HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 68-847 Underground Utility Advisory GroupRESOLUTION NO. 68 -847
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMPLE CITY CREATING THE TEMPLE CITY UNDERGROUND
UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SPECIFYING ITS
DUTIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created and established a committee
to be known as the TEMPLE CITY UNDERGROUND UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SECTION 2. The Committee shall consist of the following:
(1) Temple City Director of Public Works
• (2) Temple City Planning Director
(3) Area Representative, Los Angeles County Department of
Communications
(4) Representative selected by Southern California Gas Company
and Southern Counties Gas Company
(5) District Manager, Southern California Edison Company
(6) District Manager, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
(7) Representative selected by: California American Water
Company, Fast Pasadena Water Company, San Gabriel County
Water District, Southern California Water Company, and
Sunnyslope Water Company
SECTION 3. The Committee shall be governed by the following
procedural rules:
(a) The Director of Public Works shall be the Chairman of said
Committee.
(b) The authorized representative of any one or more of the
persons listed in SECTION 2 above may attend meetings of the Connnittee
in the place of the foregoing named persons.
(c) Said Committee shall meet upon call of the Chairman.
(d) A majority of the members of the Committee or their autho-
rized representatives present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum.
(e) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.
SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee to advise the
City Manager of the City of Temple City with respect to all aspects
of the undergrounding of the public utilities.
(a) The Committee shall advise the said City Manager with
respect to any one or more of the following matters:
(1) The establishment of the scope of work and over -all
policies and guidelines for the undergrounding of public Utilities.
(2) The development of criteria as to aesthetics, conges-
tion of lines and traffic.
(3) The development of a long -range plan for the purpose
of establishing underground utilities districts.
(4) The development of detailed engineering for under-
ground circuits to serve present and future load growth, includ-
ing the most promising utility systems as methods.
(5) Recommendation of specific projects and methods of
financing.
(6) Recommendations as to exceptions.
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(7) Recommendations as to re- routing of transmission lines.
(8) Recommendations as to reasonable time limits for com-
pletion of projects.
(9); Recommendations as to extensions of time.
(10) Recommendations as to utility locations in public streets.
(11) Recommendations as to optimum system design in order to
minimize total investment in undergrounding.
(b) The Committee shall give consideration to the effect on
undergrounding of public utilities of any of the following:
(1) Street widening, freeway construction, and street light-
ing projects.
(2) Formation of assessment districts.
(3) Beautification and improvement programs.
(4) Multi - purpose projects.
(c) The Committee may seek such technical assistance as it may
require.
(d) The Committee may also meet with persons owning property in
any area being considered for conversion to underground utilities in
order to ascertain their desires and in order to explain to such owners
the proposed conversion.
(e) The Committee shall perform such other duties as may be
assigned to it from time to time by the City Manager.
SECTION 5. The Committee shall have no power or authority to
expend City funds or incur any obligation for which the City may be
liable without first having obtained the approval of the City Council
of the City of Temple City in each case.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 6th day of August, 1968.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Temple City, at a regular meeting
held on the 6th day of August, 1968, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Beckley, Harker, Merritt, Briggs
NOES: Councilmen -None
ABSENT: Councilman- Tyrell
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