CC RES 2017-005 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ESTABLISHING TWO NEW
UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY DISTRICTS IN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has recognized the need for
undergrounding of overhead utility facilities with the establishment of four
undergrounding utility districts in the past (Palos Verdes Drive South Undergrounding
District in 1975; Forrestal Drive Undergrounding District in 1975; Palos Verdes Drive
West Undergrounding District in 1976; and Hawthorne Boulevard Undergrounding
District in 1986); and
WHEREAS, although new development since these undergrounding utility
districts were established has installed dry utilities underground, there are many
legacy areas along prominent streets and roadways in the City that would benefit from
undergrounding the existing overhead utilities; and
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recommends
that each community develop a conversion plan to identify overhead utility lines eligible
to participate in the Rule 20 undergrounding program; and
WHEREAS, in June 2015, the City obtained the services of Harris &Associates,
Inc. to perform a study on potential locations throughout the City where undergrounding
of utilities would be feasible under the CPUC Rule 20 program; and
WHEREAS, the two new utility undergrounding districts, attached as Exhibit
A, are being recommended based on findings resulting from the feasibility study
completed by Harris & Associates in July 2016, which identified 30 candidate
locations within the City for undergrounding of utilities and the City's subsequent
analysis of these candidate locations by which it determined the two best locations;
and
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2016, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council
approved, in concept, the proposed City of Rancho Palos Verdes' Overhead Utilities
Conversion Plan; and
WHEREAS, the cost for undergrounding the utilities in the two new districts
identified in Exhibit A is estimated to be $1,827,000, which is within the funds
estimated to be available to the City under the Rule 20A program at the end of the five
to seven year waiting period ($1,900,000).
WHEREAS, once the City's proposed new utility undergrounding districts are
submitted to Southern California Edison (SCE) for implementation, there is an
estimated five to seven year waiting period before SCE will be able to begin
construction and another one year for construction to be completed, which means the
completion date would likely be sometime in 2025.
WHREAS, on February 7, 2017 the City Council conducted a duly noticed
public hearing on the proposed designated areas in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
for inclusion in two new undergrounding utility districts.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES, AND ORDERS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the above recitals are all true, correct, and incorporated herein
by this reference.
Section 2. That the two areas designated in Exhibit A to this Resolution be
approved as two new undergrounding utility districts in the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes.
Section 3. That notice of this Resolution shall be provided to all affected
Property Owners and Utility Companies within 10 days of the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 7th day of February 2017.
r /-
'f,-'or
ATTEST: .
Aching City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Teresa Takaoka, Acting City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2017-05 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on February 7, 2017.
War' • -
Acting City Clerk
Resolution No. 2017-05
Page 2 of 2
EXHIBIT A
The two new underground utility districts established for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
shall be as follows:
1. Utility Underground District No. 5—Palos Verdes Drive South(between La Rotonda
Drive and the City limits); and
2. Utility Underground District No. 6—Crenshaw Boulevard(between Crest Road and
Valley View Road).
Resolution No.2017-05
Exhibit A
1 of 3
EXHIBIT A
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Proposed Utility Underground District No. 5
Palos Verdes Drive South (between La Rotonda Drive and City Limits)
/• / ...,'"
./ ,
/
•
. ,
\., ..,.,. ...., ,,
. ,..,...- ,...,.• /
....•— .,....„.•• (.--
...„--- ,,,,,,....• ,
,..,....- .„..... ,
..„..„..... ir..
%-•,•. -- ".... . .....................,.............„ i
...,,,
,,, .............. .......
---- .....
7564-024-901
',.. .....
"s•-......
'. •
816-.------
'":"'•-•••••.:.,,,.„. "----, S DR s
1 "••-.).1 /7564-029-di
/ /0q-,// •....\ .?...64-0 29-001:1 /
7564-019-900
A9,-.1 .\\ ... ././ ,
‘.\
''' ,itS',/ \• ' / ,,
........•-, '.....,..ii.‘....:• • --\
/
--......./ .......'--. .., /
LEGEND
"." District Boundary
• Poles to be Removed
e) Poles to be Remain
' '"" Utility Lines to be Removed
1234-567-891 Adjacent Parcel No.
N
Sheet 1 of 1
December 7,2016 .
111111 '2'2ARR"VdrTiCes.
NHL irvirtAlifornia 92614
7-4801
Resolution No. 2017-05
Exhibit A
2 of 3
EXHIBIT A
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Proposed Utility Underground District No. 6 .
Crenshaw Boulevard (between Crest Road and Valley View Road)
I .. ..
,' •,....."'"1
•,
..• ,....." t
...- .......** :
. we'
rl
.,.0.
. „.•....• c?,..e.s-c ik°
0.0
.., • i
.00 i
... ....• 1
..
.---- ..‘7581-033-001 ! 1
*...... 7581-024.-0 1.0,.
! 1 2 1...4."3
.m1 il 1
• ,
t \
i •
\ , ,,•' ! go ;
I ! i
I i., ,.••' rilik. , I
I\ ..-,. V.P•s' 1 I
:5•". J.4.•0' ' ' -- - i i ' . Wit- a
.• .. •%. c." : & 1 """ - --- -
-•
it , .$. .
,.,•\•, \ k ;3 I ..
.1 %
,- • c, ,. - .. 1
...... .
f a _ /
N 1 13 ,-- : .
..,_
,.. / ,. ,... i g ....., 11 ft
- \
, , ...
• .,., ilEii, .....
<
i 1 i it q i •.......
-- .........
/... ... .. I ( - 2
„ , N 1
„,, / / 1 44**.. ' ''' I
ift,,,
• / .1' ...,
•.7.. ,.. •,.. .. ••••••.......1. _.
LEGEND
.1.. District Boundary
• Poles to be Removed
0 Poles to be Remain
6.1". Utility Lines to be Removed
1234487.891 Ad(acent Parcel No.
Pi
Sheet 1 of 1
December 7,2018 MI frrus".PI""tr.
11113:1°"7"926"
Resolution No.2017-05
Exhibit A
3 of 3