HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 68-2018 (18-72)City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
City Council
Resolution: RES 68 -2018
File Number: 18 -72 Enactment Number: RES 68 -2018
RESOLUTION DIRECTING NOTICING OF A PUBLIC HEARING
TO RECEIVE COMMENT CONCERNING ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE MISSION ROAD UNDERGROUND UTILITIES DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized electric and
telecommunication utilities to convert overhead utility lines and facilities to underground pursuant to
Electric Rule 20 and Telecommunication Rule 32; and
WHEREAS, each year the City of South San Francisco is notified by Pacific Gas and Electricity
(PG &E) of the annual allocation and balance of work credits and the five year balance of future credits
that may be borrowed for conversion of overhead electric distribution lines and facilities to underground,
known as Rule 20A allocations; and
WHEREAS, PG &E has notified the City of South San Francisco that it has accumulated Rule 20A work
credits in the amount of $6,780,977, and may borrow five years of future work credits amounting to
about $1,013,280 to yield $7,794,257 of work credits for qualified underground utility conversion
projects pursuant to CPUC Electric Rule 20A; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to establish an underground utility district and identify the parcels to be
included within the district on a district boundary map before it may use its Rule 20A work credits to
fund the PG &E's conversion; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the City established the Spruce Avenue Underground Utilities District and
committed an estimated $5,365,000 of Rule 20A work credits to complete the undergrounding
conversion; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, the City established the Spruce Avenue Underground Utilities District and
committed an estimated $2,325,000 of Rule 20A work credits to complete the undergrounding
conversion; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to consider establishing a Mission Road Underground Utility District
(project no. stl904) consisting of the parcels adjacent to Mission Road between Grand Avenue and
previous undergrounding completed at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station; and
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WHEREAS, PG &E's cost in work credits for a Mission Road Underground Utilities District is estimated
at $5,129,000; and
WHEREAS, because the cost in PG &E credits for the Spruce, Antoinette, and Mission Underground
Utilities District would exceed the City's work credit balance, the City will give the Antoinette and
Mission Underground Utility Districts priority for design and construction while it acquires additional
credits to complete the Spruce Underground Utility District; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Mission Road Underground Utility District to be shared by PG &E,
AT &T, Wave Broadband, and the City is estimated at $7,600,000, of which an estimated $6,700,000 is
reimbursable to the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.16.020 of the City of South San Francisco Municipal Code allows the City
Council of the City of South San Francisco to call a public hearing to ascertain whether the public
necessity, health, safety or welfare requires converting to underground the overhead wires, poles, and
associated structures from streets within designated areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.16.020 of the City of South San Francisco Municipal Code requires that the City
Clerk notify all affected property owners within the proposed district and utilities by mail of the time and
place of such hearing at least thirty days prior to the date thereof, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that
on June 13, 2018 it will hold a public hearing to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety or
welfare requires converting to underground the overhead wires, poles, and associated structures along
Mission Road between Grand Avenue and the BART Station.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City
Council hereby directs the City Clerk to notify all affected property owners and utilities by mail of the
time and place of this hearing at least thirty days prior to the date of the public hearing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the priority
for completing the Underground Utility District work within the available PG &E Rule 20A work credits
shall be firstly Antoinette Lane, followed by Mission Road, and then Spruce Avenue.
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File Number: 18 -72
Enactment Number: RES 68 -2018
At a meeting of the Special City Council on 5/9/2018, a motion was made by Richard Garbarino, seconded by
Pradeep Gupta, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 4 Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto, Councilmember Addiego, Councilmember Gupta,
and Councilmember Garbarino
Absent:
Attest
Mayor Normandy ,
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