08-10072r
RESOLUTION NO.1 0072
RESOLUTION DIRECTING XCEL ENERGY TO UNDERGROUND OVERHEAD
UTILITIES ALONG 76TH STREET BETWEEN HUMBOLDT AVENUE SOUTH AND
KNOX AVENUE
WHEREAS, in 2008 roadway and boulevard improvements will be completed on
76th Street between Humboldt Avenue and Knox Avenue as part of the Minnesota
Department of Transportation's 76th Street Bridge Replacement Project to provide for
improved traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to improve safety and aesthetics alon~ 76th Street by
directing Xcel Energy to underground it's electric utility facilities along 76 h Street; and
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy will not agree to place its facilities underground on this
project unless it recovers through a surcharge on customers within the City the additional
costs it will incur because of the undergrounding of facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City is in receipt of a Estimated Cost Summary for the requested
work dated January 21, 2008, outlining the estimated cost of the requested
undergrounding.
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 76th Street between Humboldt Avenue South
and Knox Avenue.
2. The City agrees that it will not oppose a surcharge on customers of Xcel
located 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 76th Street Bridge Replacement Project.
3. 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.
~QM;
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
ATTEST:
~AAL~ ~
Nancy Gibb City Clerk