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BACKGROUND The Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) operates a Wastewater Treatment Plant at Johnson Drive and Stoneridge Drive in Pleasanton. DSRSD has been undertaking improvements at this plant, which includes PG&E and AT&T undergrounding utility lines to both improve aesthetics, as well as increase reliability of power service and communications. As part of DSRSD's improvement project, City staff provided a temporary right of entry to allow DSRSD and its contractors the ability to enter onto part of the adjacent parking lot at Val Vista Park in order to complete work along the shared property line. As DSRSD's improvement project continued, PG&E and AT&T advised DSRSD that their utility lines could not be undergrounded on DSRSD's property. PG&E and AT&T noted that there were too many conflicts with DSRSD's "wet" operation pipes criss-crossing the treatment plant site, arid the minimum space separations with the "dry" electrical and telephone lines could not be achieved. Similarly, DSRSD's own conduits with DSRSD's utility lines also needed to be moved off of the DSRSD property. DSRSD, PG&E and AT&T then consulted with City staff about undergrounding the electrical, phone, and DSRSD utility lines within portions of Johnson Drive and the parking lot at Val Vista Park. City staff determined that this would not create any conflicts with the use of the parking lot, and would improve aesthetics at the park. Because the DSRSD improvement project was already underway, City staff agreed to allow the undergrounding to occur (so as not to delay the overall DSRSD project) and this item before the City Council is to formalize easements for utilities which have already been undergrounded in the parking lot. DISCUSSION The City has existing franchise agreements with PG&E and AT&T. Under the terms of these franchise agreements, PG&E and AT&T are allowed to place their utility lines within the public right-of-way, so long as they comply with City construction standards. In this situation, PG&E and AT&T have undergrounded electrical and telephone lines within portions of the parking lot at Val Vista Park. The parking lot is property owned by the City, but not technically a public right-of-way subject to the franchise agreements. Therefore, PG&E and AT&T require easements from the City specifically allowing their utility lines to be located underground in the Val Vista Park parking lot. The necessary easements are attached to the proposed resolution (see Attachment 1). In addition, DSRSD has a conduit leaving the large PG&E utility box near the fence separating DSRSD's property from Val Vista Park; therefore DSRSD has requested an easement, as shown in Exhibit A to the resolution (Attachment 1), for maintaining the conduit in a small portion of the Val Vista Park landscaping and parking lot. Page 2 of 3