HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 93-71RESOLUTION NO. 93-71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR, CALIFORNIA DETERMINING THAT UNDERGROUNDING, IN THE
SPECIFIED AREA, IS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST AND
ESTABLISHING THE DIAMOND BAR BOULEVARD UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2.
A. RECITALS
(i) WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Ordinance Title 16,
HIGHWAYS; Division 2, UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES, as duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, provides
procedures and regulations for underground utility districts;
and;
(ii) WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 93-69 a public hearing
was called for October 5, 1993 at 7:00 p.m. at the South Coast
Air Quality Management District Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive,
Diamond Bar, California, to ascertain whether the public
necessity, safety, health, or welfare requires removal of poles,
overhead wires, and associates overhead structures and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying
electric, communication, or similar or associated service on
-- Diamond Bar Boulevard in the area specified; and
(iii) WHEREAS, notice of such hearing was 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
(iv) WHEREAS, notice of such hearing was posted in the
manner and for the time required by law; and:
(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, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Undergrounding, in the specified area, is in the
general public interest for its health, safety and
welfare as:
(a) such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate
an unusually heavy concentration of overhead
electric and communication facilities; and
(b) the street or road or right of way is
extensively used by the general public and
carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or
vehicular traffic.
Section 2: The City Council hereby finds and determines that
the project identified above in this Resolution is
categorically exempt from the requirement of the
California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as
amended, and guidelines promulgated thereunder,
pursuant to Section 15302, Class 2 of Division 6
of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
Section 3: The following specified area shall constitute and
be known as the Diamond Bar Boulevard Underground
Utility District No. 2:
That portion, being entirely within the City of
Diamond Bar, of a strip of land one hundred twenty
(120) feet wide lying sixty (60) feet each side of
and parallel with the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard, as shown on the Los Angeles County
Surveyor's Maps No. B-5339, as filed August 13,
1979, and B-5363, as filed December 4, 1979
beginning at the centerline intersection of
Diamond Bar Boulevard and Gold Rush Drive, as _
shown on said Surveyor's Map No. B-5339, thence
northerly along the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard three thousand six hundred seventeen
(3,617) feet, more or less, to a point, which
point is at the intersection with the easterly
prolongation of the southerly line of Parcel 1, as
shown on Parcel Map No. 4699 as filed in book 52,
page 39 of Parcel Maps of records of the Los
Angeles County Recorder; thence continuing
northerly along the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard within a strip of land one -hundred fifty
five (155) feet wide lying seventy (70) feet
westerly of and eighty five (85) feet easterly of
and parallel with the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard, as shown on said Surveyor's Map No. B-
5363, from the northerly terminus of last said
strip of land one hundred five (105) feet, more or
less, to a point, which point is at the
intersection with the easterly prolongation of the
northerly line of Parcel 1, as shown on said
Parcel Map No. 4699; thence continuing northerly
along the centerline of Diamond Bar Boulevard
within a strip of land one hundred thirty five
(135) feet wide lying fifty (50) feet westerly of
and eighty five (85) feet easterly of and parallel —
with the centerline of Diamond Bar Boulevard as
shown on said Surveyor's Map No. B-5363, from the
northerly terminus of last said strip of land two
thousand eighty three (2,083) feet, more or less
to a point, which is at the intersection with the
easterly prolongation of the northerly line of
Parcel 1, as shown on said Parcel Map No. 4699;
thence continuing northerly along the centerline
of Diamond Bar Boulevard within a strip of land
one hundred thirty five (135) feet wide lying
fifty (50) feet westerly of and eighty five (85)
feet easterly of and parallel with the centerline
of Diamond Bar Boulevard, as shown on said
Surveyor's Map No. B-5363from the northerly
terminus of last said strip of land two thousand
eighty three (2,083) feet, more or less, to a
point, which point is at the intersection with the
westerly prolongation of the northerly line of
Parcel 2, as shown on Parcel Map 10208 as filed in
Book 106, page 73 as Official Records of the Los
Angeles County Recorder; thence continuing
northerly along the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard within a strip of land one hundred ten
(110) feet wide lying fifty (50) feet westerly of
and sixty feet easterly of and parallel with the
centerline of Diamond Bar Boulevard, as shown on
said Surveyor's Map No. B-5363, from the northerly
terminus of last said strip of land four thousand
two hundred eleven (4,211) feet more or less, to a
point in the centerline of Diamond Bar Boulevard,
which point is six hundred fifty (650) feet
northerly of the centerline intersection of
Diamond Bar Boulevard and Highland Valley Road, as
shown on said Surveyor's Map No. B-5363, thence
continuing northerly along the centerline of
Diamond Bar Boulevard within a strip of land one
hundred two (102) feet wide lying forty two (42)
feet westerly of and sixty (60) feet easterly of
and parallel with the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard, as shown on said Surveyor's Map No. B-
5363, from the northerly terminus of last said
strip of land fifty (50) feet; thence continuing
northerly along the centerline of Diamond Bar
Boulevard within a strip of land one hundred ten
(110) feet wide lying fifty (50) feet westerly of
and sixty (60) feet easterly of and parallel with
the centerline of Diamond Bar Boulevard, as shown
on said Surveyor's Map No. B-5363, from the
northerly terminus of last said strip of land two
thousand one hundred (2,100) feet, more or less,
to the northerly City limits of the City of
Diamond Bar as said City limits now exist; along
with Parcel 1 as shown on Parcel Map 1749 as filed
in book 27, page 57 of Parcel Maps of records of
the Los Angeles County Recorder; excepting
therefrom that portion of Golden Springs Drive -
Grand Avenue Underground Utility District crossing
said strip.
Section 4: The following exceptions are incorporated in the
Diamond Bar Boulevard Underground Utility District
No. 2.
(a) Poles and pedestals for fire alarm boxes,
street lights, traffic signals and the like
installed and maintained by or for the City.
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(b) Airvents, meters, cabinets containing
electronic devices, and cabinets for
connection points determined by the Director
of Public Works to be necessary for service
continuity, and not feasible for underground
location, subject to approval by the Director
as to location and unobtrusiveness.
(c) Antennae and supporting structures used for
communication service or reception for a
community 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 nc
exceeding ninety (90) days and which maA'be
extended by the City Council for an unlited
period.
(e) Temporary overhead 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 than one hundred eighty (180) days.
Section 5: The utility company, at its expense shall, install
underground service connection facilities on the
customer's property for not more than one hundred
(100) feet in length.
Section 6: All poles, overhead wires, and associates overhead
structures shall be removed and underground
installations made in said underground utility
district within the following times:
(a) Underground installation by utility companies
and property owners not later than July 31,
1995, and
(b) Removal of poles, overhead wires and other
associated structures not later than January
1, 1996 after which date the utility may
discontinue its overhead service.
Section 7: Pursuant to the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City Council
has determined that this project is categorically
exempt pursuant to Section 15302(d) of the State
CEQA Guidelines.
Section 8: The Director of Public Works, within ten (10)
after the adoption of this resolution, shall mail
a copy hereof and a copy of Los Angeles County
Code Division 2, Chapter 16.32, as duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, to
the affected property owners as same are shown on
the last equalized assessment roll and to the
affected utilities.
Section 9: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
resolution by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, and
shall cause the same to be posted in three (3) conspicuous places
in the City of Diamond Bar, and it shall thereupon take effect.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day Oc ober
1993.
MAYOR
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on 5th day of October , 1993,
by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS - MacBride, Forbing, Werner, M/Miller
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS - MPT/Papen
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
LYMK BURGESS, City Clerk
City of Diamond Bar