HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2013-52 0001RESOLUTION NO. 2013-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT ON BROOKHURST STREET
BETWEEN GARFIELD AVENUE AND APPROXIMATELY
900 FEET SOUTH OF ADAMS AVENUE
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No 0 2013-43 a public hearing was called
for on September 16, 2013 at the hour of 6:00 pm , or as soon thereafter as the
matter could be heard, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, to ascertain whether the
public necessity, health, safety or welfare requires the removal, of poles, overhead wires, except
66 kilovolt electrical transmission lines, and associated overhead structures, and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or
similar or associated service to an underground utility district comprised of property within the
public right-of-way on Brookhurst Street between Garfield Avenue and approximately 900 feet
south of Adams Avenue, and
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Notice was given to all affected property owners and utilities concerned in the manner
and for the time required by law, and
Such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons interested have been
given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach hereby finds and determines that the public necessity, health, safety and
welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires, except 66 kilovolt electrical
transmission lines, and associated structures, and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service within that
area more particularly described as the property within the public right-of-way on Brookhurst
Street between Garfield Avenue and approximately 900 feet south of Adams Avenue, which is
hereby established as Brookhurst Street Underground Utility District No. 13-01.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
finds one or more of the following
(a) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration
of overhead utilities, and
(b) Said streets and avenues are extensively used by the general public and carry a
heavy volume of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
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(c) Equipment referenced above must be located within or pass through a civic,
recreational or scenic area
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures shall be removed and underground installations made in said underground utility
district no later than December 31, 2018 by all affected utility companies
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk, within ten (10) days after the
adoption of this resolution, shall mail a copy hereof and a copy of the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code Chapter 17.64 to affected property owners, if any, as shown on the last
equalized assessment roll, and to the affected utilities
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of September, 203.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L FLYNN the -duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven, that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on September 16, 2013 by the following vote
AYES: Sullivan, Hardy, Harper, Boardman, Carchio, Shaw, Katapodis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Ci Clerk and ex-officio Jerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California