HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-09-25 - AGENDA REPORTS - SAN FERNANDO RD UUD #1 (2)PUBLIC HEARING
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September 25, 1990
SAN FERNANDO R
Resolution No.
Public Works
M
John E. Medina
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
The widening of San Fernando Road between. Magic Mountain Parkway and Lyons
Avenue is scheduled to begin construction in 1991. It is appropriate that the
existing overhead. utilities in that area be relocated underground through the
formation of an underground utility district.
The City has established procedures for the creation of underground utility
districts in Chapter 13.32, Division 2 of the City's Municipal Code. The Code
provides that after a public hearing, the City Council may determine that the
project meets the established criteria for an underground district, and adopt a
resolution establishing the district.
At its August 14, 1990 meeting, the City Council set September 25, 1990 for a
public hearing and authorized staff to proceed with the procedures necessary for
the formation of the proposed underground utility district.
The attached Engineer's Report sets forth the limits of the district, enumerates
the costs to the utilities and to the private property owners and funding
alternatives for the costs to private property owners. It also discusses the
time frames required for the completion of the undergrounding work. The report
defines the precise boundaries for the district and provides for exemptions for
specific utility crossings.
It should be noted that establishing this district will encumber the City's
current balance of Rule .20-A funds as well as its entitlement for the next four
years.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. After the public hearing, the City Council determine that the project meets
the criteria for the establishment of an underground utility district; adopt
the attached Resolution 90-159 establishing the San Fernando Road
Underground Utility District No. 1; and authorize staff to proceed with its
implementation.
2. The City Council establish a policy whereby the City will pay up .to 50% of
the cost to private property owners, and. direct the staff to establish
procedures .for the City to contract for the work unless otherwise requested
by the property owners.
Adopted: 9 : Agenda ltern:j2L
San Fernando Road •
Underground Utility District No. 1
September 25, 1990
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3. Allow the repayment of the remaining costs to the private property owners to
be made to the City in annual installments over a period not to exceed three
years, and that a lien be assessed to those properties that have not repaid
these costs at the end of that three-year period.
ATTACHMENTS
Engineer's Report
District Legal Description
List of Affected Property Owners
Resolution No. 90-159
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• NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPOSED
SAN FERNANDO ROAD UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
ALONG SAN FERNANDO RD. BETWEEN MAGIC MOUNTAIN PM
AND LYONS AVENUE.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A Public.Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita for the establishment of the proposed San Fernando
Road Underground Utility District No. 1 in the City- of Santa
Clarita along San Fernando Rd. between Magic Mountain Parkway and
Lyons Avenue.
The hearing will be held by the City. Council in the City Hall
Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd., 1st Floor, Santa Clarita,
the fourteenth day of August, 1990, at or after 6:30 p.m.
Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons may appear and be
heard on this matter at that time. Further information may be
. obtained by contacting the City Clerk's Office, Santa Clarita City
Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., 3rd Floor, Santa Clarita.
Dated: August 3,1990
Donna M. Grindey
City Clerk
Publish Date: August 4,1990
PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE
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1. Mayor Opens Hearing
a. States Purpose of Hearing
2. City Clerk Reports on Hearing Notice
3. Staff Report
(City Manager)
or
(City Attorney)
or
(RP Staff)
4. Proponent Argument (30 minutes)
5. Opponent Argument (30 minutes)
6. Five-minute Rebuttal (Proponent)
a. Proponent
7. Mayor Closes Public Testimony
8. Discussion by Council
9. Council Decision
10. Mayor Announces -Decision
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RESOLUTION NO. 90-159
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
MAKING FINDINGS AND ESTABLISHING THE
SAN FERN ANDO ROAD UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 90-143, a public hearing was called for
Tuesday, September 25, 1990 at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers in
the City Hall, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, 1st Floor, Santa Clarita, California,
to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare requires
the removal of poles, overhead wires and -associated overhead structures and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric,
communication, or similar or associated service on San Fernando Road between
Magic Mountain parkway and Lyons Avenue; and
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property
owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and utilities concerned in
the manner and for the time required by law; and
WHEREAS, such hearing has been duly and regularly held, and all persons
interested have been given an opportunity to be heard.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DOES
RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public necessity, health, safety and welfare require
the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated structures, and the
underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric
communication, or similar or associated service on San Fernando Road between
Magic Mountain Parkway and Lyons Avenue, and such described area is hereby
established as San Fernando Road Underground Utility District No. 1.
Section 2. That such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an
unusually heavy concentration of overhead electric facilities;
Section 3. The street or road right-of-way is extensively used by the
general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
Section 4. All overhead utilities serving residential properties and
the mobile home park at 24833 San Fernando Road which are located more than 50
feet from the centerline of San Fernando Road are exempt from this
undergrounding district.
Section 5. All 16KV and 66KV transmission crossings and associated
communication wires and cables across San Fernando Road including associated
span guys, down guys and hardware and any and all surface mounted switches shall
be exempt from incorporation in this underground utility district.
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Section 6. All poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures shall be removed and underground installations made in said
underground utility district within the following times:
(a) Underground installation by utility companies and property owners
and reconnections not later than April 1, 1992;
(b) Removal of poles, overhead wires and other associated structures
not later than June 30, 1992;
Section 7. Categorical Exemption. This City Council finds that this
project is -categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act of
1970 pursuant to Section 15302, Class 2 (d) of the State Guidelines for
Implementation of said Act.
Section 8. The City Clerk, within ten (10) days after the adoption of
this resolution, shall mail a copy hereof and a copy of Chapter 13.32, Division
2 of the City Municipal Code to affected property owners as such are shown on
the last equalized assessment roll and to the affected utilities.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of September ,
1990.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY. that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on
the 25th day of September , 1990 by the following vote of the
Council:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Boyer,
Heidt, Klajic, McKeon, Darcy
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Norte
CITY CLERK
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ENGINEERS REPORT
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
August 14, 1990
BACKGROUND
The widening of San Fernando Road between Magic Mountain Parkway and
Lyons Avenue is scheduled to begin construction in 1991. It is
appropriate that the existing overhead utilities in that area be
relocated underground through the formation of an underground utility
district.
P.U.C. RULE 20-A
The Southern California Edison Company's Rule No. 20-A provides a funding
mechanism for the undergrounding of overhead utilities.
ENABLING ORDINANCES
The City has established procedures for the creation of underground
utility districts in Chapter 13.32, Division 2 of the City's Municipal
Code. The Code provides that after a public hearing, the City Council
may determine that the project meets the established criteria for an
underground district, and adopt a resolution establishing the district.
At its August 14, 1990 meeting, the City Council set a date for a public
hearing and authorized staff to proceed with the procedures necessary for
the formation of the proposed underground utility district.
DISTRICT LIMITS
The bounds of the district consist of.that portion of land lying 80 feet
easterly of and.75 feet westerly of the center lines of San Fernando- Road
and Bouquet Canyon Road as they existed on August 14, 1990, between a
point 1300 feet north of the intersection of the center lines of San
Fernando Road and Drayton Street to the intersection of the center lines
of San Fernando Road and Lyons Avenue, with certain exceptions as noted
on the attached district boundary map.
AFFECTED UTILITIES
The -utilities affected by the formation of this district include the
Southern California Edison Company (SCE), the Pacific Telephone Company
(PACTEL), King Video Cable (KVC), Western Union (WU) and private
communications systems belonging to the County of Los Angeles (LACO).
EXEMPTIONS
The following overhead utility facilities will be exempted from the
undergrounding requirements of this district:
1.
SCE,
Saugus -Lockheed -Thatcher Glass (71381), and Saugus- Newhall
No.
3 (71461)0 16KV
and 66KV crossings and SCE pole 7871336;
2.
SCE,
16KV crossing
of San Fernando Road at 15th Street;
3.
SCE,
16KV crossings
of San Fernando Road at 12th Street;
4.
SCE,
16KV crossing
of San Fernando Road at Circle J Ranch Road;
and
5. Southern Pacific transportations communication facilities along
the east right-of-way of San Fernando Road.
6. The privately owned poles and overhead wires at the trailer park
located at 24833 San Fernando Road.
All structures associated with these crossings, including span guys, down
guys and related hardware as well as any and all surface mounted switches
shall also be exempted from the district.
AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS
The properties affected by the undergrounding district are all commercial
or industrial developments. The district boundaries have been
established to exclude adjoining residential properties, and to minimize
the impact to the trailer court located at 24833 San Fernando Road. The
list of affected property owners, and their lots as defined in the most
recent Assessor's Books are attached to this report.
It is anticipated that the cost to each of the property owners would be
in the range of $800 to $3,000 depending upon the age of their existing
electrical switch gear, and the presence of on-site private power poles.
There are approximately 35 properties that will require modifications to
their electrical systems. The total cost of these modifications would
range from $30,000 to $100,000 with an expected total cost of $70,000.
FUNDING ALTERNATIVES FOR PRIVATE PROPERTIES
There are many ways to pay for the costs to private property owners. The
entire cost can be borne by the property owner, or the City can subsidize
all or. part of the costs. In some jurisdictions where the project
boundaries contained many economically disadvantaged owners, the agency
has funded the costs using C.D.B.G. funds. In other areas, the cost has
been shared between the property owner and the agency. This sharing of
costs can be justified on the basis that the general public receives an
aesthetic benefit -from the removal of the overhead facilities.
The actual construction of these modifications can be done individually
by the property owners, or under an umbrella contract administered by the
City. Long delays are often experienced when the construction is left to
the property owners. Since time is of the essence in this project, it is
recommended that the City award a contract with a single contractor for
the work, unless a property owner specifically requests the right to
obtain his own contractor.
Recognizing the benefits to be received by the general public,- and the
fact that the properties are generally not in an economically
disadvantaged area, it is recommended that a policy be established
whereby the City would pay for 50% of the cost, and the property owner
would pay the remaining 50% over a period not to exceed three years. The
policy should also include terms to allow the filing of a lien against
those properties. whose costs have not been repaid to the City by the end
of three years.
The City receives a Rule 20-A allocation from the Southern California
Edison Company of approximately $230,000 per year. Santa Clarita's
current Rule 20-A fund balance is over $400,000. The proposed district
would cost approximately $1,200,000, however, the Southern California
Edison Company is willing to consider the advancement of the City's
future year allocations to fund the project at this time.
It should be noted that establishing this district will encumber the
City's current balance of Rule 20-A funds as well as its entitlement for
the next four years.
TIME OF COMPLETION
The undergrounding of all overhead facilities belonging to utility
companies shall be accomplished within 18 months from the date of Notice
to Remove Overhead Facilities.
Private utility connections shall be made to the underground facilities,
and all overhead private facilities removed within 30 days from the date
of Notice to Remove Overhead Facilities for portions of the district as
he sees fit and in the .best interest of the City to facilitate the
completion of the entire.undergrounding project in a timely fashion.
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LEGAL
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
IND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. I
That portion of land lying 80 feet easterly of and 75 feet westerly of
the center lines of San Fernando Road and Bouquet Canyon Road as they
existed on August 14, 1990, between a point 1300 feet north of the
intersection of the center lines of San Fernando Road and Drayton Street
to the intersection of the center lines of San Fernando Road and Lyons
Avenue.
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LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PARCEL ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL OWNER'S ADDRESS
--- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
2311-03-802
2811-03-025 ... 2.88 ac. n/o Magic Mtn
--- William A & Margeret Kellerman
2831-02-012 P.O: Box 367
Newhall, CA 91321
--- William A & Margeret A Kellerman
2831-02-038 P.O. Box 367
Newhall, CA 91321
24663 San Fernando Road B B & D Investment Co.
2831-02-039 P.O. Box 812
Newhall, CA
--- B B & D Investment Co.
2831-02-040 P.O. Box 812
Newhall, CA 91321
--- L A Co Flood Control District
2831-02-906
--- William A and Margeret A Kellerman
2831-03-014 P.O. Box 367
Newhall, CA 91321
24625 San Fernando Road William A. & Margaret Kellerman
2831-03-015 P.O. Box 367
Newhall, CA
--- William A & Margaret A Kellerman
2831-03-016 P.O. Box 367
Newhall Ca 91321
--- William A & Margeret A Kellerman
2831-03-017 P.O. Box 367
Newhall, CA 91321
--- William A & Margeret A Kellerman
2831-03-018 P.O. Box 367
Newhall, CA 91321
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LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PARCEL ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL OWNER'S ADDRESS
24533 San Fernando Road Roy L. Beck
2831-03-020 3900 Longridge Road
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
24533 San Fernando Road William L. and Linda J. Clark
2831-06-002 24535 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24522 San Fernando Road Joseph R. & Dorth A. Morelli
2831-06-003 23955 Calgrove Blvd.
Newhall, CA 91321
24513 San Fernando Road Harold C. Gibson
2831-06-008 P.O. Box 7600
Los Angeles, CA
24522 San Fernando Road William L. Clark
2831-06-030 24727 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24666 San Fernando Road So. Pacific Transportation Co.
2831-26-802 she Par 23, Hap 872-19-58H 2
--- Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
2834-01-801
--- Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
2834-01-802
--- Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
2834-01-803
--- Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
2836-04-814
--- Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
2836-04-815
--- George A Hroundas, Et. Al.
2855-11-027 10861 Blix St.
North Hollywood CA 91602
--- George A Hroundas, Et. Al.
2855-11-028 10861 Blix Street
North Hollywood CA 91602
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LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PARCEL ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL OWNER'S ADDRESS
--- Victor B & Virginia G Williams
2855-11-029 15806 Ruthspring Dr.
Saugus CA 91350
--- Victor B and Virginia G Williams.
2855-11-030 15806 Ruthspring Dr.
Saugus CA 91350
24917 San Fernando Road Larry D. & Esther E. Frack
2855-12-022 21525 Oak Orchard
Newhall, CA 91321
24911 San Fernando Road Shirley H. Andrews, D. Huntsinger
2855-12-023 24924 N. Walnut
Newhall, CA 91321
24903 San Fernando Road Shirley M. Andrews, D. Huntsinger
2855-12-024 24924 N. Walnut
Newhall, CA 91321
24927 San Fernando Road Frank A. & Winona K. Salera
2855-12-027 24933 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24953 San Fernando Road Burt & Dorthy Zook, James Harding
2855-12-030 24953 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
--- Douglas G and.Annette M Stuckey
2855-12-031 24933 .San Fernando Road
Newhall CA 91321
24933 San Fernando Road Frank A. & Winona K. Salera
2855-12-034 24933 San Fernando Road
Newhall CA 91321
--- George W Ekins
2855-12-036 23971 Ave. Crescenta
Valencia CA 91350
24981 San Fernando Road Terril E. Malam & William Clark
2855-12-037 P.O. Box 281
Newhall, CA 91321
24803 San Fernando Road D. Davis & D. Cruikshank, et al
2855-13-036 24743 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
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LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD .
UND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PARCEL ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL OWNER'S ADDRESS
24811 San Fernando Road Laurence B. & Lillian S. Miller
2855-13-044 13336 Debby St.
Van Nuys, CA 91409
24833 San Fernando Road Ramona J. Shaw
2855-13-049 9658 Mason Avenue
Chatsworth CA 91311
24899 San Fernando Road James E. Bullock
2855-13-053 24899 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24881 San Fernando Road Silverio S. & Marie E. Spigno
2855-13-054 27722 Sutters Pointe Drive
Saugus, CA 91350
2855-13-900
24757 San Fernando Road Larry & Robin Cummings
2855-16-020 24757 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24715 San Fernando Road Harry A. & Barbara J. Bell
2855-16-024 P.O. Box 576
Newhall, CA
24725 San Fernando Road Harry A. & Barbar J. Bell
2855-16-025 P.O. Box 576
Newhall, CA
24727 San Fernando Road Harry A. & Barbara J. Bell
2855-16-026 P.O. Box 576
Newhall, CA
24733 San Fernando Road M. Redmond & D. Cruikshank
2855-16-029 24743 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
24707 San Fernando Road B B & D Investment Co.
2855-16-035 P.O. Box 812
Newhall, CA
24747 San Fernando Road Stefan Bostanian
2855-16-037 21339 Saticoy St.
Canoga Park, CA 91304
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LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PARCEL ADDRESS
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL
24743 San Fernando Road
2855-16-038
25359 San Fernando Road
2859-01-014
2859-02-019
2859-02-024
2859-02-025
2859-02-900
2860-18-015
2860-18-016
2860-26-061
23208 Magic Mountain Pkwy
2861-03-001
25865 San Fernando Road
2861-03-002
25805 San Fernando Road
2861-03-009
PROPERTY OWNER
OWNER'S ADDRESS
D. Cruikshank & M. Redmond
24743 San Fernando
Newhall, CA 91321
Samuel F. Koinik
25359 San Fernando Road
Saugus, CA 91350
John M III and Ann M Bcone
21751 Placertos Blvd.
Newhall CA 91321
George Hroundas, Et. Al.
10861 Blix St.
North Hollywood CA 91602
George & Georgia Hroundas
10861 Blix St.
North Hollywood CA 91602
Newhall Co. Water District
Newhall Land & Farming Co.
Attns David Linden23823 Valencia Blvd.
Valencia CA 91355
Newhall Land & Farming Co.
Attn: David Linden23823 Valencia Blvd.
Valencia CA 91355
Newhall Land & Farming Co.
27050 W. Saugus & Ventura Road
Valencia CA 91355
Richard F. Zombo & Henry Arklin
10550 Sepulveda Blvd.#206
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Henry Arklin & Richard F. Zombo
10550 Sepulveda# 206
Mission Hills CA 91345
Efraim Pfefferman, et. al.
10889 Wilshire Blvd.# 1020
Los Angeles. CA 90024
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PARCEL ADDRESS
BOOK -PAGE -PARCEL
LIST OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
PROPERTY OWNER
OWNER'S ADDRESS
24535 San Fernando Road William L. Clark
2861-06-031 24719 Alderbrook
Newhall, CA 91321