HomeMy WebLinkAbout0930 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 930
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PASCO AND THE PUBLIC
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. l'OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ESTABLISHING
A PROGRAM FOR THE CONVERSION OF OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION
LINES TO UNDERGROUND FACILITIES TOGETHER WITH UNDER-
GROUND SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
WHEREAS, The City of Pasco and the Public Utility District No. 1 of
Franklin County are desirous of establishing a mutually cooperative program
for the conversion of overhead utility lines to underground facilities in
order to provide a better environment for the citizens of Pasco, NOW,
THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF
THE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF FRANKLIN COUNTY DO RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Program. The Public Utility District proposes to budget and
expend an average of $50,000 per year for the conversion of existing overhead
distribution circuits to underground facilities within the City of Pasco. This
shall include circuits along arterial streets, in commercial areas and services
to public and semi-public locations such as schools, hospitals and other non-
dedicated areas. The Public Utility District will report to the City at the
close of each calendar year the progress of the program and the accumulative
expenditures by the District to date.
Section 2. Basis of Funding Program.
(a) The Public Utility District may include any loss in retirement value
of existing overhead circuits as a portion of the program funding.
(b) The City may contribute cash or services as an addition to the Public
Utility District allotment to expedite the program.
(c) The cost of removal, relocation, or revision of any existing under-
ground circuit caused by street vacation, relocation, replatting or remodeling
as a result of City action or City approval may be included as a part of the
annual conversion allotment.
Section 3. City Annual Street Budget. The Executive Officer of the City
each year shall submit the proposed ensuing year's Arterial Street budget to
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the Public Utility District at least sixty (60) days prior to the adoption
of a new fiscal year's budget. The Public Utility District agrees to review
the streets included and reply as to its facilities involved and the extent
of undergrounding it can perform in conjunction with the City's improvement
prior to the adoption of the new budget by the City.
Section 4. City 6 -Year Street Program. The Executive Officer of the
City shall submit to the Public Utility District each year the proposed 64ear..
Street Construction Program prior to the public hearing as required by law.
The Public Utility District agrees to make an annual response as to its
facilities involved in the City's 6 -Year Program. Consideration will be
given by the City to scheduling projects so that heavy Public Utility District
involvement and expense over the average budget funding will not come in con-
secutive years.
Section 5. P.U.D. Initiated Projects. The Manager of the P.U.D. or his
representative shall submit to the City each year any conversion project, along
with cost estimates, which it desires to undertake and to be included in the
conversion program. The City agrees to consider the project submitted and
respond to the Public Utility District.
Section 6. New Utility Distribution System Construction. A general
policy of the Public Utility District shall be that all new residential single
phase distribution facilities within the City limits will be constructed
underground (transformers excluded) where normal excavating conditions exist.
It is not the Public Utility District's intent to include any newly constructed
underground facility as a part of the conversion program.
Section 7. Service Connections.
(a) It will be the City's responsibility to require individual property
owners to convert their facilities to receive underground service and install
the underground service to the property line or the District's delivery
point whenever a conversion program is implemented. This is to expedite the
removal of overhead lines when underground distribution service is available
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so that the District will not be required to maintain two distribution
systems.
(b) The P.U.D. will, at least once each year, provide the City with a
listing of property owners' service connections which have not been revised to
receive underground service. The City agrees to make investigations on these
services and attempt to get property owner cooperation and report reason for
property owner's delay.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect after its passage as required by law, and repeals Resolution No. 860.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED as provided by law this 17
day of J u I y , 1973.
PASSED BY the Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County and
APPROVED as provided by law this day of , 1973.
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
Glenn C. Walkley, President
Board of Commissioners
Howard R. Cannon, Secretary
Board of Commissioners
Approved as to Form:
James Leavy, Attorney for Public
Utility District No. 1 of Franklin
County
CITY( 4'F PASCO
SAM HUNT, MAYOR PRO TEM
Attest:
V
Y D,, -Ci nzer,
Approved as to Form:
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D. Wayne Camp ell,City A t t rney
August 15 1:973
Public Utility District No. 1
..of Franklin Con�nty
P. O. Box 2407
Pasco, Washington 99302
'Attention.:. Mr. A C . Northrup, Manager
Dear Mr-. Northrup:.
Please refer to your letter of August 9th which included trans
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t l .of two initialed copies of Pasco Resolution No. 930.
and to which the P. U . D . had added its Resolution No. 325.
Mayon Linton has initialed each of the ,corrections (in the title
and in Section No. 8). This form will suffice for 'the 'City of
Pasco. We will add the P. U . D. number to the original City of
Pasco Resolution,,No. 930 and attach an original initialed copy
thereto. One initialed copy is enclosed for your file:
Thank you for your cao`eration ,
Sino Y!�
('M . B . Wine, gar
City 'Manager - Pasco
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