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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS TO CREATE AN UNDERGROUND PUBLIC
UTILITY DISTRICT FOR THE UNDERGROUNDING OF
POWER LINES ON MICHILLINDA AVENUE BETWEEN
COLORADQ BOULEVARD AND CALIFORNIA STREET.
WHEREAS, Michillinda Avenue, a County roadway between
Colorado Boulevard and California Street borders one of the finest
residential areas within the City of Arcadia; and
WHEREAS, Miehillinda will become a major north-south
traffic route when the Foothill Freeway is opened to Rosemead in
1971; and
WHEREAS, the County plans to widen Michillinda Avenue,
which plans eall for relocation of the overhead electric transmission
lines located on the easterly side of the street; and
WHEREAS, the street widening projeet will provide a onee-
in-a-lifetime opportunity to underground the power lines at a
minimized cost; and
WHEREAS, such undergrounding will promote'the publie welfare
and safety and avoid the perpetuation of the blighting influence of
unsightly power poles and lines.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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CITY OF ARCADIA that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles, in conneetion with the widening of Michillinda Avenue, is
requested to create an underground utility district for the purpose
of using money available in undergrounding funds of the Southern
California Edison Company to underground the electrical transmission
lines ,in the easterly side of Michillinda Avenue, between Colorado
Boulevard and California Street.
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RESOLVED FURTHER that the City Clerk shall mail a copy
hereof to the Board of Supervisors, to Honorable Frank G. Bonelli,
and the Honorable Warren M. Dorn and to J. L. Mohar, County Road
Commissioner.
The City Clerk 'shall eertify to the adoption of this
resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting 'of the City Council of the City of Areadia
held on the 7th day of July , 1970, by the affirmative vote of
at'least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Arth, Considine, Hage, Helms, and
Butterworth
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
SIGNED AND APPROVED thi?
1970.
(SEAL)
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