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Crescent City council creates downtown underground utility district to secure $2.8M in work credits
Summary
The council adopted Resolution 2025-16 to form "Crescent City Underground Utility District No. 1," covering Front Street and adjacent blocks, to capture $2.8 million in Pacific Power Rule 20 credits transferred from the county. Implementation will be phased and contingent on funding and utility logistics.
The Crescent City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2025-16 on May 5, creating Crescent City Underground Utility District No. 1 to pursue undergrounding of overhead utilities on Front Street and adjacent downtown blocks.
City Attorney Martha Rice told the council the proposed district covers Front Street and the remainder of Front that is not currently undergrounded, up K Street, left on 3rd up to H Street and back to Front, and qualifies under Rule 20 criteria for pedestrian and vehicular traffic and adjacency to civic and scenic…
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