08-10071r
RESOLUTION NO.1 0071
RESOLUTION DIRECTING XCEL ENERGY TO UNDERGROUND OVERHEAD
UTILITIES ALONG 66TH STREET BETWEEN 4TH AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE AND
PORTLAND AVENUE BETWEEN 67TH STREET AND 64TH STREET
WHEREAS, in 2008 roadway and boulevard improvements will be completed on
66th Street between 4th Avenue and Park Avenue as well as Portland Avenue between 67th
Street and 64th Street to provide for improved traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to improve safety and aesthetics along 66th Street and
Portland Avenue by directing Xcel Energy to underground it's electric utility facilities along
66th Street and Portland Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy is expected to recover the additional costs it will incur
because of the undergrounding of facilities through a surcharge on customers within the
City; and
WHEREAS, the City is in receipt of an estimate for the requested undergrounding.
WHEREAS, on February 6,2007 Xcel Energy was notified by letter that their
facilities must be relocated. The relocation must be completed no later than May 15, 2008.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that:
1. Xcel Energy is hereby requested and directed to relocate its overhead facilities
underground along 66th Street between 4th Avenue and Park Avenue.
2. Xcel Energy is hereby requested and directed to relocate its overhead facilities
underground along Portland Avenue between 6ih Street and 64th Street.
3. The City agrees that it will not oppose a surcharge on customers of Xcellocated
within the City. The amount shall be Xcel's necessary, actual, and reasonably
incurred costs of undergrounding less the costs Xcel would have incurred
through relocation of its overhead lines along the project site because of the 66th
Street and Portland Avenue Intersection Project.
4. The City does not waive its right to verify, by legal means available to it, that the
amount of the surcharge is necessary, actual and reasonable cost incurred.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 11th day of
March, 2008.
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ATTEST:
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Nancy Gib ,City Clerk