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COUNCIL ACTION CORRESPONDENCE
To Ralph Prince Subject Undergrounding Utility Lines
City Attorney
Date May 19, 1987
Meeting Date May 18, 1987 Agenda Item No. 11
Action
The proposed resolution of the City of San Bernardino adopting Standard Requirement
No. 11 relating to undergrounding utility lines, :wall ,continued to June 1. 1987.
Staff was directed to change the language by interdelineation on page 2, line 10 to
include the following sentence: "Such funds shall accrue interest at the annual
investment portfolio rate as accomplished by the City Treasurer's Office".
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City Treasurer /SHAUNA CLARK
Public Works/Engineering City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO.
RE~OLUTION OF THE ClTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING
STP.lIDARD REQUIREMENT NO. 11 RELATING TO UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY
LINES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ~~YOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Purs~ant to San Bernardino Municipal Code
Section 18.44.070, the following requirement for undergrounding
utility lines is hereby adopted:
"StandarC: Requirement No. 11
11. All existing overhead utility lines, including, but
not limited to electrical, telephone, cable television, and
street light service, shall be placed underground. This
requirement shall apply to all such lines traversing the
development, or installed along either side of streets
adjoining the development, except for electrical transmission
lines of 33 KVA and above; distribution lines of 33 KVA and
below shall be undergrounded. Where one line is exempt, all
lines on that pole shall be exempt. Arrangements, incluC:ing
payment of costs, shall be made by the developer with the
serving utility cornpany(s). Undergrounding of utility
structures may be done by the developer, with per~ission from
the serving utility.
For developments with small frontages, the Director of
Public Works/City Engineer may accept a cash payment from the
developer, in lieu of undergrounding the lines. Payments will
be baseC: upon a written estimate of the short form unit cost
from the serving utility COLtpany (s), and will reflect the
development's proportionate share of the estimated cost for
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undergrounding the lines over the entire section.
In the event that property on the opposite side of the
street is vacant, the developer shall pay fifty percent of the
estimated cost of undergrounding. When the vacant property is
developed it will pay the remaining fifty percent of the cost
of undergrounding. The cost of undergrounding shall be
calculated to exclude the cost of street crossings; the entire
cost to underground street crossing lines shall be borne by
the property served by the crossing lines.
All payments will be deposited into a line item account
for undergrounding utilities within the area. In no event
shall the payments from developers on both sides of the street
exceed the total estimated cost for undergrounding utilities
along that section of street.
Standard Requirement No. 11 shall not apply to the
remodeling of existing buildings where the cost of remodeling
is less than 50% of the replacement cost of the existing
structure.
Standard Requirement No. 11 shall apply to any project
for which a building permit has not been issueu.
An appeal from this requirement may be subRitted to the
Mayor and Common Council pursuant to San Bernardino r~unicipal
Code Section 18.44.070 Subsection N."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on
the day of , 1987, by the following
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1 vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members
NAYS:
ABSENT:
City Clerk
The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
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Kayor of the City of San Eernardino
Approved as to form:
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