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sr-072771CITY OF SANTA MONICA ® T E DATE: July 19~ 1971 ~i~JL~ ~~~~v»~.e TO: Perry Scott, City Manager JU~~ (197i THIS MUST OF FROM: Bartlett Le Kennedy, City Engineer ~TURNLD CO IT~E ,CITY cLCkx's OrrlcE SUBJECT: Undergrounding of Utilities on Montana Avenue, ~C1tkILING, 17th Street to 26th Street. The Southern California Edison Company has informed us that our Resolution No. 4150 (City Council Series) establishing the subject Utility Undergrounding District should be revised to comply with Public Utilities Commission regulations as set forth in Edison Company Rule No. 20. Attached hereto is a copy cf a July 2, 1971 letter from the Edison Company explaining the situation, together with a copy of said Rule No. 20. The City Attorney has prepared an Ordinance amending Resolution No. 4150 (City Council Series) to conform to the Public Utilities Commission and Edison Company requirements. Said Resolution is transmitted herewith. It ,is recommended that the City Council be requested to adopt this Resolution. BARTLETT L. KENNEDX City Engineer Attachments Southern California Edison Company .Santa Monica, California July 2, 1971 Mr. B. L. Kennedy Director of Public Works City of Santa Monica City Ball 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, California Dear Mr. Kennedy: SUBJECT: Underground Conversion Project Montana Avenue between 17th Street and 26th Street `I have been advised that resolutions authorizing the expenditure of allocated funds for underground conversion projects in conformance with our Rule 20A should include a determination that one or more of the three criteria set ,~ forth in Section la will be met by conversion of the existing overhead facilities. Unfortunately, my examination of City of Santa Monica Resolution f~4150 does not show that such a determination has been made. A copy of the rule is enclosed for your use. According to our counsel, an amendment or revision to the resolution will be necessary. I regret the necessity to bring this technicality to your. attention at this late date and trust that it can be resolved rapidly in order that the conversion project not. be unnecessarily delayed. Very truly yours, /, /1 r ~ /~ »'::/ P, R. ELLIS District Superintendent PRE:bv , enc. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY Original Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No. 3935-E Edison Building Los Angeles, California Cancelling Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No. Rule No. 20 REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES A. The utility wilt, at its expense, replace its existing overhead distribution facilities with underground distribution facilities along public streets and roads, and on public ]ands and private property across which rights-of-way satisfactory to the utility have been obtained, or may be obtained without cost or condemnation, by the utility, provided that: 1. The governing body of the city or county in which such distribution facilities are and will be located has a. Determined,after consultation with the utility and after holding public hearings on the subject, that such undergrovnding is in the general public interest for one or more of the following reasons: (i) Such undergrovnding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distri- button facilities; (2) Said street or roador right-of-way is extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; (3) Said street or road or right-of-way adjoins or passes through a civic area or public recreation area or an area of unusual scenic interest to the general public. b. Adopted an ordinance creating an underground district in the area in which both the existing and new facilities are and will be located requiring, among other things, (1) that all existing overhead communi- cation and electric distribution facilities in such district shall be removed, and (2) thateach property owner served from such electric overhead distribution facilities shall provide, in accordance with the. p ., utility's rules for underground service, all electrical facility changes on his premises necessary to receive service from the underground facilities of the utility as soon as it is available, and (3) authorizing the utility to discontinue its overhead service. 2. The utility's total annual budgeted amount for undergrovnding within any city or the unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated in the same ratio that the number of customers in such city or unincorpo- rated area bears to the total system customers. The amounts so allocated may be exceeded where the utility establishes that additional participation on a project is warranted. Such allocated amounts may be carried over for a reasonable and necessary period of time in communities with active undergrovnding programs. In order to qualify as a community with an active undergrovnding program the governing body must have adopted an ordinance or ordinances creating underground district and/or districts as set forth in Section A.l.b. of this rule. Where there is a carry-over, the utility has the right to set, as determined by its capability, reasonable limits on the rate of performance of the work to be financed by the funds carried over. Where amounts are not expended or carried over for the community to which they are initially allocated they shall be assigned where additional participation on a Project is warranted or be reallocated to tommvnities with active undergrovnding programs 3. The undergrovnding extends for a minimum distance of one block or 600 feet, whichever is the lesser. (Continudd) (To be insetted by utility) Issued by (To be insetted by Cal. P.U.C.) Advice Letter No. 323-E Robert P. OBrien Date Filed November 13> .1967 Decision No. 73078 Effective November 18, .1967 Vice President -,. ~ Resolution No.