HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 74-79RESOLUTION NO. 74-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALLING A
PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC
NECESSITY, HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE REQUIRE
FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
WITHIN DESIGNATED AREA.
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.27 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Bakersfield establishes a procedure for the creation of underground
utility districts and requires, as the initial step in such procedure,
the declaration and holding of a public hearing to ascertain whether
the public necessity, health, safety or general welfare require the
removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures
and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supply-
ing electric, communication, cable TV or similar and associated
services in any such district; and
WHEREAS, it has been recommended that an underground
-utility district, herein called Division 4 of District No. 2, be
formed in that area in the City of Bakersfield, more particularly
described as follows:
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2, DIVISION 4
That area in the City of Bakersfield, State
of California, more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the westerly;
line of "N" Street with the southerly line of
17th Street;
Thence southerly along said westerly line of
"N". Street to the southerly line of Truxtun
Avenue;
Thence westerly along said southerly line of
Truxtun Avenue to the easterly line of "K"
Street, extended;
Thence northerly along said easterly line of
"K" Street, extended, to the southerly line
of 17th Street;
Thence easterly along said southerly line of
17th Street to the westerly line of "N" Street,
being the Point of Beginning.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of
the City of Bakersfield, as follows:
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be
hel'd by the Council of the City of Bakersfield on Wednesday, the 7th
day of November, 1979, at the hour of 8 P. M., in the Council
Chambers of the City Hall at 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield,
California, to ascertain whether the public necessity, health,
safety or general welfare require the removal of poles, overhead
wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installa-
tion of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication,
cable TV and similar and associated services in Division 4, District
No. 2, hereinabove described.
2. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that should District No. 2,
Division 4 be formed, all existing overhead communication and
electric distribution facilities therein shall be removed in accord-
ance with the provisions of Chapter 12.27 of. the Municipal Code of
the City of Bakersfield and the Resolution intended to be adopted by
this City Council, establishing such district; that each property
owner within such Division 4 of District No. 2, served from such
overhead distribution facilities, will be required .to provide at his
own expense, in accordance with law and.the rules of the Public
Utilities Commission of the State' of California, all changes on his
premises necessary to receive service from the underground installa-
tion of utilities; that each property owner, if no~ in possession of
the affected property, shall notify the occupant thereof; and that
the utilities supplying electric, communication, cable TV or similar
service, will be authorized to discontinue all overhead services
upon conversion of existing overhead facilities to underground
locations.
3. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at such 'hearing all
persons interested shall be given an opportunity to appear and be
heard. Said hearing may be continued from time to time-as may be
.determinedby the City Council, whose decision shall be final and
conclusive.
4. That the City Clerk shall notify all affected property
owners as shown on the'latest equalized assessment roll, and the
utilities, of the date, time and place of such hearing by mailing
a copy of this Resolution to such. property owners, and the utilities
concerned, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing.
5. The area proposed to be included in Division 4 of
District No. 2 (described above) is shown upon that certain map on
file in the office of the Clerk of the' City of Bakersfield, which
map is entitled as follows:
"PropOsed Underground Utility District No. 2--
Division 4" dated September, 1979.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolutionswas passed
and adopted by the Council of the ~City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 3d day of October, 1979, by the following
vote:
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APPROVED as to form:
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