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RESOLUTION NO. 12-513 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON APPROVING THE FORMATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 12-01 ON STANLEY BOULEVARD FROM SANTA RITA ROAD TO FIRST STREET WHEREAS, Chapter 13.12 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code establishes the procedure for the creation of an underground utility district and requires as the initial step in such procedure the holding of a public hearing to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the undergrounding of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service in any such district; and WHEREAS, it has been recommended that such an underground utility district, hereinafter called District, be formed on Stanley Boulevard from Santa Rita Road to First Street and has notified all affected property owners within the proposed District and inviting same to attend a public hearing to discuss formation of the proposed district, and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held on April 3, 2012, to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety or welfare requires the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the undergrounding of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service in any such district; and WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized electric and telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32, and WHEREAS, pursuant to certain criteria, CPUC rules allow participating cities to establish legislation authorizing the creation of underground utility districts within which existing overhead electric distribution and telecommunication distribution and service facilities will be converted to underground, and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton, has adopted an ordinance authorizing the City Council to designate areas within which all existing overhead poles, overhead wires and overhead equipment associated with the distribution of electric power, telecommunication services and cable television should be removed and replaced with underground wires and facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer for the City of Pleasanton has consulted with the affected public utilities and such utilities have agreed that the proposed underground conversion district, designated the Stanley Boulevard Underground Utility District and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, meets the criteria established by the rules of the CPUC, to wit: That the streets or roads or right-of-ways in the proposed district are extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; and/or That the streets or roads or right-of-ways in the proposed district are designated arterial streets or major collectors as defined in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research General Plan Guidelines and identified in the adopted General Plan of the City of Pleasanton; and 1