RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH PG&E REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND COST RESPONSIBILITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH PG&E’S 230KV TRANSMISSION PROJECT
ON THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS DAM BRIDGE (CSDB) IN SAN MATEO COUNTY.
FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO: BROS-0081-011 (04-5935)
(PROJECT NO. R1103, F-151 [7D])

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

WHEREAS, the County operates and maintains the existing bridge structure (“Existing Bridge”), which is located on top of the Crystal Springs Dam and connects the two adjacent sections of Skyline Boulevard, a County maintained road, and

WHEREAS, PG&E was granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) by the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) on August 19, 2004, for the Jefferson-Martin 230 kV Transmission Project (the “Project”), and

WHEREAS, the southern segment of the Project extends across the Crystal Springs Reservoir at the Existing Bridge, and

WHEREAS, the Project has been completed, with the exception of an underground crossing at the bridge location, which is currently overhead, and

WHEREAS, the County is preparing to design and replace the Existing Bridge, with a new pre-stressed concrete bridge structure (“Replacement Bridge”), and

WHEREAS, PG&E desires to have the County design and construct their conduit facilities to their specifications within the Replacement Bridge structure (conduit facilities), and

WHEREAS, the County may include, in its design and construction contracts, the accommodation of said PG&E utilities by including the conduit facilities, located between the electrical vaults north and south of the Existing Bridge, and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the incremental cost incurred by the County associated with inclusion of PG&E’s conduit facilities in its contracts should be borne by PG&E, and

WHEREAS, both parties now wish to enter into an Agreement pursuant to which PG&E agrees to reimburse the County for all incremental costs incurred by the County associated with the inclusion of PG&E's conduit facilities in the design and construction of the Replacement Bridge; and

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance, an Agreement by and between the County of San Mateo and PG&E, reference to which is hereby made for further particulars (the "Agreement"), and the Board of Supervisors has examined and approved the same as to form and content and desires to enter into the same.

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors is authorized to execute agreements for and on behalf of County, and

WHEREAS, by this Agreement, PG&E and the County seek to memorialize the terms and conditions for accommodation of the longitudinal location of the transmission line within conduit facilities on the Replacement Bridge.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

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