ITEM 6-K

Council Meeting:  March 3, 1992

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  A Resolution to Set a Public Hearing on  April  14,  1992,  for  the
          Confirmation  of Assessment of Costs for Gutter Construction, Street
          Resurfacing, Repair of Damaged Sidewalks, Driveways and  Curbs,  and
          the  Removal  of Hazardous Pavement in Parkway Areas on Various City
          Streets In Conjunction With the 1990-91 Street Resurfacing Program

Introduction

This report recommends that City Council set a public hearing  for  April  14,
1992   to  hear  protests  regarding  the  completed  work  and to confirm the
assessment  of  costs  for  the  construction  of  concrete  gutters,   street
resurfacing,  the  repair  of  damaged sidewalks, driveways and curbs, and the
removal of hazardous pavement in  parkway  areas,  on  various  City  streets.
These improvements were completed with the 1990-91 street resurfacing program.

Background

On May 28, 1991 City Council approved the formation of an assessment  district
for  the  construction  of concrete gutters, street resurfacing, the repair of
damaged sidewalks, driveways and curbs, and the removal of hazardous  pavement
in  parkway  areas in conjunction with the 1990-91 street resurfacing program.
The following streets were included:

    Street                   Limits

    RESURFACED AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTED (Commercial  and  Industrial  Properties
    Only) ON:

    PICO BOULEVARD      From Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street
    PEARL STREET        From Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
    MONTANA AVENUE      From Seventh Street to Seventeenth Street
    FOURTH STREET       From San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue
    CALIFORNIA AVENUE   From First Street to Seventh Street
    TWENTIETH STREET    From Pico Boulevard to Pearl Street
    FOURTEENTH STREET   From Michigan Avenue to Olympic Boulevard
    TENTH STREET        From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
    SIXTH STREET        From Broadway to Colorado Avenue

    SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND  CURBS  REPAIRED,  AND  PARKWAYS  PAVING  REMOVAL
    (Commercial, Industrial and Residential properties) ON:

    PICO BOULEVARD      From Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street
    PEARL STREET        From Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
    MONTANA AVENUE      From Seventh Street to Seventeenth Street
    FOURTH STREET       From San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue
    CALIFORNIA AVENUE   From First Street to Seventh Street
    TWENTIETH STREET    From Pico Boulevard to Pearl Street
    FOURTEENTH STREET   From Michigan Avenue to Olympic Boulevard
    TENTH STREET        From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
    SIXTH STREET        From Broadway to Colorado Avenue

On June 21, 1991, notices of the public hearing  were  posted  and  mailed  in
accordance  with  State  law,  to  all  affected  property owners.  The public
hearing was held on July 9, 1991.  After closing the public  hearing,  Council
ordered the work to commence.

The street resurfacing, curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway and parkway work  was
completed  as  part  of  an annual street improvement project and the property
owner assessments are now due.   A public hearing to confirm the assessment of
costs  must  be  held  pursuant  to Section 5882 of the California Streets and
Highways Code.  The attached resolution sets the public hearing for 7:30  p.m.
on  April  14,  1992.   All  affected  property owners will be notified of the
public hearing date and the assessment amount fifteen days prior to the public
hearing.  A list of property  owners and assessments amounts will be available
to Council at the time of the public hearing.

List of Assessment Cost Factors
COMMERCIAL

                                        Property
Work Performed          Unit Cost        Owners

Gutter Construction     $11.50 LF         100%
Street Resurfacing        9.00 LF         100%
Sidewalks Repaired        6.00 SF         100%
Driveways Repaired        7.50 SF         100%
Curbs Repaired           10.50 LF         100%
Parkway Paving
Removal+                  3.00 SF         100%

RESIDENTIAL
                                        Property
Work Performed          Unit Cost        Owners         City

Sidewalks Repaired      $ 6.00 SF         100%           -0-
Sidewalks Repaired        6.00 SF          50%*          50%*

Driveways Repaired        7.50 SF         100%           -0-
Driveways Repaired        7.50 SF          50%*          50%*

Curbs Repaired           10.50 LF         100%           -0-
Curbs Repaired           10.50 LF          50%*          50%*

Parkway Paving
Removal+                  3.00 SF         100%           -0-
Parkway Paving
Removal+                  3.00 SF          50%*          50%*

*Denotes (If damage was due to tree roots).

+Denotes (Only the removal of the hazardous pavement in parkway areas, but not
           the replacement of the removed pavement).

Residential properties are not assessed  for  gutter  construction  or  street
resurfacing.   Commercial  and industrial property owners will be assessed the
full cost for the construction of  the  gutters  and  the  street  resurfacing
fronting  their  property.  The proposed assessments are designed so that each
commercial  and  industrial  property  owner  will  pay  the  same  unit  cost
regardless  of  the  width  of  the  street  on  which  their property fronts.
Consistent with the present policy for  assessing  commercial  and  industrial
properties,  this  assessment  will  be a cash assessment and no bonds will be
issued.  For a commercial or industrial property owner with a 50 foot lot, the
total  estimated  assessment would be $450.00 for resurfacing, and $575.00 for
gutters, if gutters are to be constructed on that location.

Sidewalks, driveways and  curbs,  if  damaged,  were  replaced  and  hazardous
parkway pavings removed, but not replaced.  Property owners were assessed 100%
of the costs.  An exception to the above were areas damaged  by  parkway  tree
roots,  in  which case the residential property owner was assessed only 50% of
the costs and the City paid the balance.

Budget/Financial Impact

It  is  calculated  that  $125,813  will  be  generated  from  property  owner
assessments  for  gutter construction and street resurfacing.    Revenues will
be deposited in Account No. 01-500-401-00000-0124-10000,  "Street  Resurfacing
Assessment".   Additional  revenues in the amount of $27,245 will be generated
from the repair of sidewalks, driveways and curbs, and the removal of pavement
in    parkway    areas    which    will    be   deposited   in   Account   No.
01-500-481-00000-0179-10000,   "Sidewalk   Repair   Revenue".    Any    unpaid
assessments  will  be  put on the 1992-93 property tax roll by the Los Angeles
County Assessor's office.

Recommendation

It is recommended that City Council adopt the attached  resolution  setting  a
public  hearing  on  April  14,  1992,  to confirm the assessment of costs for
gutter construction, street resurfacing, and the repair of damaged  sidewalks,
driveways and curbs, and the removal of hazardous pavement in parkway areas on
the above-mentioned streets.

Prepared by:  Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
              Tony Antich, City Engineer

Attachment:   Resolution


                             RESOLUTION NO.______
                             (CITY COUNCIL SERIES)

          A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY  COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SANTA
          MONICA  SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 14, 1992, TO HEAR
          ANY  PROTESTS  OR  OBJECTIONS  TO   THE   CONFIRMATION   OF
          ASSESSMENT   OF   COSTS  FOR  GUTTER  CONSTRUCTION,  STREET
          RESURFACING AND THE REPAIR OF DAMAGED SIDEWALKS,  DRIVEWAYS
          AND  CURBS, AND THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS PARKWAY PAVINGS ON
          VARIOUS CITY STREETS IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  1990-91  STREET
          RESURFACING PROGRAM

          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE  AS
FOLLOWS:

          SECTION 1.  The superintendent of Streets will file a report of work
pursuant  to  Section  5882  of  the Streets and Highways Code of the State of
California, relating to the construction of certain improvements completed on:

    Street                   Limits

    RESURFACED AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTED (Commercial  and  Industrial  Properties
    Only) ON:

    PICO BOULEVARD      From Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street
    PEARL STREET        From Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
    MONTANA AVENUE      From Seventh Street to Seventeenth Street
    FOURTH STREET       From San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue
    CALIFORNIA AVENUE   From First Street to Seventh Street
    TWENTIETH STREET    From Pico Boulevard to Pearl Street
    FOURTEENTH STREET   From Michigan Avenue to Olympic Boulevard
    TENTH STREET        From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
    SIXTH STREET        From Broadway to Colorado Avenue

    SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS  AND  CURBS  REPAIRED  AND  PARKWAY  PAVING  REMOVED+
    (Commercial, Industrial and Residential properties) ON:

    PICO BOULEVARD      From Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street
    PEARL STREET        From Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
    MONTANA AVENUE      From Seventh Street to Seventeenth Street
    FOURTH STREET       From San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue
    CALIFORNIA AVENUE   From First Street to Seventh Street
    TWENTIETH STREET    From Pico Boulevard to Pearl Street
    FOURTEENTH STREET   From Michigan Avenue to Olympic Boulevard
    TENTH STREET        From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
    SIXTH STREET        From Broadway to Colorado Avenue

All streets are within the City of Santa Monica.

+Denotes (Only the removal of hazardous pavement in parkway areas, but not the
           replacement of the removed pavement).

          SECTION 2.  Pursuant to Section 5870 et seq. of said Code, the  City
Council does hereby order and declare that on the 24th of March, 1992, at 7:30
p.m., in the  City Council Chambers of City Hall, it will hear and  pass  upon
the  report  by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets, of the cost of improvements
together with any objections or protests, if any, which may be raised  by  any
property owner liable to be assessed for the cost of such improvements and any
other interested persons.

          SECTION 3.  All protests or objections must be in writing and  filed
with  the City Clerk on or before the time set for the hearing of the protests
and objections.

          SECTION 4.  The Superintendent of Streets is hereby directed to mail
notices, in the manner and form prescribed by law, of the cost of improvements
and of the adoption of this  Resolution  to  all  persons  owning  commercial,
industrial   or  residential  real  property  in  the  hereinbefore  described
assessment district whose names and addresses appear  on  the  last  equalized
assessment roll for the City taxes or as known to the City Clerk.

          SECTION 5.  The City Clerk is directed to publish this Resolution in
The  Outlook on two successive dates.  The first publication is to be made not
less than fifteen days prior to the date of the above public hearing.

          SECTION 6.  The City Clerk shall certify to  the  adoption  of  this
Resolution,  and  thenceforth  and thereafter, the same shall be in full force
and effect.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:


ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney