HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 04-13 Underground Utility Dist 2013-1 ORDINANCE NO. 4 -13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT 2013-01
ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD — CIVIC PLAZA/SIERRA COURT TO DUBLIN COURT
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized electric and
telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to
Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to certain criteria, CPUC rules allow participating cities and counties to
establish legislation authorizing the creation of underground utility districts within which existing
overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and service facilities will be
converted to underground; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has consulted with the affected public utilities and such utilities
have agreed that the proposed underground conversion district, designated the Underground Utility
District 2013-1 and more particularly described in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference, meets the criteria established by the rules of the CPUC, to wit;
That Dublin Boulevard between Civic Plaza/Sierra Court and Dublin Court is extensively used
by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and
That Dublin Boulevard adjoins the Dublin Sports Grounds, a public recreation area, and
That Dublin Boulevard is an arterial street as defined in the Governor's Office of Planning and
Research General Plan Guidelines, and
WHEREAS, each year the City of Dublin is notified by PG&E regarding the allocation of work
credits for conversion of overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground, known as
Rule 20A allocations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has consulted with PG&E and determined that the City has
accumulated Rule 20A work credits and PG&E has agreed that the City may borrow against future
credits sufficient to complete the proposed overhead to underground conversion project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dublin has now received the report recommending
that the area legally described in Exhibit A and B should be designated as an underground utility
district within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated
with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services and cable television should be
removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and
WHEREAS, upon recommendation of staff, the City Council of the City of Dublin has
determined that the proposed Underground Utility District 2013-1 is categorically exempt from
environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has notified all affected property owners within the proposed
Underground Utility District 2013-1 and inviting same to attend a public hearing to discuss formation
of the proposed district; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dublin held public hearings on July 16, 2013 and
August 20, 2013 at which time the Council did receive and consider staffs recommendation and did
hear any and all objections or protests from the owners of property within the above described district
pertaining to designating this area an underground utility district.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Dublin that:
Section 1 . The public interest requires the removal of all existing utility poles [excepting those poles
supporting streetlights, traffic signals or trolley lines], overhead wires and associated overhead
structures and installation of underground wires and facilities for supplying electric power,
communication, or similar associated services within the areas legally described in Exhibit A and B,
attached hereto, with such area being designated as the Underground Utility District 2013-1 , and
Section 2. That the utility companies, cable television services and other affected services shall
commence work on installation of underground facility installation in Underground Utility District 2013-
1, and
Section 3. That once all services have been converted from overhead to underground, the utility
companies, cable television services and other affected services shall remove all poles (except as
specified above) and associated overhead facilities in Underground Utility District 2013-1, by
December 2017, and
Section 4: This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption
by the City Council. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at
least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 2013, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hart, Haubert, and Mayor Sbranti
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NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None /Z f1
Mayor
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City Clerk
Ord No. 4-13, Adopted 8-20-13, Item 4.10 Page 2 of 2
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
All that real property situate in the City of Dublin, County of Alameda, State of California,
described as follows:
Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 793,filed November 23, 1971,in Book 72 of Parcel Maps,at Page 34(72
PM 34),Parcel A of Parcel Map 462,filed July 1,1969, in Book 61 of Parcel Maps,at Page 22(61
PM 22), Portions of Parcels 1,2, and 3 of Parcel Map 1693,filed November 7, 1975,in Book 88
of Parcel Maps,at Page 56(88 PM 56), Lot 3 of Tract 7457,filed June 13,2006, in Book 291 of
Maps, at Page 29(291 M 29), Parcel A of Parcel Map 3558,filed May 25,1982,in Book 133 of
Parcel Maps,at Page 81(133 PM 81), portions of that certain real property as described in the
Quitclaim Deed to the City of Dublin recorded July 1, 1988 under Recorders Series Number
1988-158847(1988-158847),a portion of Dublin Blvd.,a portion of Dublin Ct.,and portions of
Rancho San Ramon, City of Dublin, Alameda County, State of California, further described as
follows:
Beginning at a point of intersection of the southeasterly right of way line of Sierra Court with
the most northerly corner of said Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 793; thence from said Point of
Beginning South 72°43'54"East,294.51 feet along the northerly line of last said Parcel 2 to the
most northeasterly corner thereof,the bearing of last said line taken as South 72°43'54"East for
the purposes of this description;thence along the most easterly line of last said parcel South
17°16'06"West, 104.04 feet to a point on the northeasterly line of said Parcel A of Parcel Map
462;thence along last said northeasterly line of last said Parcel A and the prolongation thereof
South 72°43'54"East,528.04 feet to a point on the westerly line of said Parcel 3 of Parcel Map
1693;thence along last said westerly line of Parcel 3,South 17°16'07"West,83.69 feet;thence
leaving last said westerly line South 77°09'36"East,116.36 feet to a point on the easterly line of
last said Parcel 3; thence along last said easterly line South 06°51'55" East, 75.97 feet to the
most northwesterly corner of said Lot 3 of Tract 7457;thence along the exterior boundary line
of last said Lot 3 the following six(6)courses;North 83°08'04"East,117.27 feet to the beginning
of a curve concave to the southwest and having a radius of 35.00 feet; thence easterly and
southerly 54.66 feet along said curve through a central angle of 89°28'47"; thence South
07°23'21" East, 42.82 feet; thence South 76°44'21' West, 8.44 feet; thence South 13°15'39"
East,3.05 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the northwest and having a radius of 12.00
feet;thence southerly and southwesterly 19.76 feet along said curve through a central angle of
94°20'49"to a point of cusp on the northerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd;thence leaving last
said Lot 3 and said northerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd along a non-tangent line South
61°19'46" East 170.71 feet to a point on the southerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd and the
beginning of a non-tangent curve concave to the east,a radial line to the beginning of said curve
bears North 55°34'34"West;thence southerly and easterly 93.51 feet along said curve through
a central angle of 107°09'20" to a point on the northerly right of way line of Dublin Court;
thence leaving last said right of way line South 17°16'06" West, 66.00 feet to a point on the
southerly right of way line of Dublin Court and the northerly boundary line of said Parcel A of
Parcel Map 3558;thence along last said southerly right of way line of Dublin Court and northerly
boundary line of last said Parcel A, South 72°43'54" East, 413.75 feet; thence along the
boundary line of last said Parcel A the following three(3)courses:South 17°16'06"West,337.00
feet;thence North 89°39'43"West,348.01;thence North 07°55'01"West,484.39 feet;thence
leaving last said boundary line of last said Parcel A, South 82°07'49" West, 48.90 feet to the
easterly boundary line of Parcel One of that certain City of Dublin parcel as described in said
Quitclaim Deed recorded July 1,1988 under Recorders Series Number(1988-158847)Alameda
County Records; thence along last said easterly boundary line of lat said Parcel One North
07°52'11"West,82.51 feet to a point on the southerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd,said point
also being the beginning of a non-tangent curve concave to the north and having a radius of
850.00 feet, a radial line to the beginning of said curve bears South 06°18'16" East; thence
westerly 20.02 feet along said curve through a central angle of 1°20'57";thence leaving last said
southerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd along a line 20.000 feet westerly and parallel with said
easterly line of said Parcel One of said City of Dublin parcel South 07°52'11"East 568.43 feet to a
point on the southerly line of last said Parcel One;thence along last said southerly line North
88°17'54"West, 1354.28 feet to the westerly line of last said Parcel One;thence along last said
line North 21°59'10"East, 194.63 feet to the most easterly corner of Parcel Two of said City of
Dublin parcel (1988-158847);thence along the exterior boundary lines of last said Parcel Two
the following four(4)courses:South 67°42'00"West 179.79 feet;thence North 21°59'10"West,
322.19 feet;thence North 60°14'02"East,181.46 feet;thence South 21°59'10"East,30.91 feet
to a point on the common line of said Parcel One and said Parcel Two of said City of Dublin
parcel (1988-158847); thence leaving last said common line northerly and easterly along the
northwesterly boundary line of last said Parcel One the following six (6) courses; North
17°16'06"East,46.02 feet;thence North 60°14'02"East,46.40 feet to the beginning of a curve
concave to the southeast and having a radius of 415.00 feet;thence northeasterly 58.19 feet
along said curve through a central angle of 8°02'02";thence North 68°16'06"East,31.26 feet to
the beginning of a curve concave to the northwest and having a radius of 425.00 feet;thence
northeasterly 318.96 feet along said curve through a central angle of 43°00'01"to the beginning
of a reverse curve concave to the southeast and having a radius of 12.00 feet; thence
northeasterly and easterly 14.00 feet along said curve through a central angle of 66°50'42"to a
point on the southerly right of way line of Dublin Blvd;thence leaving last said southerly right of
way line North 18°28'40"East, 142.04 feet to a point on the easterly right of way line of Sierra
Court and the westerly boundary line of said Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 793;thence along last said
line North 17°16'06"East,312.11 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the southeast and
having a radius of 800.00 feet;thence northerly 7.54 feet along said curve through a central
angle of 0°32'24"to the most northerly corner of said Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 793 and the Point
of Beginning of this description.
Containing an area of 36.35 acres,more or less.
Based on the California Coordinate System 1983,Zone 3.
Attached hereto is a plat labeled Exhibit B and by this reference made a part hereof.
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