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WHEREAS, to the extent required, the City of San Leandro has agreed to provide easements or rights -of -way on private property as may be necessary for installation of utility facilities in a form satisfactory to the affected utilities; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro has now received the report from the Director of Engineering and Transportation recommending that the area identified in Exhibit 1 should be designated as an overhead utility conversion area 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, upon the recommendation of the Director of Engineering and Transportation, the City Council of the City of San Leandro has determined that the proposed District on Eden Road from Doolittle Drive to Davis Street is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro 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, the City Council of the City of San Leandro held public hearings at which time the Council did receive and consider the recommendation of the City Engineer and did hear any and all objections or protests that were raised by the owners of property within the above described district pertaining to designating this area an overhead utility conversion district; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro, by the recommendation of the Engineering and Transportation Director, has made the finding that Eden Road passes through and to a civic area and public recreation area of unusual scenic interest to the general public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of San Leandro that: Section 1. The public interest requires the removal of all existing utility poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and installation of underground wires and facilities for supplying electric power, communication, or similar associated services within the areas as shown in Exhibit 1 attached hereto with such area being designated as the Underground Utility District on Eden Road from Doolittle Drive to Davis Street (District); and Section 2. That the utility companies, cable television services and other affected services shall commence work on installation of underground facilities in the District and that as each phase of the project is complete and ready for conversion from overhead to underground utility facilities, all fronting property owners shall be notified by first class letter, postage pre- paid, of the schedule for conversion of all utility service lines; and Section 3. The electric utility shall NOT USE the underground conversion allocation computed pursuant to decisions of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -106 2