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Subject: Ordinances, Fees and Procedures Involving the
Undergrounding of Utility Lines in the City of
San Bernardino
Dear Mayor and Common Council:
I would like to divide this letter into two parts.
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Part One: On the parcel of land that we are developing at
9ll W. Highland Avenue, the following situation exists: The
parcel is surrounded by utility lines on three sides - the
east, the south and the west. I am aSking that we be permitted
to underground the lines on the west to our new building.
We would be willing to bond the utility lines on the east side
of the parcel under the following conditions: That we bond
for 90 feet at the rate of $70.00 a foot. Also, that we be
given one year from the date of completion to make this payment.
We ask that the problem of undergrounding the lines to the
south be left to whoever develops the property to the direct
south of these utility lines. We feel that under the present
ordinance this is more than fair.
Part Two: It is our opinion that, under the present ordinance,
the undergrounding of utility lines in the City of San
Bernardino will never be completed. The reason is fairly
obvious. If only developers who are building on specific
parcels are required to underground utility lines adjacent to
these properties - what will happen (or not happen) to the
hundreds of miles of utility lines on the streets where
development has already taken place?
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Mayor and Common Council
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RE: Ordinances, Fees and Procedures Involving the Under-
grounding of Utility Lines in the City of San Bernardino
Auqust 24, 1987
My suggestion is this - as the City did with cultural and
school fees - why not assess a similar fee on every new con-
struction permit? The money could be held in a special
fund, drawing interest, and used as needed to start an orderly
procedure to underground utility lines in the entire City.
This certainly seems like a more sensible and fairer procedure
than the one now being proposed.
I would like to remind you that, developing in the inner
city as opposed to Hospitality Lane and the industrial parks,
is not an easy or profitable endeavor. I have asked the City
to help in the past and have promptly been "slapped down quickly"
as it were, while national and multi-national corporations have
been granted millions of dollars in "freebies" and assistance.
I quess that's O.K., I'm a big boy now, and can stand on my own
two feet. I have as great an interest as anyone
City more attractive and a better place to live.
aSking that these actions be thought through and
equitable.
in making the
I am merely
be fair and
Please place this letter on the Council agenda.
Sincerely,
STEPHEN F. GRAY
cc: Gray American
William G. Kellen, Attorney at Law
Hal Abedor