DATE: November 5, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers and Chairperson and Members of the Community Development Commission
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: CONFIRMATION OF CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND CONSIDERATION OF A REGULAR COASTAL PERMIT (RRP25-00003) TO ALLOW PHASE II OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN WATER UTILITY AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES - DOWNTOWN SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT PHASE II - APPLICANT: CITY OF OCEANSIDE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council and Community Development Commission (CDC) adopt a resolution confirming issuance of a Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15302 (Replacement and Reconstruction) and 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) and approving a Regular Coastal Permit (RRP25-00003), allowing upgrades to the City's existing water and sewer infrastructure within portions of the Downtown District and Coastal areas, including 13,500 feet of water improvements and 16,800 feet of sewer improvements, and expand the City's recycled water system by installing 5,580 feet of new recycled water infrastructure within the Downtown District and Coastal areas.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
There are approximately 500 miles of water utility distribution and transmission pipelines and 515 miles of sewer collection pipelines throughout the City of varying age, type, and size. Pipes within the existing system eventually require replacement based on age, condition, and/or size ("hydraulic capacity"). Hydraulic modeling throughout the City was performed as part of the 2015 Water Master Plan and recently updated through hydraulic modeling tasks performed this year. Hydraulic deficiencies were identified in portions of the Downtown and Coastal areas of the City, primarily for pipelines less than eight inches in diameter.
These areas require the pipe to be upsi...
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