Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Establishing an Underground Utility District - Phase II on Middlefield Road from 5th Avenue to MacArthur Avenue - in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, this Board is authorized to form an Underground Utility District after holding a Public Hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.40.030, Chapter 4.40, Title 4 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code; and

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors by its Resolution No. 065611 called a Public Hearing to determine whether the public necessity, health, safety or welfare requires the formation of an Underground Utility District within a certain portion of Unincorporated Redwood City, said hearing to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 9:00 a.m., in the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors in the Hall of Justice and Records, Redwood City, California, for 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, said District being shown on the certain plat entitled "Proposed Underground Utility District - Phase II - Middlefield Road - Redwood City Area" in Exhibit "A" and described in Exhibit "B", said Exhibits "A" and "B" being attached hereto; and

WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to all utilities concerned in the manner and within 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; and

WHEREAS, the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served thereby:

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows:

1.

That the establishment of the Underground Utility District within a certain portion of Unincorporated Redwood City is in the general public interest for each and all of the following reasons:

A.

The undergrounding of electric, communication, or similar or associated facilities to be accomplished as a result of the formation of Underground Utility District for - Phase II on Middlefield Road in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area and pursuant to Section 4.40.030, Chapter 4.40, Title 4 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, an Ordinance of the County of San Mateo establishing regulations and procedures for the removal of overhead utility facilities and the installation of underground facilities in the Underground Utility District, will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead electric, communication or similar or associated distribution facilities.

B.

The street of right-of-way in the Underground Utility District for - Phase II on Middlefield Road in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area are extensively used by the general public and carry pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

2.

That the public necessity, health, safety, and welfare require the establishment of an underground utility district pursuant to said Ordinance which Underground Utility District shall be within a certain portion of unincorporated Redwood City as more particularly shown on that map entitled "Proposed Underground Utility District - Phase II - Middlefield Road - Redwood City Area", which Underground Utility District shall be, and is hereby, established in the area described herein and as shown on said map, which Underground Utility District shall be designated "Underground Utility District - Phase II on Middlefield Road from 5th Avenue to MacArthur Avenue - in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area."

3.

That 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 in the Underground Utility District hereinabove described.

4.

That July 1, 2004, is hereby fixed as the date by which all affected property owners within said area must be ready to receive underground utility service, unless the County shall, at a later date, reduce or extend the time herein provided. The County does hereby order the removal of all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures, and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service within the Underground Utility District on Middlefield Road Phase II in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area by October 1, 2004, unless the County shall, at a later date, reduce or extend said time.

5.

That, should the County reduce the time established in Section 4 hereof within which the affected property owners and the utility companies are to be ready to receive or complete the installation of underground utility services, the property owners and utilities affected by said reduction of time shall be given supplemental notice of the date prior to which the property owners are to be ready and the utility companies are to have completed the underground services, at least ninety (90) days in advance of said date. Should the County extend the time for the property owners or utilities to be ready to receive, or to complete, the underground facilities, the affected property owners and utilities shall be notified of the date to which the time has been extended at least sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed in Section 4 hereof.

6.

That the electric utility undertaking underground installation of its facilities shall use the underground conversion allocation computed pursuant to decisions of the Public Utilities Commission in the State of California for the purpose of providing to each premises in the district requiring it, a maximum of 100 feet of individual electric service trenching and conductor (as well as backfill, paving and conduit, if required). Each property owner in this district shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the conduit and termination box located on, under, or within any structure on the premises served.

7.

That the Director of Public Works will hereby cause notification to be given to all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within the Underground Utility District - Phase II on Middlefield Road from 5th Avenue to MacArthur Avenue - in the Unincorporated Redwood City Area of the adoption of this Resolution within ten (10) days after the date of such adoption.

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