RESOLUTION NO. 22-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 22-1 AND ORDERING THE REMOVAL OF POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES, AND THE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION OF WIRES AND FACILITIES FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC, COMMUNICATION, OR SIMILAR ASSOCIATED SERVICES ON HARBOR STREET FROM COMMERCE WAY TO EASTERN AVENUE WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regulates Southern California Edison (SCE) and approved Rule 20 in 1968 that formed policies and procedures for the removal of overhead utilities and related equipment for the purposes of underground installation; and WHEREAS, Section 13.12.040 of the City of Commerce Municipal Code authorizes the City Council to establish and designate, by resolution, an underground utility district (District) in the City where necessary for public necessity, health, safety or welfare; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish Undergrounding Utilities District No 22-1 for removal and underground all overhead utilities on Harbor Street from Commerce Way to Eastern Ave; and WHEREAS, the cost of undergrounding including up to I00 feet of each customer's underground electric service lateral occasioned by the undergrounding is covered through the City’s SCE Rule 20 A funds; and WHEREAS, the City annually receives from SCE an annual Rule 20 A allocation with an approximate available credit allocation of $1,493,887 as of Feb 2022; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.12.040 of the City Municipal Code, notice of such hearing has been provided to all affected property owners within the proposed district as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities concerned in the manner and for the time required by law; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works and the City’s Contract Engineer have consulted with the affected public utilities and they have agreed on the proposed underground district; and WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and at the hearing all person interested were given an opportunity to be heard.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The recitals stated above are true and correct Section 2: The City Council finds and determines that the public health necessity, health, safety, and welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures in the District for supplying electric, communication, or similar associated services.
Section 3: The City Council declares the District shown in Exhibit A attached herein to be an underground utility district pursuant to Section 13.12.040 of the Municipal Code and, subject to the provisions of this Resolution, orders the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures in the District, and the underground installation in the District of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar associated services on Harbor Street from Commerce Way to Eastern Avenue.
Section 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute the Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of March 2022.
Leonard Mendoza, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway, City Clerk