HomeMy WebLinkAbout6916 - Underground Utilities Coordinating CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 69 16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING THE UNDERGROUND
UTILITIES COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND
DESIGNATING BASIC GUIDE LINES FOR THE
OPERATION AND FUNCTION OF SAID COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the City Council has recently adopted
Ordinance No. 1263 establishing regulations and procedures for
the removal of overhead utility facilities and the installation
of underground facilities in underground utility districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that under-
grounding of facilities is desirable in many locations of the
City; and
WHEREAS, the long range planning of the City's
undergrounding program requires a coordination of work and
plans between the City and the affected utility companies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is
advisable to establish a committee to act in an advisory
capacity to it on matters concerning undergrounding of
utilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The Underground Utilities Coordinating Committee
is hereby established which shall be composed of the following
personnel:
(a) City Manager
(b) Director of Public Works
(c) District Representative - Southern
California Edison Company
(d) Senior Engineer, Public Improvements,
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
2. The authorized representative of any one or more
of the persons named in Section 1 hereof, may attend committee
meetings and act on behalf of the designated representative.
3. The City Manager shall act as Chairman of the
Committee, which committee shall meet at his call.
4. The powers and duties of the Underground Utilities
Coordinating Committee shall be as follows:
Ask (a) To determine the location and priority of
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conversion work within the City.
(b) To develop a long range plan for establishing
underground utilities districts.
(c) To recommend specific projects and methods
of financing.
(d) To recommend exceptions.
(e) To recommend time limits for completion of
projects, and extensions of time.
streets.
(f) To recommend utility locations in public
(g) To make recommendations of re- routing of
transmission lines.
(h) To advise the City Council on all under-
ground utilities matters which would affect the City of
Newport Beach and to make recommendations to the City
Council when Council action on such matters is determined
to be necessary or desirable.
(i) To perform such other duties as may be
assigned to it by the City Council.
5. The committee shall give consideration to the
effect on undergrounding of public utilities of any of the
following:
(a) Street widening, freeway construction and
street lighting projects.
. (b) Formation of assessment districts.
(c) Beautification and improvement programs.
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6. The committee may also meet with persons owning
property in any area being considered for conversion to under-
ground utilities in order to explain the proposed conversion.
7. The committee shall have no power or authority to
- expend City funds or incur any obligation for which the City may
be liable without first having obtained the approval of the
City Council.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of December, 1968.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
MIRED AS THE O' GINAL
CIYY CLERK OF ME CITY OF N ORT BEACH
Mayor
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