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ON NO. 2005-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY CO CIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR,
DETERMINING THAT UNDERGROU DING, IN THE SPECIFIED AREA, IS IN THE
GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST A ESTABLISHING THE BREA CANYON
ROADIWASHINGTON STREET UNDE GROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
A. Recitals
(i) WHEREAS'Division 1, Chapter 13.04 of the Diamond Bar Municipal
Code establishes a procedure for the creation of underground utility
districts and requires as the initial step in such procedure the holding of a
public hearing to asce ain whether the public necessity, health, safety, or
welfare required the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated
overhead structures an the underground installation of wires and facilities
for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service for
the Brea Canyon Road/Washington Street area of the City of Diamond
Bar, as more particulat ly described in this Resolution; and
(ii) WHEREAS, a public hearing was called for May 3, 2005 at 7:00 pm at
the South Coast Air Quality Management District Main Auditorium,
21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California, to ascertain whether the
public necessity, safety, health, or welfare requires the removal of poles,
overhead wires, and a sociated overhead structures and the underground
installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication,
or similar or associated service on Brea Canyon Road and Washington
Street in the area specified in Exhibit A; and
(iii) WHEREAS, notice f such hearing has been given to all affected
property owners as sh wn on the last equalized assessment roll concerned
in the manner and fort e time required by law; and
(iv) WHEREAS, notice ofsuch hearing was posted in the manner and for the
time required by law; a d
(v) WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all
persons interested have been given an opportunity to be heard.
B. Resolution
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Undergrounding, in the specified area, is in the general
public interest for its he lth, safety and welfare as:
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(a.) such undergr+
concentration
and
(b.) the street or
public and
traffic.
ling will avoid or eliminate as unusually heavy
overhead electric and communication facilities;
or right-of-way is extensively used by the general
es a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby finds and determines that the project identified in
Exhibit A in this Resolution is categorically exempt from the requirement
of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970, as
amended, pursuant to Section 15302 (d) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 3: The area defined by
Canyon Road/Wash
SECTION 4: The following excel
Canyon Road/Wash
(a.) Poles and pedest:
and the like instal
(b.) Airvents, meters,
for connection poi
be necessary for s
location, subject
unobtrusiveness.
ibit A shall constitute and be known as the Brea
in Street Underground Utility District.
are incorporated in the Brea
Street Underground Utility District:
for fire alarm boxes, street lights, traffic signals
and maintained by or for the City.
binets containing electronic devices, and cabinets
is determined by the Director of Public Works to
vice continuity, and not feasible for underground
i approval by the Director as to location and
(c.) Telecommunication antennae and supporting structures used for
communication service or reception for a community
telecommunication antenna system subject to approval of the City
Council as to location and unobtrusiveness.
(d.) Temporary overhead facilities necessary for emergency services for
less than ten (10) days which period may be extended by the Director
of Public Works for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days and
which may be extended by City Council for an unlimited period.
(e.) Temporary overhea wires and supporting poles approved by the
Director of Public Works and erected to facilitate construction of a
building or other structures, for a period of not more then one hundred
eighty (180) days.
SECTION 5. The City Council resolves that all poles, overhead wires and
associated overhead st uctures shall be removed and underground
installations made in said underground utility district within the following
times:
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(a.) Underground in
2007;
allation and reconnections not later than January I,
(b.) Removal of poles, overhead wires and other associated structures not
later than January 11, 2007;
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution
and, within ten (10) days after the adoption of this Resolution shall mail a
copy of this Resolution to affected property owners as such are shown on
the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
I, LINDA C. LOWRY, City Clerk of the
foregoing Resolution was passed, approved
of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 3rd dG
AYES: COUNCIL
NOES: COUNCIL
ABSENT: COUNCIL
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
3rd day of May, 2005.
Cy
en Chang, Mayor
City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
.nd adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
y of May 2005, by the following vote:
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