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Item 10 - Underground Waiver 99-01 Raymond Sims � Rr AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY � � �.._� _ rn, M,,,� � TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Mana� v INITIATED BY: Niall Fritz, Director of Development Services � DATE: December 14, 1999 - SUBJECT: Underground Waiver 99-01, Raymond Sims, Applicant ABSTRACT The applicant is requesting that the City Council grant a waiver of the requirement to underground existing overhead utility lines and poles along the north property line for the property located north of Lake Poway Road and north of Lakeview Road, within the RR-C zone. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The project is found to be categorically exempt under Class 1 as it is an existing facility. FISCAL IMPACT None. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE A Public Notice was given to both the applicant and property owner. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council approve Underground Waiver 99-01. ACTION AIPLANNING�98REPORTUYV9901.SUM 1of7 �JEC 1� 1999 ITEM 1 � �, I T Y O F POWAY G`� OF POWqr AGENDA REPORT ___ �F ,�._ . ,. �-_ C� !N THE GO This re0ort is included on the Consent Calendar. There will be no separate discussion of the report prior ta approval by the Ci[y Council unless members of the Council,staff or public request it to be removed from the Consent Calendar and discussed separately. If you wish to have this report pulled for discussion,please till out a slip indicating the report number and give k to the Ciry Clerk prior to the beginning of the CRy Council meeting. � TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Co�ncil FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Mana�� INITIATED BY: Niall Fritz, Director of Development Services:,� Marijo Van Dyke, Associate Plannerv�- DATE: December 14, 1999 SUBJECT: Underground Waiver 99-01. Raymond Sims.A� li�: A request to waive the requirement for undergrounding of existing overhead lines located along the north 662-foot length of the property located on the north side of Lake Poway Road and north of Lakeview Road, in the RR-C zone. APN: 278-170-16 BACKGROUND The property in question was the subject of Tentative Tract Map 99-03, which was approved by the City Council on October 26, 1999. The developer and the owner of the property have requested that the City Council waive the undergrounding of the existing overhead lines which extend the length of the property along the northem boundary. FINDINGS The City Council policy for the waiver of undergrounding requirements is set forth in Resolution 91-003. The criteria for approving the waiver includes one circumstance which is applicable in this case: The City Council may grent a waiver of the requirement to underground existing utility service ...where overhead service would substantially reduce environmental impacts associated with new utility service. The overhead line is located along the north property line where the adjoining properties are heavily landscaped. Mature trees and shrubs help to add privacy for the existing homes to the north. The height of the trees is comparable to that of the utility poles. The area beneath the overhead lines is laden with large rock outcroppings. In order to complete an undergrounding process, some rock blasting would be required, as well as the 2 of � oEC 1�- �s9s lTEM 1 0 Agenda Report December 14, 1999 Page 2 removal of mature plants and trees, in order to make way for the required SDG&E access and maintenance road. The overhead lines continue on to the west through an older established Green Valley neighborhood. There is little or no likelihood of a future undergrounding district being formed in this area; however,the applicant wiil record a deed covenant agreeing not to oppose an undergrounding district and fo pay a pro rata share of future undergrounding costs. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This application is exempt under the provisions of the Califomia Environmentai Quality Act, Class 1, Existing Facilities. FISCAL IMPACT None. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Notice of this item being placed on the City Council Consent Calendar was given to both the applicant and the property owner. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council grant a waiver of the requirement to underground the existing utility poles and lines. Attachments: A. Proposed Resolution B. Zoning and Location Map C. Tentative Tract Map 99-03 N:NU WNING198REPORTUJW9H01 AGN 3 of 7 �EC ln 19991TFIIq 1 0 RESOLUTION NO. P- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES UW 99-01 ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 278-170-16 WHEREAS, Underground Waiver UW 99-01, submitted=_by Raymond Sims, Applicant, requests Council to waive the requirement to underground 662 linear feet of overhead utility lines and poles along the north length of the property located on the north side of Lake Poway Road and north of Lakeview Road, the RR-C zone; and WHEREAS, the undergrounding operation would lead to the destruction of mature vegetation which helps to shield and provide privacy to adjoining properties to the north; and WHEREAS, the likelihood that an undergrounding district will be formed which will affect these overhead lines in the future; and a deed covenant is required which preciudes opposition to a future undergrounding district should one be formed and agrees to pay a pro rata share toward the undergounding costs; and WHEREAS, on December 14, 1999, the City Council held a hearing to solicit comments from the public, both pro and con, relative to this application. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby resolve as follows: Section 1: Environmental Findinas: The project is found to be Categorically Exempt, Class 1, under the provisions of the Califomia Environmental Quality Act in that it is an existing facility. Section 2: Findinas: 1. City Council Resolution No. 91-003 sets forth the criteria by which an underground waiver may be granted. The criteria includes a provision for a waiver where overhead service would substantially reduce environmental impacts associated with new utility service. The removal and undergrounding of the existing lines would cause substantial environmental damage in the form of rock blasting and removal of large mature trees and shrubs. Section 3: City Council Decision: The City Council hereby approves Underground Waiver 99-01. 4 of 7 ATTACHMENT A �EC 1 c� 199917Eflf� 1 0 — Resoiution No. P- Page 2 APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of Califomia, this 14th day of December 1999. Michael P. Cafagna, Mayor ATTEST: Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) SS. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) I, Lori Anne Peoples, Ciry Cierk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under penalty of pery'ury, that the foregoing Resolution, No. P- , was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 14th day of December 1999, and that it was so adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAI N: ABSENT: Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk Ciry of Poway N:IPLANNM1G�99REPORT W N9801.RES 5of7 ��EC Z� ,sss lrEflii i c '� � a � ♦r`� ��,� � 1��,' � ! �� I � r �� t1 /�i/ :��i � � ■��;, ��i�� _ ��l1t1► �'+r; �.«�.�j�:�.►��I ... ��,�, �.=�i� �i ��Z� �Zif,�� _ .��` � �I ♦ ♦ - . .��r . .. ,/� � r .. .,,� ��11/ - � �a/I► _ �� .�� _ •• :�----_, ��i �►,!��!c��.- . . .��s. �� r�'�►;/ .' • , � w /t-►,°� 1 ��, ,��r �. I � � � !� � - - , , , ♦ tltr�,�i • /� ■ � ,/. � ► , �� ♦ � � .illl� '� � '� ��/ . ' � I�� —,. �a�� . . r. , �!� �e�•��t: 1� ♦ ,�� .. � / 1 �d � �� n 1 .. 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