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4:: "'f;.-~~,,-,~ , ; RESOLUTION NO. 01-053 RESOLUTION DIRECTING XCEL ENERGY TO UNDERGROUND OVERHEAD UTILITIES ALONG SILVER LAKE ROAD FROM 1694 TO IS11i STREET NW < ; , : WHEREAS, during 2001 and 2002, roadway and enhancement improvements will be completed on Silver Lake Road fitUn 1694 to County Road H within the City to provide for improved traffic safety; and : ... WHEREAS, the City seeks to improve safety and aesthetics along Silver Lake Road by directing Xcel Energy to undergtjqund its electric utility facilities along Silver Lake Road; and i I : 'WHEREAS, Xcel will not agree to place its facilities underground on this project unless it recovers through a surcharg~ on customers within the City the additional costs it will incur because of the undergrounding of facilities; and WHEREAS, Xcel must receive approval from the Public Utilities Commission for any surcharge on a special class o~~tepayers; and . · WHEREAS, the City is in receipt of a letter dated May 18, 2001 outlining the estimated cost of the requested undergI)ounding and the estimated monthly surcharge on Xcel's customers in the City and acknowledges that the surchar~ design and amount is based on a tariff now pending before the Minnesota Public Utilities Conunission and that Xcel haS rights under its existing tariff to seek a surcharge for special facilities; and , "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED by the city council of the city of New Brighton, Minnesota that: 1. Xcel Energy is hereby requested and directed to relocate its overhead facilities along Silver Lake Road from 1694 to 15th Street NW underground. 2. The City agrees that it will not oppose Xcel's petition to the Public Utilities Commission for a surcharge consistent with the pending tariff on customers ofXcellocated within the City. The amount shall be XceI's necessary, actual and reasonably incurred costs of under grounding less the costs Xcel would have incurred through relocation ofits overhead lines along the project site because of the Silver Lake Road project. '3. I The City does not waive its right to verify by legal means available to it that the amount of surcharge is the necessary, actual and reasonable cost incurred. Adopte~ this 12th day of June, 2001. ~~ Steve Larson, Mayor ATTEST: ~~ thew S. Fulton, City Manager " r i\ .,' /;~/f\..1 ') "iF' /i/;:};}. 2/\ .' f f' ... : ",'" ,/ Diarie F~biger, Act~gCity Clerk (Seal)