RESOLUTION NO. 2022-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VISALIA AUTHORIZING JOINT UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WHEREAS, the City of Visalia is moving forward with a construction project to widen Riggin Avenue between Mooney Boulevard and Conyer Street, this project is referred to as the Riggin Avenue Widening Project; and WHEREAS, there are ten (10) utility poles owned and operated by Southern California Edison in this area that must be relocated in order to complete the Riggin Avenue Widening Project; WHEREAS, property rights for these ten (10) utility poles has been reviewed and eight (8) poles are located in City of Visalia road right of way under an applicable franchise agreement between the City and Southern California Edison with two poles held under property rights owned by Southern California Edison; and WHEREAS, Southern California Edison is responsible for pole relocation costs of the poles located under franchise rights that are being relocated due to the City’s street construction project, while the City responsible for the costs of relocating the two poles held under property rights owned by Southern California Edison; and WHEREAS, The City of Visalia has executed a Utility Agreement with Southern California Edison and under the terms of the Utility Agreement the City will agree to be financially liable for two (2) poles of the ten (10) transmission poles that need to be relocated as part of the Riggin Avenue Widening; and WHEREAS, Southern California Edison has requested that the City sign a Joint Utility Agreement (JUA) to reestablish the Southern California Edison liability rights that currently exist on the two (2) Southern California Edison Poles that that are the City’s responsible to relocate; and WHEREAS, after the relocation work is complete eight of the ten poles will continue to be located under franchise rights and two of the poles will be located under the executed JUA with Southern California Edison; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that that the City Council of the City of Visalia:
The Visalia City Manager is authorized on behalf of the City of Visalia to sign Joint Utility Agreement No. JUA204056736 with Southern California Edison, (draft attached for reference) with any such additional non-substantive changes as the City Manager deems appropriate.
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