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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 MW 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. -2- O n f r 1 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 -3- TLWsajr 12/18/68