DATE: March 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO AMEND THE OCEANSIDE BOULEVARD UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution declaring the City's intention to amend the Oceanside Boulevard Underground Utility District (UUD) to remove properties along Oceanside Boulevard from Camelot Drive to El Camino Real and set a public hearing on April 9, 2025 to consider the matter.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Rule 20 is a tariff that governs utility undergrounding of overhead wires at the request of third parties, such as local governments, individual property owners, and developers. CPUC Rule 20A project funding is specific to local governments and is 100 percent ratepayer-funded through customer electrical utility bills. The funding is facilitated as work credits which can be utilized by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and the City to implement a proposed undergrounding project.
On January 21, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution 04-R040-1 to approve creation of the Oceanside Boulevard UUD pursuant to the CPUC Rule 20A Program. Currently, the UUD includes underground utilities located along an approximate 1.5-mile stretch of Oceanside Boulevard between Greenbrier Drive and El Camino Real. On June 5, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution 13-R0400-1 to expand the Oceanside Boulevard UUD to include an approximate 600-foot section along Crouch Street from Oceanside Boulevard to Apple Street. See Exhibit B.
Overhead utilities situated along Oceanside Boulevard from Crouch Street to Camelot Drive have been undergrounded gradually since that time; however, the remaining sections of overhead utilities along Oceanside Boulevard have yet to be undergrounded. Those sections include 1) Oceanside Boulevard between Greenbrier Street and Crouch Street, 2) Oceanside Boulev...
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