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AGENDA REPORT
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CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval<—,
Item to be presented by: Christopher Price
DATE: September 24, 2002
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY S MUNICIPAL CODE,
DIVISION 2, CHAPTER 13.34, ADDING A NEW SECTION FOR
THE ESTABLISHED SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3. — PROJECT NO. 54001
DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Engineering Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt an ordinance entitled "Ordinance Amending the City's Municipal Code,
Division 2, Chapter 13.34, adding a new section for the established Soledad Canyon Road
Underground District No. 3."
BACKGROUND
At the September 10, 2002 City Council meeting, City Council conducted the first reading
and passed to a second reading the ordinance entitled "Ordinance Amending the City's
Municipal Code, Division 2, Chapter 13.34, adding a new section for the established
Soledad Canyon Road Underground District No. 3."
The City has established several zones within the City where overhead utilities have been
converted to underground services. As part of the ongoing process to remove overhead
utilities, the City has recently established an underground zone along Soledad Canyon Road
from Camp Plenty Road east to Sierra Highway.
This zone, known as Soledad Canyon Road Underground Utility District No. 3, encompasses
the entire right-of-way along Soledad Canyon Road from Camp Plenty Road east to
Sierra Highway. This district requires that all overhead utility services, including electrical,
telephone, and cable television, be converted to underground services, and all utility poles
required for the transmission of the service be removed.
In order for Southern California Edison (SCE) to replace the overhead utilities with
underground utilities, Rule 20A requires that the local Agency adopt an ordinance creating
an underground district in the area in which both the existing and new facilities are and
will be located, requiring, among other things, that all existing overhead communication
and electric distribution facilities in such district shall be removed, that each property,
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Adopted: a_ 9
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, DIVISION 2, CHAPTER
13.34, ADDING A NEW SECTION FOR THE ESTABLISHED SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3. — PROJECT NO. 54001
September 24, 2002 — Page 2
served from such electric overhead facilities shall have installed, in accordance with SCE's
rules for underground service, all electrical facility changes on the premises necessary to
receive service from the underground facilities of SCE as soon as it is available, and
authorizing SCE to discontinue its overhead service. Staff has contacted affected utilities of
the proceedings and they are aware of the City's intent to underground.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
1. Do not approve the Ordinance.
2. Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance Amending the City's Municipal Code
Exhibit "A" — Location Map
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 24, 2002, the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita adopted Ordinance No. 02-9 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13.34 OF DIVISION 2, OF THE SANTA
CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE UNDERGROUNDING OF
UTILITIES
by the following vote:
AYES: McLean, Kellar, Smyth, Weste, Ferry
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City
Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 304, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be
obtained from that office.
Dated this 26th day of September, 2002.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
Sharon L. Dawson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday,
September 26, 2002, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and made
available for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance summary to be
published as required by law.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita