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ORDINANCE NO. 1 781
: st AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN tt
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF EDMONDS BY THE CONVERSION ;mod
OF OVERHEAD ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES r o
TO UNDERGOUND FACILITIES AND ALL RELATED WORK t ci
NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE IMPROVEMENT IN tS a ��
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE CITY STANDARDS;
CREATING AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BEING LOCAL ro
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IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 195 PROVIDING THAT ���
PAYMENT OF SAID IMPROVEMENT SHALL BE MADE FROM w g ;w
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF EDMONDS
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WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the public healtulm
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safety, and general welfare, that overhead utilities,
including electric and communication facilities be under -
grounded on heavy traffic arterial approaches to said City
and the City Council so finds that the poles and other
structures used to support said overhead facilities are an
obstruction to pedestrian traffic and may constitute a
hazard to vehicles leaving the travelled portion of the
roadway which can and may be removed by the undergrounding
of such facilities, and
WHEREAS, the public health, safety, and general welfare
will be served not only from the safety standpoint, but also
from an aesthetic viewpoint by the removal of such view
obstructing and unsightly overhead apparatus and lines,
and
WHEREAS, the undergounding of such facilities will
result in less costly and easier maintenance to the owners
of said facilities, now, therefore,
WHEREAS, the City Council is proposing and stating its
intent to construct a major improvement on that portion of
5th Avenue South from the northerly right-of-way line of
SR 104 to and including its intersection with Main Street
which improvement will include the construction, reconstruc-
tion and repair of concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters driveways
across said sidewalks, landscaping and possible resurfacing
of said street, and related work necessary to make a complete
improvement and that said overhead electric and communication
facilities should be undergrounded at this time in conjunction
with said improvement to minimize the expense to the companies
presently maintaining said facilities and to minimize the
effect of such undergrounding at a future time on a completed
improvement of this nature,
WHEREAS, the City Engineers have caused an estimate to
be made of the cost and expense of the proposed improvement
and have certified said estimate to the City Council, a
description of the boundaries of the district, a statement
in detail of the local improvement assessments outstanding
or unpaid against the property under the proposed district,
and a statement of the aggregate actual value of the real
property, including twenty-five percent of the actual evalua-
tion of the improvement in the proposed district, according
to the valuation last placed upon it for the purpose of
general taxation, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems this in the best interest
of the City and of the owners of the property within the
:local improvement district that said improvement, is herein-
after described, be carried out and that a local improvement
district be created in connection therewith, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The following property within the City of
Edmonds, Washington is hereby ordered to be improved by the
conversion of overhead electric and communication facilities
to underground facilities, including electrical energy
transmission, telephone lines, cable television coaxial and
related lines, street _lighting systems, and the necessary
street and right-of-way invasion, trenching, back -filling,
relocation and removal of said overhead facilities, restora-
tion of disturbed facilities including those on public and
private property, necessary manholes for transformer vaults,
or in the alternative surface mounted transformers depending
upon economic exigencies and design necessities, the installa-
tion of necessary pedestals and lighting ornamental poles
or standards, and all related work necessary to make a
complete improvement, in accordance with applicable city
and electrical and communication facilities standards, as
follows:
5th Avenue South from the northerly right-of-way line
of State Route 104 to and including its intersection
with Main Street.
The foregoing shall be carried out in accordance with the
maps, plans and specifications therefor prepared by the
respective electric utility and communication facilities
distributors, districts and companies as submitted to the
City Engineer and under his approval and authorization and
the same are hereby adopted.
Section 2. There is hereby created and established
a local improvement district to be called "Local Improvement
District No. 195," the boundaries of which are described
by Exhibit "A" a copy of which is attached hereto and by
this reference incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
Section 3. The nature of the improvement is such that
the special benefits are conferred on the properties that
abutt on the improvement. That there shall be no assessments
against the abutting properties as the costs and expenses of
said improvement, not including service line removal and
installation and disconnection from existing overhead
facilities which shall be provided by the individual property
owners, shall be paid from monies available to the City of
Edmonds and participation by the participating electrical and
communication distributors, utility districts and companies
and by the contractural arrangements for services and supplies
with said organizations or pursuant to applicable franchises
or other ordinances of the City.
Section 4. The estimated cost and expense of said improve-
ment lying within the proposed district is hereby declared to
be $223,755.00, plus service line removal and connection and
disconnection from existing overhead facilities. The cost and
expenses of said improvement, including all labor and materials
required to make a complete improvement, all engineering,
surveying, legal, inspection, ascertaining of ownership of
the lots or parcels of land included in the district, adver-
tising, mailing and publication of notices, accounting,
administrative, printing, costs of acquisition, and other
expenses incidental thereto shall be paid for in the manner
set forth hereinabove.
Section 5. All the work necessary to be done in connec-
tion with the making of said improvement, except service line
removal and connection and disconnection from the existing
overhead facilities, shall be done by the respective electric
utility and communication distributors pursuant to contracts
with the City of Edmonds or other applicable franchise or
ordinance of said City, and pursuant to the revised Code of
Washington, Chapter 35.96.
Section 6. The improvement to be accomplished pursuant
to this Ordinance requires undergrounding of the communication
facilities located in, upon and along the public right-of-way
on Fifth Avenue South from SR 104 to its intersection with
Main Street pursuant to Ordinance No. 1780 passed on July 22,
1975. General Telephone of the Northwest is hereby ordered
and directed to coordinate the removal of and undergrounding
of its existing aboveground facilities along said improvement
with construction of said improvement.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK, IRE T
VARNEY 402CN
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: August 5, 1975
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: August 5, 1975
PUBLISHED: August 13, 1975
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