TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Juan Price, Maintenance Superintendent
SUBJECT:Title
Approve License Agreement (Pole Use Agreement) Between Southern California Edison and the City of Manhattan Beach (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a License Agreement (Pole Use Agreement) between Sothern California Edison and the City of Manhattan Beach.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Southern California Edison (SCE) owns and maintains numerous street lighting poles throughout the City of Manhattan Beach. SCE has allowed the attachment of traffic signs, American flags, directional signs and decorative banners for many years, with stipulations. Stipulations include maximum allowable square footage of attached signage to prevent excessive wind loading and require that permitted attachments be non- electrified.
The City benefits by this arrangement by saving on cost to purchase and install additional sign poles. Aside from cost savings, less sign poles results in a neat and conforming streetscape. SCE formally allows third parties to install items on their poles via a Pole Use Agreement.
DISCUSSION:
For many years, the City has been attaching signs, flags, and banners on SCE street light poles with SCE's concurrence. However, it only recently came to staff's attention that neither City nor SCE has a copy of a fully executed Pole Use Agreement. In order to maintain administrative compliance and consistency of installation, a formal Pole Use Agreement is required.
The attached agreement is standard and has been fully reviewed by the City's legal team without comment. All current sign, banner, and flag installations meet the specifications contained within the agreement. T...
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