§ 19-4.2. Public Hearing and Notification.

At the request of the General Manager for Alameda Municipal Power or on its own initiative, the City Council may call public hearings to consider the creation of new Underground Utility Districts consistent with the UUD Policy. The City Clerk shall notify all utilities concerned, and all affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, by mail of the time and place of such hearing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date thereof. Each such hearing shall be open to the public and may be continued. At each such hearing all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The decision of the City Council on all matters involved in the creation of a district shall be final and conclusive.

Within fifteen (15) days after the effective date of a resolution, the City Clerk shall so notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within the District and shall notify such affected property owners of the necessity that, if they or any person occupying such property desires to continue to receive utility service, they or such occupant shall provide all necessary facility changes on their premises so as to receive such service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities at a new location, subject to the applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the Commission. Notification by the City Clerk shall be made by mailing a copy of the resolution, together with a copy of this section, to the affected utilities, and to affected property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.

(Ord. No. 3121 N.S., 3-17-2015)