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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 6418 2013-10-14 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6418 A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT 13-2 AT SEAL BEACH BOULEVARD FROM PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY TO ELECTRIC AVENUE AND AUTHORIZING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY TO SCHEDULE THE RULE 20A FUNDED PROJECT WHEREAS, Overhead utilities may be undergrounded by first establishing an underground utility district and then using funds from the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Rule 20A funding program, which is administered by the Southern California Edison Company (SCE); THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Section 2. The Seal Beach City Council hereby authorizes SCE to proceed with the Seal Beach Boulevard Underground Utility District 13-2 Rule 20A funded project to underground the overhead utilities on Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Electric Avenue, including the removal of poles, overhead wires, associated structures, the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service within the District for individual service connections, and connection to the main connection point at the first pole outside of the District. See attached Engineer's Report dated October 1, 2013. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of October , 2013 by the following vote: 1 . AYES: Council Members /� /� ��;�,. ,/ �/,�� NOES: Council Members 'ilk id ABSENT: Council Members /� � ABSTAIN: Council Members /cl.6'YL; A I �/ . . SEAL"'' w y ' a a o V Gg1C:I*0'' ATTEST: • : ; r / / x,9�'•f. 5p'Q IA G. . tet A . L AL1JL ,� �F 9 7 \9�_�'c r City Jerk aCaUNTy Pr STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6418 on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of October , 2013. YAi C�'� Q City{Clerk Resolution Number 6418 Engineer's Report Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Electric Avenue Proposed Underground Utility District No. 13-2 Background Rule 20 is a set of policies and procedures established by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to regulate the conversion of overhead electric equipment to underground facilities, a process called "undergrounding". Rule 20 determines the level of ratepayer funding for different undergrounding arrangements. Under Rule 20, undergrounding projects are financed by utility rate money, combined rate funds and local tax proceeds, or private funds, depending on whether Rule 20A, Rule 20B or Rule 20C provisions apply. On average, less than a penny per electric bill goes to undergrounding. Rule 20A Rule 20A projects are paid for by all Southern California Edison (SCE) ratepayers, not just those who live on streets on which facilities will be undergrounded. City and county governments choose these projects, using a process that includes public participation. To qualify for full funding through utility rate proceeds, projects must produce a benefit to the general public, not just customers in the affected area, by satisfying one or more of these criteria: • The location has an unusually heavy concentration of overhead facilities. • The location is heavily traveled. • The location qualifies as an arterial or major collector road in a local government's General Plan. • The overhead equipment must be located within or pass through a civic, recreational or scenic area. Using CPUC formulas, SCE allocates rate funds to communities for undergrounding based on previous allocations, the ratio of customers served by overhead facilities to all the customers in the community, and the 'fraction that customers in the community represent of all SCE customers. Local governments use these formulas to project allocations, which allow them to prioritize projects and develop project schedules. Because funds are limited, local governments sometimes must wait.and accumulate their allocations before starting an undergrounding project. Legal Description UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER # 13-2 SEAL BEACH BOULEVARD FROM PACIFIC COAST HWY TO ELECTRIC AVE A strip of land varying from sixty (60') feet to one hundred (100') feet wide, whose centerline is described as beginning at the point of intersection of the centerline of Seal Beach Boulevard, a width of one hundred (100') feet and the southerly prolongation right of way line of Pacific Coast Highway, a width of one hundred (100') feet wide, said point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, thence one thousand three hundred forty (1,340') feet southerly along said centerline of Seal Beach Boulevard, bounded by the east and west right of way of Seal Beach Boulevard for a distance of one thousand three hundred forty (1,340') feet. (See attached exhibit "B.") Resolution Number 6418 Description of Proposed Work The existing Edison overhead wires and poles are located along Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Electric Avenue. The properties serviced from the Seal Beach Boulevard frontage will be converted to an underground service. The existing electrical, as well as telephone and cable communications wires will be undergrounded and the wood poles will be removed. The power lines provide electricity to the street lights and to most of the properties along Seal Beach Boulevard. ' The existing street lights will be removed and new streetlights installed on new street light poles. The City will prepare a plan for the street light locations. If additional lights are desired the cost thereof will be funded by the City of Seal Beach. Estimated Cost The Edison Company has estimated that the cost of this project would be $1,100,000 in 2016 dollars. The City of Seal Beach's current allocation fund balance is $858,266 with annual additions of $96,653. There is no cost to the property owners nor to the tenants of Seal Beach Boulevard for this undergrounding project. All electric service customers served from lines being relocated underground will have necessary modifications and conversions done to their electrical service connections using the City's Rule 20A funds. Existing overhead facilities belonging to telephone and cable communications and other private utilities are to be relocated underground at the respective utility company's sole expense. Overhead lines from the street poles are fed to individual customers by a receiving pole on the customer's building structure. From the pole, the utility is taken inside the building for customer use. The proposed undergrounding project will reroute the overhead lines to underground, then rise to the side of the customers building to a service meter. From the meter, the utility lines are fed into the building. On Seal Beach Boulevard there are customers that are fed overhead. Most customers are fed underground. There will be no modifications to their buildings. The implementation of a new district can take two years or more to complete because there is often a long list of pending underground utility districts that have been established by other agencies. Prepared by:4 J)y Date: October 1, 2013 Michael Ho, P.E. City Engineer City of Seal Beach