City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council, after hearing from all persons interested, adopt
a Resolution declaring the formation of Underground Utility District No. 10 on that
certain portion of National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between the
southerly side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and the
northern City limit, parallel to Venice Boulevard and ordering the removal and
underground installation of the utility facilities in such District (Attachment 1).
1. Open the Public Hearing;
2. Request the City Clerk to report on the mailing of notices for this Public Hearing;
3. Ask the City Clerk to present items received on this subject before the Public
Hearing;
4. Allow all members of the public, who so desire to address the City Council on this
matter;
5. Close the Public Hearing;
6. City Council to discuss and arrive at its decision.
BACKGROUND:
Underground Utility Districts (UUD) are created in order to remove overhead wires
and the supporting poles for those wires, as well as to require all future utilities to be
installed underground within the UUD. Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) §§
Meeting Date: 01/08/07 Item Number: PH-1
AGENDA ITEM:
Adoption of a Resolution Declaring the Formation of Underground Utility District
No. 10 on that Certain Portion of National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard
between the Southerly Side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Right-of-
Way and the Northern City Limit, Parallel to Venice Boulevard and Ordering the
Removal and Underground Installation of the Utility Facilities in Such District.
Contact Person/Dept.: John Rivera Phone Number: (310) 253-5616
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification:
In accordance with Culver City Municipal Code Sections 5.04.005, et seq., , the City
Clerk has notified all affected property owners and all affected utility companies, by
mail, of the time and place of this hearing. Master notification list (01/03/07)
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (12/18/06)
City Manager Approval:
Jerry B. Fulwood (01/03/07)
City Controller Approval:
Marlee Chang (12/28/06)
City Attorney Approval
Heather Iker (01/03/07)City of Culver City, California
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5.04.005, et seq. (Attachment 2), establishes the procedures for the formation of a
UUD, removal of overhead utility facilities and installation of underground facilities in
a UUD. Since 1968, nine UUDs have been formed in the City as follows:
UUD No.1 Washington Place and Boulevard easterly of the 405 Freeway to Higuera
Street
UUD No. 2 Washington Boulevard between Higuera Street and La Cienega
Boulevard
UUD No. 3 Washington Boulevard between and La Cienega Boulevard and Fairfax
Avenue
UUD No. 4 Washington Boulevard between Del Rey Avenue and the 405 Freeway
UUD No. 5 Sawtelle Boulevard between La Ballona Creek and Overland Avenue
UUD No. 6 Jefferson Boulevard between Overland Avenue and 70’ southerly of
Sawtelle Boulevard
UUD No. 7 Elenda Street between Culver Boulevard and Washington Boulevard
UUD No. 8 Sepulveda Boulevard between 70’ southerly of Sawtelle Boulevard and
Playa Street; Playa Street between Sepulveda Boulevard and Hannum
Avenue; Jefferson Boulevard between Slauson Avenue and Sepulveda
Boulevard; and Hannum Avenue between Slauson Avenue and Playa
Street.
UUD No.9 Overland Avenue between Venice and Culver Boulevards.
On December 18, 2006, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2006R090 that set a public
hearing for January 8, 2007 to determine whether the public health, safety or welfare
requires the formation of UUD No. 10 (Attachment 3).
DISCUSSION:
Southern California Edison Company (SCE) has 66,000 volt (66kv) transmission
lines within Culver City along National and Exposition Boulevards. A portion of
these lines are in an area which is proposed to be redeveloped through the Culver
City Redevelopment Agency. The City is proposing other improvements to the area
around the intersection of Venice/Washington/National Boulevards as part of the
preparation for the future Metropolitan Transit Authority Exposition (EXPO) Light Rail
Transit service from Downtown Los Angeles. The proposed plan for the
redevelopment of this area will require vacating Exposition Boulevard, between
Washington and Venice Boulevards, thereby displacing the existing easement for
the SCE transmission lines.
The City has discussed with SCE the undergrounding of the transmission lines in
order to accommodate the needs of the Washington/National and EXPO Light Rail
Transit projects. The lines will be undergrounded within National Boulevard. The
proposed UUD is located along National Boulevard, between the southerly side of
EXPO Light Rail Transit project right-of-way and the northerly City limits of Culver City of Culver City, California
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City south of Venice Boulevard; and Exposition Boulevard, between Washington
Boulevard and the northerly City limits of Culver City south of Venice Boulevard,
which is illustrated in Exhibit “A” to the proposed Resolution (See Attachment 1).
The City has requested that SCE fund the costs for this work through the use of
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Rule 20A funds. There is an
extensive lead time required, and the undergrounding needs to be completed as
quickly as possible in order to accommodate the construction of the anticipated
redevelopment and EXPO projects. It is estimated that construction will begin in
2008, with a projected completion date of October 1, 2008. This is based upon
accumulation of sufficient Rule 20A funds to finance the project.
In order to use Rule 20A funds, the City must adopt a resolution at a public hearing
forming a UUD and authorizing the relocation of the utility facilities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No City funds will be required for this project, either for construction or future
maintenance. The City is able to use money accumulated by the CPUC through its
Rule 20A funds (Attachment 5) program to pay for the cost of removal of overhead
utilities. Rule 20A requires the formation of a UUD before such monies may be used
on a project.
SCE has estimated the cost of placing their 66KV transmission lines underground
and the cost of undergrounding the attached communication lines, within Culver
City, on that certain portion of National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between
the southerly side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and the
northern City limit, parallel to Venice Boulevard to be $2,000,000.
SCE will use Rule 20A funds to pay for all of this work. Culver City’s accumulated
credit, along with provisions that allow up to five years of annual allocations to be
borrowed ahead, will provide sufficient funds for this project.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proposed Resolution
2. CCMC §§ 5.04.005, et seq.
3. Resolution No. 2006-R090
4. CPUC Rule 20ACity of Culver City, California
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MOTION:
That the City Council
Adopt the Resolution declaring the formation of Underground Utility District No. 10
on that certain portion of National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between the
southerly side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and the
northern City limit, parallel to Venice Boulevard and ordering the removal and
underground installation of the utility facilities in such District.
MEETING DATE: 01/08/07
AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Declaring the Formation of
Underground Utility District No. 10 on that Certain Portion of
National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between the
Southerly Side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Right-of-Way and the Northern City Limit, Parallel to Venice
Boulevard and Ordering the Removal and Underground
Installation of the Utility Facilities in Such District.
ATTACHMENTS
Pages
1. Proposed Resolution 1-4
2. CCMC §§ 5.04.005, et seq. 5-10
3. Resolution No. 2006-R090 11-13
4. CPUC Rule 20A 14-18Arm,oittKe.oT
1 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-R 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 10.|10101010|WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2006-R-090, a public hearing was called for
January 8, 2007, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the Mike Balkman Council Chambers in the
City Hall at 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, California, to ascertain whether the public
health, safety or welfare requires the formation of Underground Utility District (UUD) No.
10, including the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and
the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or
similar associated service in an area thirty feet (30') wide, along that certain portion of
National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between the southerly Side of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and the northern City limit, parallel to
Venice Boulevard, which is more particularly illustrated on Exhibit "A", attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected utilities, and
all persons owning real property within the proposed Underground Utility District as such
are shown on the last equalized assessment roll, in the manner and for the time required
by law; and
WHEREAS, after giving the public an opportunity to be heard and
considering all information before it, the City Council declared the formation of UUD No. 10
and ordered the removal and underground installation of the utility facilities in such District.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City, California,
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1. That the City Council of the City of Culver City does hereby find and
determine as follows:
(a) That such undergrounding will avoid, or eliminate, an unusually
heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities; and
(b) That the public streets and roads, and rights-of-way, along
which existing overhead utilities are to be replaced with underground utilities
are extensively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of
pedestrian or vehicular traffic; and
(c) That the public health, safety or welfare require the removal of
poles, overhead wires including overhead wire crossing and associated
structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities for
supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service.
2. That the area described generally as an area thirty feet (30') wide,
along that certain portion of National Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard between the
southerly side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and the northern
City limit, parallel to Venice Boulevard, which is more particularly illustrated on Exhibit "A",
attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof, is hereby established as UUD No.
10.
3. That all future installations of utilities, wires, and associated structures
within the herein described utility district shall be made underground.
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4. That the City Clerk, within ten (10) days after adoption of this
resolution, shall mail a copy hereof to all persons owning real property within UUD No. 10
as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the affected utilities.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of January 2007.|101010101010101010 10
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Section
Defmitions
Public hearing by Council
Report by Public Works Director
Authority of Council to designate
underground utility district
Unlawful acts
Exception for emergency or
unusual circumstances
Other exceptions
Notice to property owners and
utility companies
Responsibility of utility
companies
Responsibility of property
owners
Responsibility of city
Extension of time
Under grounding public utilities;
new construction
Location of electrical
transmission lines
§ 5.04.005 DEFINITIONS.
Whenever in this Chapter the words or phrases
hereinafter in this Section defined are used, they shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
following definitions:
COMMISSION. The Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California.
PERSON. Includes individuals, firms,
corporations, partnerships, and their agents and
employees.
POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES and
ASSOCIATED OVERHEAD STRUCTURES. Poles,
towers, supports, wires, conductors, guys, stubs,
platforms, crossbars, braces, transformers, insulators,
cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances,
attachments and appurtenances located aboveground
within a District and used or useful in supplying
electric, communication or similar or associated
service.
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT or
DISTRICT. That area in the City within which poles,
overhead wires, and associated overhead structures are
prohibited as such area is described in a resolution
adopted pursuant to the provisions of § 5.04.020.
UTILITY. All persons or entities supplying
electric, communication or similar or associated
service by means of electrical materials or devices.
('65 Code, § 35A-1) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 1)
§ 5.04.010 PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCIL.
The Council may from time to time call public
hearings to ascertain whether the public health, safety
or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead
wires and associated overhead structures within
designated areas of the City and the underground
installation of wires and facilities for supplying
electric, communication, or similar or associated
service. The City Clerk shall notify all affected
property owners as shown on the last equalized
assessment roll and utilities concerned by mail of the
time and place of such hearings at least ten (10) days
prior to the date thereof. Each such hearing shall be
open to the public and will be continued from time to
time. At each such hearing all persons interested shall
be given an opportunity to be heard. The decision of
the Council shall be final and conclusive.
('65 Code, § 35A-2) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 2)
5.04.005
5.04.010
5.04.015
5.04.020
5.04.025
5.04.030
5.04.035
5.04.040
5.04.045
5.04.050
5.04.055
5 .04 .060
5.04.065
5.04.070
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§ 5.04.015 REPORT BY PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR.
Prior to holding such public hearings, the Public
Works Director may consult all affected utilities and
may prepare a report for a submission at such hearing
containing, among other information, the extent of
such utilities' participation and estimates of the total
costs to the City and affected property owners. Such
report shall also contain an estimate of the time
required to complete such underground installation
and removal of overhead facilities. Failure to consult
affected utilities and/or to prepare such a report shall
have no effect on any action of the City Council.
('65 Code, § 35a-3) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 3)
§ 5.04.020 AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL TO
DISTRICT.
If, after any such public hearing the Council finds
that the public health, safety or welfare requires such
removal and such underground installation within a
designated area, the Council shall, by resolution,
declare such designated area an Underground Utility
District and order such removal and underground
installation. Such resolution shall include a description
of the area comprising such district and shall fix the
time within which such removal and underground
installation shall be accomplished and within which
affected property owners must be ready to receive
underground service. A reasonable time shall be
allowed for such removal and underground
installation, having due regard for the availability of
labor, materials and equipment necessary for such
removal and for the installation of such underground
facilities as may be occasioned thereby. Immediately
following its adoption, the City Clerk shall cause a
certified copy of such resolution to be recorded in the
Office of the County Recorder.
('65 Code, § 35A-4) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 4)
§ 5.04.025 UNLAWFUL ACTS.
Whenever the Council creates an Underground
Utility District and orders the removal of poles,
overhead wires and associated overhead structures
therein as provided in § 5.04.020 hereof, it shall be
unlawful for any person or utility to erect, construct,
place, keep, maintain, continue, employ or operate
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures in the District after the date when said
overhead facilities are required to be removed by such
resolution, except as said overhead facilities may be
required to furnish service to an owner or occupant of
property prior to the performance of such owner or
occupant of the underground work necessary for such
owner or occupant to continue to receive utility service
as provided in § 5.04.050 hereof, and for such
reasonable time required to remove said facilities after
said work has been performed, end except as
otherwise provided in this chapter.
('65 Code, § 35A-5) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 5)
§ 5.04.030 EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCY OR
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter,
overhead facilities may be installed and maintained in
order to provide emergency service, not to exceed ten
(10) days without permission of the Chief
Administrative Officer; however, the Chief
Administrative Officer may, if he finds the need exists,
extend, in writing, such emergency operating permit
for an additional thirty (30) days. No additional
extension may be authorized without the approval of
the City Council. The Council may grant special
permission, on such terms as the Council may deem
appropriate, in cases of unusual circumstances,
without discrimination as to any person or utility, to
erect, construct, install, maintain, use or operate
poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures.
('65 Code, § 35A-6) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 6)
§ 5.04.035 OTHER EXCEPTIONS.
A. This chapter and any resolution adopted
pursuant to § 5.04.020 hereof shall, unless otherwise
provided in such resolution, not apply to the following
types of facilities:
1. Poles or electroliers used exclusively for
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2. Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting
structures) crossing any portion of a District within
which overhead wires have been prohibited.
3. Antennae, associated equipment and
supporting structures used for such antennae by a
utility for furnishing communication services.
4. Equipment appurtenant to underground
facilities such as surface mounted transformers,
pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets,
and concealed ducts.
5. Temporary poles, overhead wires and
associated overhead structures used or to be used in
conjunction with construction projects and to remain
in place only during construction.
B. In any resolution adopted pursuant to
§ 5.04.020 hereof, the City Council may authorize
any or all of the following exceptions:
1. Poles, overhead wires and assorted
overhead structures used for the transmission of
electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of
34,500 volts.
2. Any municipal facilities or equipment
installed under the supervision of and to the
satisfaction of the Public Works Director of the City
of Culver City.
3. Overhead wires connecting to buildings
on the perimeter of a District when such wires
originate in an area from which poles, overhead wires
and associated overhead structures are not prohibited.
4. Overhead wires attached to the surface
of a building by means of a bracket or other fixture
and extending from one location on the building to
another location on the same building or to an
adjacent building without crossing any public street.
(' 65 Code, § 35a-7) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 7)
§ 5.04.040 NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
AND UTILITY COMPANIES.
A. Within ten (10) days after the effective date
of a resolution adopted pursuant to § 5.04.020 hereof,
the City Clerk shall notify all affected utilities and all
persons owning real property within the District
created by said resolution of the adoption thereof. Said
City Clerk shall further notify such affected property
owners of the necessity that, if they or any person
occupying such property desire to continue to receive
electric communication, or similar or associated
service, they or such occupant shall provide all
necessary facility changes on their premises so as to
receive such service from the lines of the supplying
utility or utilities at a new location, subject to
applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the
respective utility or utilities on file with the
Commission.
B. Notification by the City Clerk shall be made
by mailing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant
to § 5.04.020 hereof, together with a copy of the
ordinance published herein, to affected property
owners as such are shown on the last equalized
assessment roll and to the affected utilities.
('65 Code, § 35A-8) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 8)
§ 5.04.045 RESPONSIBILITY OF UTILITY
COMPANIES.
If underground construction is necessary to
provide utility service within a District created by any
resolution adopted pursuant to § 5.04.020 hereof, the
supplying utility shall furnish that portion of the
conduits, conductors and associated equipment
required to be furnished by it under its applicable
rules, regulations and tariffs on file with the
Commission.
('65 Code, § 35A-9) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 9)
§ 5.04.050 RESPONSIBILITY OF PROPERTY
OWNERS.
A. Every person owning, operating, leasing,
occupying or renting a building or structure within a
District shall perform construction and provide that
portion of the service connection on his property
between the facilities referred to in § 5.04.045 and the
termination facility on or within said building or
structure being served, all in accordance with36
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applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the
respective utility or utilities on file with the
Commission.
B. In the event any person owning, operating,
leasing, or renting said property does not comply with
the provisions of Subsection A. of this Section within
the time provided for in the resolution enacted
pursuant to § 5.04.020 hereof, the Public Works
Director shall post written notice on the property
being served and thirty (30) days thereafter shall have
the authority to order the disconnection and removal
of any and all overhead service wires and associated
facilities supplying utility service to said property.
C. In the event that the Public Works Director
shall determine that the method of enforcing this
Section hereof is not an efficient or effective method
of enforcement, he is authorized to pursue the
following method of enforcement:
1. Every person owning, operating,
leasing, occupying or renting a building or structure
within a District shall perform construction and
provide that portion of the service connection on his
property between the facilities referred to in
§ 5.04.045 and the termination facility on or within
said building or structure being served, all in
accordance with applicable rules, regulations and
tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with
the Commission. If the above is not accomplished by
any person within the time provided for in the
resolution enacted pursuant to § 5.04.020 hereof, the
Public Works Director shall give notice in writing to
the person in possession of such premises, and a
notice in writing to the owner thereof as shown on the
last equalized assessment roll to provide the required
underground facilities within ten (10) days after
receipt of such notice.
2. The notice to provide the required
underground facilities may be given by personal
service or by mail. In the case of service by mail on
either of such persons, the notice must be deposited in
the Untied States mail in a sealed envelope with
postage prepaid, addressed to the person in possession
of such premises at such premises and the notice must
be addressed to the owner thereof as such owner's
name appears, and must be addressed to such owner's
last known address as the same appears on the last
equalized assessment roll, and when no address
appears, to General Delivery, City of Culver City,
California. If notice is given by mail, such notice shall
be deemed to have been received by the person to
whom it has been sent within forty-eight (48) hours
after mailing thereof. If notice is given by mail to
either the owner or occupant of such premises, the
Public Works Director shall, within forty-eight (48)
hours after mailing thereof, cause a copy thereof,
printed on a card not less than eight (8) inches by ten
(10) inches in size, to be posted in a conspicuous place
on said premises.
3. The notice given by the Public Works
Director to provide the required underground facilities
shall particularly specify what work is required to be
done, and shall state that if said work is not completed
within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, the
Public Works Director will provide such required
underground facilities, in which case the cost and
expense thereof will be assessed against the property
benefitted and become a lien upon such property.
4. If upon the expiration of the thirty (30)
day period, the said required underground facilities
have not been provided, the Public Works Director
shall forthwith proceed to do the work; provided,
however, if such premises are unoccupied and no
electric or communications services are being
furnished thereto, the Public Works Director shall, in
lieu of providing the required underground facilities,
have the authority to order the disconnection and
removal of any and all overhead service wires and
associated facilities supplying utility service to said
property. Upon completion of the work by the Public
Works Director, he shall file a written report with the
City Council setting forth the fact that the required
underground facilities have been provided and the cost
thereof, together with a legal description of the
property against which such cost is to be assessed. The
Council shall thereupon fix a time and place for
hearing protests against the assessment of the cost of
such work upon such premises, which said time shall
not be less than ten (10) days thereafter.
5. The Public Works Director shall
forthwith, upon the time for hearing such protests
having been fixed, give a notice in writing to thePublic Utilities
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person in possession of such premises, and a notice in
writing thereof to the owner thereof, in the manner
herein above provided for the giving of the notice to
provide the required underground facilities, of the
time and place that the Council will pass upon such
report and will hear protests against such assessment.
Such notice shall also set forth the amount of the
proposed assessment.
6. Upon the date and hour set for the
hearing of protests, the Council shall hear and
consider the report and all protests, if there be any,
and then proceed to affirm, modify or reject the
assessment.
7. If any assessment is not paid within five
(5) days after its confirmation by the Council, the
amount of the assessment shall become a lien upon the
property against which the assessment is made by the
Public Works Director, and the Public Works Director
is directed to turn over to the Assessor and Tax
Collector a notice of lien on each of said properties on
which the assessment has not been paid, and said
Assessor and Tax Collector shall add the amount of
said assessment to the next regular bill for taxes levied
against the premises upon which said assessment was
not paid. Said assessment shall be due and payable at
the same time as said property taxes are due and
payable, and if not paid when due and payable, shall
bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per
annum.
('65 Code, § 35a-10) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 10)
§ 5.04.055 RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.
City shall remove at its own expense all
City-owned equipment from all poles required to be
removed hereunder in ample time to enable the owner
or user of such poles to remove the same within the
time specified in the resolution enacted pursuant to
§ 5.04.020.
('65 Code, § 35A-11) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 11)
§ 5.04.060 EXTENSION OF TIME.
In the event that any act required by this chapter
or by a resolution adopted pursuant to § 5.04.020
cannot be performed within the time provided on
account of shortage of materials, war, restraint by
public authorities, strikes, labor disturbances, civil
disobedience, or any other circumstances beyond the
control of the actor, then the time within which such
act will be accomplished shall be extended for a period
equivalent to the time of such limitation.
('65 Code, § 35A-12) (Ord. No. CS-612 § 12)
§ 5.04.065 UNDER GROUNDING PUBLIC
UTILITIES; NEW CONSTRUCTION.
A. A new, or replacement, public utility service
entrance installed for permanent use in connection
with, or required for, a new building or structure, and
the service connections on the property between the
utility source and the termination facility on the
building or structure shall be placed underground. The
owner shall be responsible for making arrangements
for such installations and shall perform necessary
construction, subject to applicable rules, regulations
and tariffs of the utility company.
B. Transformers and other equipment
appurtenant to the underground service may be
installed aboveground if the Planning Department
approves and determines that the equipment will be
placed at a location where a minimum impact on the
environment will result.
C. Upon application of the owner, the Chief
Administrative Officer, or the City Council upon an
appeal from an adverse determination of the Chief
Administrative Officer, may grant an exception to the
requirements of this Section if findings are made, to be
placed with the electrical permit, that these
requirements, together with the particular
circumstances, will require an additional utility pole or
otherwise increase or perpetuate visual pollution of the
environment.
D. The application shall be in writing and
contain a complete statement of all pertinent data,
including an accurate sketch showing pertinent
property lines, buildings, structures, utility poles and
lines.
('65 Code, § 35A-20) (Ord. No. CS-908 § 1; Ord.
No. CS-674 § 1)38 Culver City - Public Works
§ 5.04.070 LOCATION OF ELECTRICAL
TRANSMISSION LINES.
Henceforth any person, corporation, utility or
grantee of any franchise that desires to construct,
install or maintain any poles, wires, conduits or
appurtenances other than underground for the purpose
of transmitting electricity within the City of Culver
City, whether distribution of said electricity is to be
made within Culver City or elsewhere, shall locate
said above ground poles, wires, conduits and
appurtenances at least 125 feet from the boundary line
of any residential zone within the City; as such zone
is designated in the City Zoning Ordinance; such
distance shall be measured from the nearest structure,
wire or appurtenance to the nearest residential zone
boundary by a straight line.
('65 Code, § 35A-31) (Ord. No. CS-795 § 1; Ord.
No. CS-818 § 1)
Cross-reference:
Zoning Code, see Title 17
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RESOLUTION NO. 2006,Ro 90
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
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CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, CALLING A PlAtTC HEARING
TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC NECE'SSITY, HEALTH,
SAFETY OR WELFARE REQUIRES THE FORMATION OF AN
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, Culver City Municipal Code, Section 5.04, et seq., establishes a
procedure for the creation of underground utility districts and requires, as the initial step in
such procedure, the holding of a public hearing to ascertain whether public necessity,
health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated
overhead structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying
electric, communication, or similar or associated service in any such district; and
WHEREAS, it has been recommended that such an underground utility
district, be formed to include an area fifty feet (50') wide, along National Boulevard,
between the southerly side of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority right-of-way and
the northern side of Washington Boulevard; one hundred feet (100') wide, along National
Boulevard, between the northern side of Washington Boulevard and the northerly City limits
of Culver City south of Venice Boulevard, and Exposition Boulevard, between Washington
Boulevard and the northerly City limits of Culver City south of Venice Boulevard, which is
more particularly illustrated on Exhibit "A," attached hereto and made a part hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City (City),
California, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the
City Council of the City of Culver City on January 8, 2007, at the hour of 7:00 PM in the
Mike Balkman Council Chambers of the City Hall, Culver City, California, to ascertain
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facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service within said
District.
2. At such hearing, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to
be heard. Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be determined by the
City Council.
3. The City Clerk shall notify all property owners within said District, as
shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and utilities concerned of the time and place
of such hearing by mailing a copy of this resolution to such property owners and utilities
concerned at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this isttflay of Dpepmher
G R , Mayor
City if Cul er City, Calif la
, 2006.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CHRI OPHER ARMENIA CAROL A. SCHWAB
City erk
City Attorney
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ter City City Council Resolution 2006-RIssued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
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(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1643-E
Decision 01-12-009
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed Jul 26, 2002
Effective Sep 4, 2002
Resolution E-3767
MIT ACI AM SOT
Revised Cal. PUG Sheet No. 31867-E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23018-E
SOUTII.N cx1ros...
.EDISON
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California
Rule 20 Sheet 1
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. SCE will, at its expense, replace its existing overhead electric facilities with underground electric
facilities along public streets and roads, and on public lands and private property across which
rights-of-way satisfactory to SCE have been obtained by SCE, provided that:
1. The governing body of the city or county in which such electric facilities are and will be
located has:
a. Determined, after consultation with SCE and after holding public hearings on the
subject, that such undergrounding is in the general public interest for one or
more of the following reasons:
(1) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy
concentration of overhead electric facilities;
(2) The street or road or right-of-way is extensively used by the general
public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; (T)
(3) The 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; or (T)
(4) The street or road or right-of-way is considered an arterial street or (N)
major collector road, as defined in the Governor's Office of Planning I
and Research General Plan Guidelines. (N)
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 communication and electric distribution
facilities in such district shall be removed, (2) that each property served from
such electric overhead facilities shall have installed in accordance with SCE's
rules for underground service, all electrical facility changes on the premises
necessary to receive service from the underground facilities of SCE as soon as
it is available, and (3) authorizing SCE to discontinue its overhead service.
(Continued)SOUP . Ir CAI
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Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23019-E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 12201-E
Rule 20 Sheet 2
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
(Continued)
A. (Continued)
2. SCE's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city or the
unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated as follows:
a. The amount allocated to each city and county in 1990 shall be the highest of:
1. The amount allocated to the city or county in 1989, which amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in
such city or unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters; or
2. The amount the city or county would receive if SCE's total annual
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated
in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in each city or the
unincorporated area of each county bears to the total system overhead
meters based on the latest count of overhead meters available prior to
establishing the 1990 allocations; or
3. The amount the city or county would receive if SCE's total annual
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated
as follows:
a. Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same
ratio that the number of overhead meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters; and
b. Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same
ratio that the total number of meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
meters.
(Continued)
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1268-E-B
Decision 97-10-087
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed May 11, 1998
Effective Jan 4, 1998
Resolution 2C1
5UTIIFTs Gll IfORNIA
Southern California Edison
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23020-E
Rosemead, California
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 12202-E
Rule 20 Sheet 3
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
(Continued)
A. (Continued)
2. (Continued)
b. Except as provided in Section 2.c., the amount allocated for undergrounding
within any city or the unincorporated area of any county in 1991 and later years
shall use the amount actually allocated to the city or county in 1990 as the base,
and any changes from the 1990 level in SCE's total annual budgeted amount for
undergrounding shall be allocated to individual cities and counties as follows:
1. Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in
any city or unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters.
2. Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the total number of meters in any city
of the unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
meters.
c. When a city incorporates, resulting in a transfer of utility meters from the
unincorporated area of a county to the city, there shall be a permanent transfer
of a prorata portion of the county's 1990 allocation base referred to in Section
2.b. to the city. The amount transferred shall be determined:
1. Fifty percent based on the ratio that the number of overhead meters in
the city bears to the total system overhead meters; and
2. Fifty percent based on the ratio that the total number of meters in the
city bears to the total system meters.
When territory is annexed to an existing city, it shall be the responsibility
of the city and county affected, in consultation with SCE serving the
territory, to agree upon an amount of the 1990 allocation base that will
be transferred from the county to the city, and thereafter to jointly notify
SCE in writing.
(Continued)
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1268-E-3
Decision 97-10-087
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed May 11, 1998
Effective Jan 4, 1998
Resolution 3C1(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1643-E
Decision 01-12-009
4C14
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
n IrerEANATILINAL Company
Southern California Edison
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 31868-E
Rosemead, California
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23021-E
Rule 20 Sheet 4
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
(Continued)
A. (Continued)
2. (Continued)
d. However, Section 2.a, b, and c, shall not apply to any utility where the total
amount available for allocation under Rule 20-A is equal to or greater than 1.5
times the previous year's statewide average on a per customer basis. In such
cases, SCE's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city
or the unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated in the same ratio that
the number of overhead meters in the city or unincorporated area of any county
bears to the total system overhead meters.
e. Upon request by a city or county, the amounts allocated may be exceeded for (C)
each city or county by an amount up to a maximum of five years' allocation at I
then-current levels where SCE establishes that participation on a project is I
warranted and resources are available. Such allocated amount may be carried (C)
over for a reasonable period of time in communities with active undergrounding
programs. In order to qualify as a community with an active undergrounding
program, the governing body must have adopted an ordinance or ordinances
creating an underground district and/or districts as set forth in Section A.1.b. of
this Rule. Where there is a carry-over or additional requested participation as
discussed above, SCE has the right to set, as determined by its capability, (C)
reasonable limits on the rate of performance of the work to be financed by the (C)
funds carried over. When amounts are not expended or carried over for the
community to which they are initially allocated, they shall be assigned when
additional participation on a project is warranted or be reallocated to
communities with active undergrounding programs.
(Continued)
(To be inserted by Cal. PUG)
Date Filed Jul 26, 2002
Effective Sep 4, 2002
Resolution E-3767 11SOUTHERN CAI IFORNIA
EDISON
An FOISOV IATERNATIONAL Company
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 26177-E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23022-E
Rule 20 Sheet 5
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
(Continued)
A. (Continued)
3. The undergrounding extends for a minimum distance of one block or 600 feet,
whichever is the lesser.
Upon request of the governing body, SCE will pay from the existing allocation of that
entity for:
a. The installation of no more than 100 feet of each customer's underground
electric service lateral occasioned by the undergrounding, and/or
b. The conversion of a customer's meter panel to accept underground service
occasioned by the undergrounding, excluding permit fees.
SCE or the governing body may establish a lesser allowance, or may otherwise limit the amount
of money to be expended on a single customer's electric service, or the total amount to be
expended on all electric service installations in a particular project.
In G4r-GuR4stances ether than thoce covered kly F"-"/P, SrE wil l replacP its exist ing ovsrhe-P
electric facilities with underground electric facilitie along public streets and roads or other
lo ions mutually agreed upon when requested by a - .plicant or applicants when all of the
follow' conditions are met:
1. a. II property owners served from the overhead facil s to be removed first agree
in ling to have the wiring changes made on their mises so that service
may be mished from the underground distribution syste in accordance with
SCE's rule and that SCE may discontinue its overhe service upon
completion of th nderground facilities, or
ect requiring such necessary wiring changes
made and authorizing SCE to scontinue its overhead service.
b. Suitable legislation is in
(Continued)
(To be inserted by utility) Issued by (To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Advice 1399-E John R. Fielder Date Filed Aug 23, 1999
Decision Senior Vice President Effective Oct 2, 1 999
5C2 ResolutionMEETING DATE: 1/08/07
AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of a Request for Proposal for Third Party Claims
Administration, Medical Bill Review Services, and Utilization Review
Services for the Workers' Compensation Program.
ATTACHMENTS
Pages
1. RFP for Workers' Comp TPA, Medical Bill Review & Bill Review Svcs 1 - 25
2. List of Firms to receive the RFP 26