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City of Arden Hills Chapter 10 Utilities <br />must be preceded by a public hearing, after published notice and written notice to the utilities <br />affected. (Two weeks published: 30 days written.) At the hearing, the Council must consider <br />items and make findings. Undergrounding may not take place until City Council has, after <br />hearing and notice, adopted a plan. <br />Subd. 7 Public �-learings. A hearing must be open to the public and may be continued from <br />time to time. At each hearing any person interested must be given an opportunity to be heard. <br />The subj ect of the public hearings shall be the issue of whether facilities in the right-of-way in <br />the City, or located within a certain district, shall all be located underground by a date certain. <br />Hearings are not necessary for the undergrounding required. <br />Subd. 8 Public Hearing Issues. <br />A. The issues to be addressed at public hearings include, but are not limited to: <br />The costs and benefits to the public of requiring the undergrounding of <br />all facilities in the right-of-way; <br />2. The feasibility and cost of undergrounding all facilities by a date <br />certain as determined by the City and the affected utilities; <br />3. The tariff requirements, procedure and rate design for recovery or <br />intended recovery of incremental costs for undergrounding by the <br />utilities from ratepayers within the city. <br />4. Alternative financing options available if the City deems it in the <br />public interest to require undergrounding by a date certain and deems it <br />appropriate to participate in the cost borne by the ratepayers. <br />B. Upon completion of the hearing or hearings, the Council must make written <br />findings on whether it is in the public interest to establish a plan under which <br />all facilities will be underground. <br />Subd. 9 Undergrounding Plan. If the Council finds that it is in the public interest to <br />underground all or substantially all facilities, the Council must establish a plan for such <br />undergrounding. The plan for undergrounding must include at least the following elements: <br />A. Timetable for the undergrounding; <br />B. Designation of districts for the undergrounding unless, undergrounding plan is <br />citywide; <br />C. Exceptions to the undergrounding requirement and procedure for establishing <br />such exceptions; <br />10-26 <br />Adopted December 17, 2001 <br />