January 11, 2022
Adoption of an Ordinance
Amending the Burbank Municipal
Code Relating to the Prohibition
of the Sale of Metallic or Mylar
Balloons in the City of Burbank
WATER AND
POWER
2 MYLAR BALLOONS
• Base material is mylar (type of synthetic nylon)
• Outer thin layer is foil (type of aluminum or a metal coating) • Filled with helium or air
3 Since 2000, the #1 cause of outages in Burbank are mylar balloons:
• 214 outages
• 201 hours of customer interruption
IMPACT TO RELIABILITY
4 November 12, 2021, mylar balloon caused an outage in Burbank • Affected 743 customers
• Line crews were deployed and power was quickly restored
IMPACT TO RELIABILITY
5 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
6 • City of Colton
• City of Glendale
• City of Redondo Beach
• City of Manhattan Beach
• City of Hermosa Beach
• City of Lompoc
• City of Malibu
• City of Encinitas
CALIFORNIA CITIES WITH
BALLOON ORDINANCES
7 • Suffolk County, NY
• Provincetown, MA
• Nantucket, MA
• New Shoreham, RI
OTHER U.S. CITIES WITH
BALLOON ORDINANCES
PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS
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LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS
AB 847 (Quirk) - sponsored by SDG&E
• Sets up a regulatory process at the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (OEIS)
• Regulation would include that balloons pass a standard test
10 PROPOSED BURBANK ORDINANCE
• Prohibits the sale of mylar balloons, or metallic balloons made of electrically conductive materials filled with helium or gas which is lighter than air • Allows the sale of mylar balloons filled with air only and attached or mounted to a post or decorative structure at the point of sale
11 BWP OUTREACH
• BWP’s Account Managers to notify commercial accounts directly • Notifications through targeted emails
• Currents newsletter
• Social media
• BWP’s website
CONCLUSION
12 To continue providing reliable electric service to the Burbank community and to mitigate the risks
associated with mylar balloons, staff presents the
proposed ordinance for adoption amending Section 4-
1-901 of the Burbank Municipal Code relating to the
prohibition of the sale of metallic or mylar balloons in the City of Burbank for Council consideration .
Questions?
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