RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/205 recognizing the 811 ”Call Before You Dig Program,” as recommended by the Public Works Director, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
More than 170,000 underground utility lines are struck each year in the United States creating safety problems, service interruption and outages and damage to public and private infrastructure and property and damage to the environment. Approximately 33 percent of all digging damages in the United States result from not calling 811 before digging.
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