MINUTES
of the
UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING TASK FORCE
MEETING
Monday, September 19, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Rm. 421
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Chris Coghlan called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m.
Present:
Steven Aronowitz Lynn Fong (DPW)
John Bitterman Jimi Harris (PG&E)
John Brooke Robert Macray
Chris Coghlan Jane Martin
Josh Crandall Richard Millit
Steve Currier Bob Pickard (SBC)
Eric Freeman Dan Weaver
Absent:
Gino Graziano (Comcast) John Newlin
Marla Jurosek Jon Rubin
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of August 15, 2005 were approved.
3. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Lynn Fong, DPW: presented a database for the Outreach Committee that the DPW Undergrounding Program has been developing since 1998.
Utility Undergrounding Task Force
Minutes
September 19, 2005
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Dan McKenna, DPW: did an informal survey of other municipalities throughout the country what the status of their undergrounding is or will be. Learned that outside of Califonia, statewide utility agencies do not provide any funding source or program support. Majority of people rely on developers or utility agencies themselves to perform these types of functions.
Met with San Diego Undergrounding Coordinator Nathan Bruner and will invite him to speak with group. Appears that SF has the second-most aggressive program in the state.
4. TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Operations, Chair John Bitterman reporting: looked at different cities, cost per mile, different cost indicators; Jane Martin had brought up idea of looking at solar lighting and fixture design.
b. Resources, John Brooke reporting: committee did not meet.
c. Site Selection did not meet; Mr. Crandall asked to join Site Selection.
d. Communications, Steven Aronowitz reporting; discussed adding e-mail ability to the website.
5. ISSUES/GOALS OF TASK FORCE
Ms. Martin created a document of Task Force deliverables and suggested that the document be considered at the Communications Committee. Mr. Brooke moved that the list of deliverables be on the next meeting agenda; seconded by Mr. Currier, the motion passed unanimously. Each committee will develop its own deliverables list and bring to the meetings.
6. ADJOURNMENT
By motion of Mr. Millet and second by Mr. Aronowitz, the meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
