City Council
MEETING DATE: 1/27/2016
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Easement to Southern California Edison (SCE) within Second Street Park
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve a Grant of Easement to SCE for a 4 ft. by 9 ft. area within Second Street Park abutting Buddy Rogers Avenue, east of Date Palm Drive, for the installation of a guy wire and pole anchor, and authorize the City Manager and Deputy City Clerk to execute the Grant of Easement on behalf of the City Council.
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BACKGROUND:
SCE operates overhead electrical power lines along the south side of Buddy Rogers Avenue, from Date Palm Drive to Monte Hall Avenue. These electrical power lines are hung on wooden poles and masts. These lines also provide power to the pole on the north side of Buddy Rogers on the frontage of the City’s Second Street Park, where two wooden pole attached street lamps are located. This wooden pole also serves as a support for the power line on the south side of the street.
DISCUSSION:
SCE has determined that the wooden pole with the two street lamps attached to it on the north side of Buddy Rodgers has deteriorated and must be replaced. Since this pole also supports the other power lines, Edison also wishes to install an anchor and guy cable on the replaced pole to better brace the power lines.
Because the new guy and anchor will extend several feet from Buddy Rogers into the City owned Park property, Edison has requested that the City grant a small 4 Ft. by 9 Ft. area where the anchor and guy will be installed. Staff has reviewed this easement request and has determined that this easement will have no impact on the current use of the park facilities.
Staff has also reviewed this easement request for any impacts to the future development potential of the Park property. Staff has determined that when development does occur in the future, the overhead power lines in this area will be required to be relocated and undergrounded. At that time this new guy and anchor would also be removed and the easement will be quitclaimed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There are no monetary impacts to the City for granting this easement.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Vicinity sketch of the pole location and the boundaries of the requested easement
2. Draft of the SCE easement document.