96-168 RESOLUTION NO. 96R-16~
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
CREATING UNDERGROUND DISTRICT NO. 24
(WESTERN AVENUE)
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim on September 24, 1996 at the hour of 6:00
P.M., to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety
or welfare requires the removal of Overhead Facilities of
Utilities, as these terms are defined in Section 17.24.010.060
and 17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim Municipal Code, and
the Underground installation of such Overhead Facilities,
including the property owner's service laterals, in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code; and
WHEREAS, notice of the time and place of such hearing
was provided by the City Clerk by mail to all affected property
owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to all
utility companies concerned at least ten days prior to the date
of the hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the
public health, safety and welfare as well as each of the specific
public purposes enumerated in Section 17.24.020 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, require the removal of the Overhead facilities of
Utilities, as these terms are defined in Section 17.24.010.060
and 17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim Municipal Code, and
the Underground installation of such Overhead facilities,
including the property owners' service laterals, in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code.
2. Pursuant to Section 17.24.040 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code, the City Council hereby declares the above-described area
to be an underground utility district, as this term is defined in
Section 17.24.010.080 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to be known
as Underground District No. 24 (WESTERN AVENUE) (District No.
24).
3. The City Council does hereby fix July 30.1997 as the
date on which affected property owners must be ready to receive
underground service, and does hereby order the removal of
Overhead Facilities of Utilities, as these terms are defined in
Section 7.24.010.060 and 17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, and the Underground installation of such Overhead
Facilities, including the property owners' service laterals, in
accordance with provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, on or before September 30, 1997.
4. The city Council hereby determines that this Resolution
shall apply to the Overhead Facilities of Utilities, including
the property owners' service laterals, 12,000 volt circuits and
associated facilities, street light circuits, communications
lines, telecommunications facilities, telephone lines and
associated facilities, telegraph, cable television, installation
of street lights, and the installation of substructures,
conduits, and cable lines in the public right-of-way.
5. The City Council hereby finds and declares that
creation of District No. 24 is consistent with the City's Five
Year Electric Underground Conversion Plan adopted by the City
Council on May 14, 1996.
6. The City Council hereby finds and declares that
creation of District No. 24 will avoid or eliminate an unusually
heavy concentration of overhead electric facilities, that said
street or road right-of-way is extensively used by the general
public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular
traffic, and will remove obstructions and will improve safety by
removing obstructions to pedestrian and vehicular visibility
within District No. 24.
7. The City Council hereby requests that all Utilities
with Overhead Facilities within District No. 24 underground their
Overhead Facilities, including the property owners' service
laterals, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.24 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code.
8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to notify all
affected utilities and all persons owning real property within
District No. 24 as provided in Section 17.24.090 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of September, 1996.
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 96R-168 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of
the Anaheim City Council held on the 24th day of September, 1996, by the following vote of
the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait, Zemel, Feldhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution
No. 96R-168 on the 24th day of September, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Anaheim this 24th day of September, 1996.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the odginal of Resolution No. 96R-168 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim on September 24th, 1996.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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MEMORANDUM
CITY OF ANAHEIM
May 16, 1996
To: Edward K. Aghjayan ~Gary E. Johnson
Public Utilities Director of Public Works
General Manager and City Engineer/Superintendent
of Streets
SUBJECT: UNDERGROUND DISTRICT NO. 24- WESTERN AVENUE (LINCOLN AVENUE
TO SOUTH CITY LIMIT)
Underground District No. 24 involves Western Avenue fi'om Lincoln Avenue to the south City limits.
Western Avenue is a Secondary Arterial Highway, intended to collect and distribute traffic between
local streets, major and primary arterials.
Trafific safety is a major concern throughout this planned underground district. This district inclddes
the We, stem Avenue/Ball Road intersection, which ranks 23rd in a recent Citywide 12-month period
accident history. Also in this district is the Western Avenue/Orange Avenue intersection, which ranks
26th in the recent 12-month period accident count Citywide. Thirty-two total collisions occurred
along this segment of Western Avenue during the same 12-month period. Of the total, 15 were
broadside, 11 were rear-end, three were single-vehicle-hit-fixed-object, two were head-on and one
was auto-pedestrian. In many of these incidents, sight distances impaired by utility poles may be a
collision factor.
I therefore recommend that, pursuant to Chapter 17.24 of the City of Anaheim Municipal Code, the
City of Anaheim adopt a resolution creating Underground District No. 24 which includes the high
accident locations of Western Avenue/Ball Road and Western Avenue/Orange Avenue. The purpose
of the undergrounding projects is set forth in Section 17.24.020 of Chapter 17.24 and includes traffic
safety.
Overhead electric facilities contribute to the obstruction of visibility of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
at both intersections and driveways. Under certain circumstances, such overhead facilities may
obstruct the vision of pedestrians and vehicle drivers, and adversely impact public use of the
intersections and street segments. For these reasons, I strongly recommend the removal and/or
reloeation of all utility facilities within the Western Avenue segments and that such work be
performed concurrently with the City's underground project.
GEJ:ay/dist24