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<br />Acres under transmission lines licensed for public
<br />and private use yield income to SoCal Edison and alleviate _
<br />maintenance burden: Parks, storage, nurseries among uses �
<br />Licrnsin� of teansmission rights-of-way for secondary Transmissian line rights-of-way and land for future
<br />use has become a bcneficial venture for Southern Cali- su�station sites that are under license amount to 1,800
<br />fornia Eciison Ce and some of its customers. Tree acres in. Los r�igeles County alone. .Much of this land
<br />nurscrics, for example, have found the long "skimiy" is under license to businesses, but city and county
<br />picccs of rights-of-way arc ideal ground for planting officials have found such land desirable for use as
<br />young stock. public parks.
<br />The company has 11,000 acres under license at In 1962 the company first made its rights-of-way
<br />fces ranging froni 5100 to 5300 an acre. Fee amounts available to growers of Christmas 'trees. Now 22
<br />dcpenc� upon such considcrati�ns as usage, condition, tenants are growing 18U,0�0 trees on about 98 acres.
<br />and location of thc land. The first of these trees are just r.ow tall enough to
<br />S�:condary use, in most cases, has eliminated main- sell in quantity.
<br />tenanct. "fhe cor�lpany estimates aa expendi±ure of An imaginative plan in the suburban city of
<br />S40 per �,cre per }•ear for weed abatement alone on Monterey Park calls for linking tw9 parks with trails
<br />unusecl surface l,incl. on ten acres of transmission right-of-�i�ay which will
<br />Through past cc�nsidera[ion of land management be planted to create a wilderness terrain.
<br />an�i public rclations, SoCal Edison has found that Negotiations for such programs are carried out by
<br />tl�e more desirablr uses of its properties are as parks property management's field agents under the super-
<br />for r�creation, for� growing nurscry stock, for storage vision of Wes Hubbard, senior agent.
<br />of nun-initammable material, as horse and livestock Secondary use good bus�ness
<br />pasturing, and fc�r farming.
<br />As part ofi its Iti��ht-of-VVay and Land Department, "As long as these civic b oups and businessmen
<br />SoCal 1�dison }ias a property management scction. agree and undPrstand the restric*ions of secondary
<br />This s�ction, in ronjunction with its other work, use of our lanci, we encourage such use as good busi-
<br />oversces the licensing of such property. The group ness," said Hubbard.
<br />c�f 17 men, under the super��ision �f J. B. Stroschein, "We save the expense of weed abatement when
<br />is proving that such a program has advantages for the the land is being used, and besides there is no `dust
<br />company and for the prospective users. bowl' con�lition to contend with. There is also the
<br />L.icense has restrictions question of neighborhood aesthetics in more areas.
<br />Talting all of these things into consideration, we
<br />"I'hc}� follow these gcncral rules in administering encourage orderly growth and harmony without sacri-
<br />the liccnsin� program: ficing our first responsibility as a company, tfiat of
<br />❑ V1'hcn approved use requires third parties to be serving our customers �vith electriciiy at the most
<br />on the property, a provision for insurance coverage reasonable rates."
<br />with .SoCal Edison named as co-insured must be "Secondary use of our land is both good business
<br />included. and good public relations," agrees Straschein. `' '
<br />❑ The tcrm of a license agreement is normaZly "As Iong as the company can have access: to #he '
<br />fibured on a yearl� basis, wiih a maximum of five lines and substations, and we see ta it ihat s.afety_ of :;
<br />years. Upon cxpiration of this term, a renewal will people is not impaired, we €eel it is a des�rable policy.. '
<br />be considere.d upon request. "I might mention also that the income from our �
<br />C] Monetary consideration for use of land is based existing licenses brouaht in nearly $200,�U' in. 1964
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<br />on ioc�tion of thc property, acreage desired, intended alone. `
<br />use, availability of wate�, etc. "This," he ac��ed, "ultimately p�ays a part in holding ; �
<br />Park and recreation use imposes as many or more down electric rates." �' '�
<br />restrictions than most, as it involves groups of us�rs. Besides long "skinny" pieces of propertys � Edison �_ �
<br />One major requirement is that a 6-ft chain link fence, has 20,Q00 acres of t�mber stand in:the Shaver Lake
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<br />with several strands of barbed wi�e at the top, be and Dinkey Creek areas of their- Big : Creek hydro :
<br />installed around each tower within any proposed electric property,
<br />park site. An Erlis�n forester, novv a member of the proFerty , i
<br />Other requirements normally imgosed for parks management section, is �oncerned with forest fire pze=
<br />as well as other uses aze: 25 ft clearance to all lines, vention and control, proper tlunning : of trees, re-,
<br />facility working area, and non-impeded access—to planting, control of fungus 'diseases; and the :bother=;-
<br />mention just a few. some pine beetle. '
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