RESOLUTION NO. 2024-66
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VISALIA AUTHORIZING JOINT USE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WHEREAS, the City of Visalia is moving forward with a construction project to widen Riggin Avenue between Kelsey Street to Shirk Street, this project is referred to as the Riggin Avenue Widening Project; and WHEREAS, there are five (5) transmission 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 five (5) utility poles has been reviewed and determined to be held under property rights owned by Southern California Edison; and WHEREAS, The City is responsible for the costs of relocating the five (5) 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 the five (5) transmission poles that need to be relocated as part of the Riggin Avenue Widening Project; and WHEREAS, Southern California Edison has requested that the City sign a Joint Use Agreement (JUA) to reestablish the Southern California Edison liability rights that currently exist on the five (5) Southern California Edison Poles that are the City’s responsibility to relocate; and WHEREAS, after the relocation work is complete the five (5) transmission 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 Use Agreement No. JUA204288767 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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