DATE: April 9, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE OCEANSIDE BOULEVARD UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to amend the Oceanside Boulevard Underground Utility District (UUD) to remove the properties along Oceanside Boulevard from Camelot Drive to El Camino Real; and appropriate $2,756,800 to the Oceanside Boulevard Undergrounding Utility Project account.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The UUD was created on January 21, 2004, through the approval of Resolution 04-R040-1, and included 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 Crouch Street from Oceanside Boulevard to Apple Street. See Exhibit B.
Since then, overhead utilities situated along Oceanside Boulevard from Crouch Street to Camelot Drive have been undergrounded gradually; however, some 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 Boulevard between Camelot Drive and El Camino Real, and 3) Crouch Street between Oceanside Boulevard to Apple Street.
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. 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 June 3, 2021, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) issued decision D.21-06-0013 ...
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