1971/03/15 City Council Resolution (7)RESOLUTION NO. 71 -33
ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Rohnert
Park as follows:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 71 -17, a public hearing was
called for Monday, March 15, 1971, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers in the City Hall, Rohnert Park, California, to
ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare
requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated over-
head structures, and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or
associated service, within that certain area of the city described
as follows: Adrian Drive between Southwest Blvd. and College View
Drive; and on Southwest Blvd. from Adrian Drive eastward to the
City Office Building; and on Boris Court approximately the first
150 feet south of the Southwest Blvd. intersection as shown on
attached Exhibit "A9l; and
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all
affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment
roll and utilities concerned in the manner and for the time
required by law; and
WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held,
and all persons interested have been given an opportunity to be
heard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Rohnert Park, that, pursuant to Ordinance No. 101 of the City of
Rohnert Park, the above - described area is hereby declared an
Underground Utility District, and is designated as Rohnert Park
Underground Utility District No. 1. Attached hereto, marked Exhibit
A, and hereby incorporated as a part of this resolution, is a map
delineating the boundaries of said District;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council does hereby fix
September 1, 1971 as the date on which affected property owners
must'be ready to receive underground service, and does hereby order
the removal of all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities
for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated
service within Rohnert Park Underground Utility District No. 1 on
or before December 1, 1971;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council does hereby except
the following from the above order:
lighting;
(a) Poles, or electroliers used exclusively for street
(b) Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures)
crossing any portion of the District within which overhead wires
have been prohibited, or connecting to buildings on the perimeter
of the District, when such wires originate in an area from which
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures are not
prohibited.
(c) Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of
a building by means of a bracket or other fixture and extending from
one location on the building to another location on the same build-
ing or to an adjacent building without crossing any public street.
(d) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities,
such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal
boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts;
(e) Temporary poles, overhead wires and associated
overhead structures used or to be used in conjunction with con-
struction projects.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the City Clerk is hereby instructec
to notify all affected •±tilities and all persons owning real prop-
erty within Rohnert Park Underground Utility District No. 1 of the
adoption of this resolution within ten (10) days after the date of
such adoption. Said City Clerk shall further notify said property
owners of the necessity that, if they or any person occupying such
property desire to continue to receive electric, communication or
other similar or associated service, they or such occupant shall,
by the date fixed in this resolution, provide all necessary facility
changes on their premises so as to receive such service from the
lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a new location,
subject to application rules, regulations and tariffs of the
respective utility or utilities on file with the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California. Such notification shall be
made by mailing a copy of this resolution together with a copy of
said Ordinance No. 101, to affected property owners as such as showy:
on the last equalize assessment roll and to the affected utilities;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Council hereby finds as
follows:
The Underground Utility District herein created is in the
general public interest for the following reasons:
(1) "The undergrounding to be accomplished will eliminate
an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities:
(2) "The streets, roads, or rights of way in the District
are extensively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic`.
Adopted this 15th day of March, 1971 by the Council of
the City of Rohnert Park by the following vote:
AYES: (3) Councilmen Roberts, Rogers, and Hopkins
NOES: (0) None
ABSENT: (2) Councilmen Buchanan and Sm'th
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ROHNERT PARK UNDERGROUND
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DESIGNED BY
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UTILITY DISTRICT NO. I
FEBRUARY 1971
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