ORDINANCE N0. 2426 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT IN A PORTION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY; DESIGNATING SAID DISTRICT AS ROOSEVELT AVENUE UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1; DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING WHAT UTILITY FACILITIES WILL BE MAINTAINED ABOVE GROUND; AND ESTABLISHING THE TIME BY WHICH POLES AND OVERHEAD WIRES SHALL BE REMOVED AND UNDERGROUND SERVICE PROVIDED WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") has authorized electric and telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32; and WHEREAS , pursuant to certain criteria, CPUC rules allow participating cities to establish legislation authorizing the creation of underground utility districts within which existing overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and service facilities will be converted to underground ; and WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City, has adopted an ordinance authorizing the City Council to designate areas within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services and cable television should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Department for the City of Redwood City has consulted with the affected public utilities and such utilities have agreed that the proposed underground conversion district, designated Roosevelt Avenue UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2016-1 and more particularly described in Exhibit "A" (legal description) and Exhibit "B" (Plat of Roosevelt Avenue UUD) attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference meets the criteria established by the rules of the CPUC, to wit: (a) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead electric facilities. (b) The streets, roads, alleys, or ways in the district are extensively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Page 1 of 4 ATTY/ORD.430/ROOSEVELT AVENUE UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO.2016-1 ORDINANCE N0.2426 REV:07-14-16 RL MUFF NO.804