sr-072771CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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DATE: July 19~ 1971 ~i~JL~ ~~~~v»~.e
TO: Perry Scott, City Manager JU~~ (197i
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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,
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P, R. ELLIS
District Superintendent
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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.