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Underground Utility District Five -Year List 2 September 20, 2010 • As an incentive to encourage redevelopment in an area • Ovefa!I community aesthetic benefits of a conversion project • Cost of a project The California Public Utilities Commission directs Pacific Gas and Electric (PG &E) to set aside funds for electrical. undergrounding projects. These funds are known as Rule 20A funds. The funds are allocated for local jurisdictions to perform electrical undergrounding work. The City's allocation of PG &E's Rule 20A funds averages approximately $600 /year. To obtain adequate funds to construct an electrical undergrounding project, the City may use future allocations up to five (5) years into the future. When there are insufficient Rule 20A funds, or when a project is ineligible for Rule 20A funds, other funding sources can be used for PG &E undergrounding work. City, Comcast, and AT &T facilities are not eligible for Rule 20A funds. The cost for placing these facilities underground falls either to the facility owner or, in some cases, to a developer. Based on the above criteria, staff recommends that the following areas be established as the priority areas for the 2010 -2011 Five -Year Project List for Underground Utility District Conversion Projects: 1. East 14 Street Phase 2 (1 50 Avenue to Thornton Street/Maud Avenue) 2. Merced Street (Marina Boulevard to Fairway Drive) 3. Future Eden Road, which consists of the existing Eden Road right -of -way plus the extension of Business Center Drive north of Davis Street to the existing Eden Road 4. Parrott Street (Hays Street to San Leandro Boulevard) and 1 -lays, Clarke, and ' Carpentier Streets (West Juana Avenue to Parrott Street) 5. MacArthur Boulevard (Superior Avenue to Joaquin Avenue) The table below lists the rationale for including each project: Project Rationale East 14 Street Phase 2 Incentive to encourage redevelopment along corridor Merced Street Anticipated road widening and major new development (Kaiser) Eden Road Anticipated significant street improvement Parrot Street, et. al. Incentive to encourage redevelopment within TOD area MacArthur Boulevard Anticipated significant street improvement Undergrounding of utilities on East 14 Street from 150 Avenue to Thornton Street and Maud Avenue is already a designated district and project. This project is likely to require all of our existing and advance PG &E Rule 20A funds. The remaining projects will either be paid by other sources, such as developers or the Redevelopment Agency, or will need to wait until there are sufficient Rule 20A funds available. Approval of the above projects as a priority does not authorize the project to proceed. The project will go through the required public notice, public hearing, and City Council approval process prior to implementation.