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council Meeting: October 29, 1991
Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Hear the Matter of Placement of
Electric Power Lines Underground in certain
Areas of the City
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing
to approve areas of the City where the electric, telephone and
cable TV lines are to be placed underground. The areas recommended
are: District 1) Fourteenth street between Pearl Street and Ocean
Park Boulevard; and District 2) Olympic Boulevard between Fifth
street and Eleventh street including the Lincoln Boulevard on and
off ramps to the Santa Monica Freeway (see attachment A for
details).
BACKGROUND
California Public utility regulation, Rule 20A section 8209,
specifies that each utility company must allocate two percent of
gross revenues for use in placing facilities underground. These
facilities include, electrical lines, telephone lines and/or cable
TV lines. The regulations specify locations where facilities may
be undergrounded using utility company funds. The regulations for
determining undergrounding locations include satisfying one or more
of the following: 1) those locations where utility lines are
adjacent to a public use area such as a park, civic Center or
school, 2) locations where facilities are on arterial streets used
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by the community at large, or 3) locations where there are
unusually heavy concentrations of wires and adjacent to an
electrical substation or other facility which causes significant
interference with TV and radio reception in nearby residences.
DISCUSSION
This program has been in place for approximately 16 years and prior
areas that have been undergrounded are Arizona Avenue from sixth
street to Twentieth street, paci f ic Coast Highway, the Central
Business District, and Marine and sixteenth street adjacent to
Marine Park and the electrical substation at that location. The
program has also included a small project in connection with the
Fourth Street on-ramp project.
The Edison Company allocations are approximately $600, OOO/year,
with agreements with other utility companies to spend necessary
amounts to underground their facilities at locations which the city
and Edison determines. The City of Santa Monica can at this time
designate a new project(s) for a cost of approximately $2.5
million. city policy has been to use the utility company funds to
underground the most objectionable aerial facilities on major
streets and alleys, especially those serving large numbers of the
public from throughout the city and on those streets bordering
electrical substations. Policy also includes requiring property
owners to pay for the portion of the cost of connecting the
underground service from the property line to the building
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electrical panel (and for a new panel if one is required). The
Edison Company notified the City that on the two recommended
proj ects there are only 15 electrical service connections to
private properties which would be required to be placed underground
by property owners. Nine of these service connections are to
commercial sites and 6 are to residential properties. All of these
owners have been notified of the hearing. Meetings with the
utility companies have been held with city staff.
Alternate Locations
Other locations in the City where property owners have requested
that utilities be undergrounded by using the utility company funds
are:
Michigan Avenue-Lincoln Blvd. to 16th street (a minor
residential street)
14th street-south of Ocean Park Blvd. (a dead-end
street/not an arterial)
Marine street-near Prospect to Lincoln (residential
street)
Staff has determined that none of the above meet the before-
mentioned regulations and thus do not qualify for funding. The
Edison Company has confirmed that the criteria is not met at these
locations. In addition, another project considered was Olympic
Boulevard between 22nd street and 26th street. Staff recommends
this project be done by requiring developer contributions and by
assessment district, at a later time, due to the developments
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anticipated at this location. In approximately 4 years another
project can be designated. Because they are arterial streets used
by the community at-large some future projects for use of utility
funding may include:
14th street-Olympic to Pearl
Olympic Boulevard-11th street to 22nd street
These suggested streets, for future improvement, are arterials and
well traveled but do not pass by a public school or an entrance to
the city. They will) howeve:r;, continue the current project, if
designated at a future time.
CONCLUSION
Staff has identified two projects which are recommended for Council
approval and submittal to the utilities company for implementation.
These areas, in pr10rity order, are as follows:
District 1
Fourteenth Street-from Ocean Park Blvd. to Pearl st.
This is an arterial street with an especially heavy
concentration of power lines which passes by will Rogers
School. The estimated cost to underground these
utilities is $1.6 million and the completion date is
designated to be October 1, 1993.
District 2
Q~ympic Blvd. from 5th to 11th streets This is a
principal entrance to the city and is estimated to cost
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$910,000. The intersection of Lincoln and Olympic is one
of the most traveled arterials of any in the city and is
in the center of this proposed project. The completion
date of this District is designated as October 1, 1994.
Following council approval of this request, each project would be
designed in 1991-92, work would begin in 1992-93 and the estimated
completion date would be as indicated. All trench and duct work
will be contracted to a construction company by the Edison Company.
All wiring work would be done later by General Telephone, Edison
and the cable T.V. company.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The proposed undergrounding of utilities will be funded by the
utility companies. There is no budget or financial impact to the
City as a result of the formation of these underground utility
areas.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the city Council, approve the Resolution
establishing Underground utility Districts for Undergrounding the
Utilities on District 1, on 14th street from Ocean Park Boulevard
to Pearl street and District 2, Olympic Boulevard from 5th to 11th
streets .
Prepared by: Stanley Scholl, Director of General services
Attachment: A. District Boundary of Proposed Undergrounding Areas
B. Resolution for Adoption
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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RESOLUTION NO. 8317 (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY,
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REQUIRES, WITHIN
CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREAS, THE UNDERGROUND
INSTALLATION OF WIRES AND FACILITIES SUPPLYING
ELECTRIC, COMMUNICATION OR SIMILAR OR ASSOCIATED
SERVICES AND DESIGNATING SUCH CERTAIN AREAS AS
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS AND ORDERING THE
REMOVAL OF POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES AND ASSOCIATED
OVERHEAD STRUCTURES WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS AND THE
UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION OF SUCH WIRES AND
FACILITIES
WHEREAS, a public hearing has been duly and regularly held
pursuant to Resolution Number 8299 (CCS), on the proposed
improvement of areas known as District 1, Fourteenth Street between
Pearl street and Ocean Park Boulevard and District 2, Olymp~c
Boulevard between Fifth Street and Eleventh Street including the
Lincoln Boulevard on and off ramps to the Santa Monica Freeway by
undergrounding of utilit1es and appurtenant work thereto as
described in Resolution Number 8299 (CCS); and
WHEREAS, sa1d improvement has been considered fully,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The City Counc1l hereby finds that the public
necessity, health, safety and welfare requires the above described
lmprovement in such designated areas.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds such undergrounding
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to be ln the general public ~nterest for the following reasons:
A. Such undergrounding w~ll eliminate an unusually heavy
concentration of overhead distr~bution facilities; and
B. said streets are extensively used by the general public
and carry a significant volume of vehicular traffic.
SECTION 3.
The areas called District 1, Fourteenth Street
between Pearl street and Ocean Park Boulevard and District 2,
Olympic Boulevard between Fifth Street and Eleventh Street
including the Lincoln Boulevard on and off ramps to the Santa
Monica Freeway is hereby declared to be an underground utllity
distrlct as provided by the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
SECTION 4. The Clty Council hereby orders the removal of all
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures from
within the deslgnated underground utility district and the
underground installation therein of all wires and facilities
required for supplying electr~c, communication or similar or
associated services.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certlfy to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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city Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 29th day of October, 1991.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8317 (CCS)
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on October 29th, 1991 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: councilmembers: Genser, Holbrook, Katz, Olsen,
Vazquez/ Zane, Abdo
Noes: Counci1members: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councl1members: None
ATTEST:
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