ITEM 6-C
Council Meeting: April 14, 1992
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Form an Assessment District for the FY 1991-92
Street Resurfacing Program and Appurtenant Work and Set a Public
Hearing for May 12, 1992
Introduction
This report recommends that City Council approve the formation of an
assessment district to construct concrete gutters; resurface streets; and
repair damaged sidewalks, driveways and curbs and remove damaged pavement in
parkway areas. These improvements are in conjunction with the FY 1991-92
Street Resurfacing Program at various commercial, industrial and residential
locations in the City. It also requests that City Council adopt the attached
Resolution of Intention and set a public hearing for May 12, 1992, for the
establishment of the appropriate assessment district.
Background
The FY 1991-92 Street Resurfacing Program includes gutter construction; street
resurfacing; slurry sealing; parkway pavement removal; and repair of curb,
sidewalk and driveway construction at various locations in the City. The
Street Superintendent, the City Engineer, the Maintenance Manager and the
Street Maintenance Superintendent inspected and evaluated the streets that
ranked high on the "Pavement Management System Report" as streets in need of
repair. The criteria used to determine which streets are to be resurfaced and
the method of repair includes: age, surface and subsurface conditions,
complaints received, type of use (i.e., commercial and residential), current
traffic volume, and projected change of use or volume of the streets.
In accordance with a 1981 City Council policy, residential properties are
assessed one half the cost of removal and replacement of damaged curbs,
sidewalks, driveways and the removal of damaged parkway pavement. Commercial
properties are assessed the full cost of repair of this work.
Residential properties are not assessed for new gutter construction or street
resurfacing; however, commercial and industrial property owners are assessed
the full cost. The proposed assessments are designed so that each commercial
and industrial property owner 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. The total estimated
assessment for a commercial or industrial property owner with a 50 foot lot,
would be $450.00 for resurfacing, and $575.00 for new gutter construction.
Proposed Method of Spreading the Assessment Cost
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
Estimated Property Owners
Work Performed Unit Cost Share of Cost
Gutter Construction $11.50 LF 100%
Street Resurfacing 9.00 LF 100%
Sidewalks Repair 6.00 SF 100%
Driveways Repair 7.50 SF 100%
Curbs Repair 10.50 LF 100%
Parkway Paving
Removal+ 3.00 SF 100%
RESIDENTIAL
Estimated Property Owners
Work Performed Unit Cost Share of Cost
Sidewalks Repair 6.00 SF 50%*
Driveways Repair 7.50 SF 50%*
Curbs Repair 10.50 LF 50%*
Parkway Paving
Removal+ 3.00 SF 50%*
*Approximately 99% of all damage is from tree roots. Where damage is not
because of tree roots, the property owner share is 100% of cost.
+Only the removal of the hazardous pavement in parkway areas, but not the
replacement of the removed pavement.
The areas to be included in the assessment district are commercial, industrial
and residential properties at:
Street Limits
TO BE RESURFACED AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTED (Commercial and Industrial Properties
Only) ON:
TENTH STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Fourteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Seventh Street to Lincoln Boulevard
FRANKLIN STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Arizona Avenue
MAIN STREET From Pico Boulevard to South City Limits
SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND CURBS TO BE REPAIRED, AND PARKWAY PAVEMENT REMOVED
(Commercial, Industrial and Residential properties) ON:
TENTH STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Fourteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Seventh Street to Lincoln Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Hill Street to Ashland Avenue
FRANKLIN STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Arizona Avenue
MAIN STREET From Pico Boulevard to South City Limits
CLOVERFIELD BOULEVARD From Ocean Park Boulevard to Pico Boulevard
The assessment district will be administered in accordance with the procedures
set forth in the Improvement Act of 1911 of the California Streets and
Highways Code.
Budget/Financial Analysis
The assessment district will generate revenues of approximately $60,000 for FY
1992-93. The estimated cost for the 1991-92 Street Resurfacing Program is
$560,000. There is $622,400 budgeted in various accounts for this program.
Account Number Amount
01-770-421-20092-8900-99152 $ 464,900.00
25-770-421-20092-8900-99152 $ 105,000.00
31-770-421-20092-8900-99152 $ 52,500.00
TOTAL $ 622,400.00
No additional appropriation is needed. A detailed breakdown of assessments
will be available upon confirmation of assessments after the work has been
completed.
Recommendation
It is recommended that City Council approve the formation of the above
assessment district and adopt the attached Resolution of Intention setting a
public hearing for May 12, 1992.
Prepared by: Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Tony Antich, City Engineer
Attachment: Resolution of Intention
RESOLUTION NUMBER
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 12, 1992 FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CONCRETE GUTTERS, STREET RESURFACING, SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY AND
CURB REPAIR AND THE REMOVAL OF DAMAGED PAVEMENT IN PARKWAY
AREAS AND APPURTENANT WORK ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FY 1991-92 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM,
AS SHOWN ON CITY DRAWING NO. 6026, IN THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica proposes to
initiate proceedings under the Improvement Act of 1911 for the construction of
concrete gutters, street resurfacing, repair of damaged sidewalks, driveways
and curbs, and the removal of damaged pavement in parkway areas; and
WHEREAS, Section 19 of Article XVI of the California Constitution
provides that certain specified debt limitation and majority protest
provisions shall not apply if, after the giving of such reasonable notice by
publication and posting and the holding of such public hearing as the City
Council of the City of Santa Monica shall have prescribed, the City Council,
by no less than four-fifths vote of all members thereof, finds and determines
that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed improvements to
be made; and
WHEREAS, Streets and Highways Code Section 2804 provides that the
"Special Assessment, Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of
1931" shall not apply to any proceeding otherwise subject thereto when said
improvement proceeding is by a charter city and said city has complied with
the provisions of Section 19 of Article XVI of the California Constitution;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is a charter city of the State of
California,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council proposes to initiate proceedings for the
installation of concrete gutters, street resurfacing, repair of damaged
sidewalks, driveways and curbs, and the removal of damaged pavement in parkway
areas, and appurtenant work adjacent to residential, commercial and industrial
properties on City streets as shown on City Drawing No. 6026 on file in the
office of the City Engineer as follows:
Street Limits
TO BE RESURFACED AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTED (Commercial and Industrial Properties
Only) ON:
TENTH STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Fourteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Seventh Street to Lincoln Boulevard
FRANKLIN STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Arizona Avenue
MAIN STREET From Pico Boulevard to South City Limits
SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND CURBS TO BE REPAIRED, AND PARKWAY PAVEMENT REMOVED
(Commercial, Industrial and Residential properties) ON:
TENTH STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Santa Monica Boulevard to Colorado Avenue
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Fourteenth Street to Seventeenth Street
MICHIGAN AVENUE From Seventh Street to Lincoln Boulevard
EUCLID STREET From Hill Street to Ashland Avenue
FRANKLIN STREET From Wilshire Boulevard to Arizona Avenue
MAIN STREET From Pico Boulevard to South City Limits
CLOVERFIELD BOULEVARD From Ocean Park Boulevard to Pico Boulevard
SECTION 2. The improvements shall be conducted under the Improvement
Act of 1911, which is contained in Division 7 and Chapter 22 of the Streets
and Highways Code of the State of California.
SECTION 3. The criteria used to determine which streets are to be
resurfaced and the method of repair include: age, surface and subsurface
conditions, complaints received, type of use (i.e., commercial, industrial or
residential), current traffic volume, and projected change of use or volume.
The proposed work or improvements in the opinion of City Council of the City
of Santa Monica is of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the City
Council hereby proposes that:
Method of Spreading the Assessment Cost
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
Estimated Property Owners
Work Performed Unit Cost Share of Cost
Gutter Construction $11.50 LF 100%
Street Resurfacing 9.00 LF 100%
Sidewalks Repair 6.00 SF 100%
Driveways Repair 7.50 SF 100%
Curbs Repair 10.50 LF 100%
Parkway Paving
Removal+ 3.00 SF 100%
RESIDENTIAL
Estimated Property Owners
Work Performed Unit Cost Share of Cost
Sidewalks Repair 6.00 SF 50%*
Driveways Repair 7.50 SF 50%*
Curbs Repair 10.50 LF 50%*
Parkway Paving
Removal+ 3.00 SF 50%*
*Approximately 99% of all damage is from tree roots. Where damage is not
because of tree roots, the property owners share is 100% of cost.
+Only the removal of the hazardous pavement in parkway areas, but not the
replacement of the removed pavement.
The district affected by the proposed work or improvements is shown upon a
certain map indicating the exterior boundary thereof, which said Drawing No.
6025 is on file in the office of the City Engineer. The map hereby is
referred to and shall govern for all details as to the extent of said
assessment district. The assessment district includes in general the lots and
parcels described in Section 1 above but reference hereby is made to said
Drawing for all details as to the extent of said assessment district and for
any variation between the last mentioned general description and the extent of
said assessment district as shown on said map.
SECTION 4. No bonds will be issued for the aforementioned assessment
district.
SECTION 5. Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 12th day of
May, 1992, at 7:30 P.M., in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall,
1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, there shall be a public hearing
before said City Council for the purpose of determining whether the public
convenience and necessity require the above-described improvements and for the
purpose of allowing any and all persons having any objections to the proposed
work or improvements to appear and show cause why the said proposed work or
improvements should not be carried out in accordance with said Resolution of
Intention. Inquiries concerning this public hearing should be directed to the
Department of General Services, Division of Engineering, at 458-8721.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall give notice of the hearing by
posting a copy of this Resolution in the manner described by the Streets and
Highways Code Sections 5065 and 5616 and by publication as hereinafter
provided. Any interested person may make protest against the proposed
improvement in writing filed with the City Clerk at any time not later than
the hour set for the hearing in the manner provided by the Streets and
Highways Code Section 5220.
SECTION 7. The Superintendent of Streets shall cause to be
conspicuously posted along the line of said contemplated work or improvements
and also along all the open streets within said district, notice of the
passage of this Resolution of Intention in the manner and form prescribed by
law.
The office of the City Engineer is directed to mail notices, in the
manner and form prescribed by law, of the adoption of this Resolution to all
persons owning commercial, industrial or residential 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
office of the City Engineer.
SECTION 8. 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 9. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20433, the City
Council hereby states that the property owners may not contract for the
improvements and that the City shall be responsible for awarding and
administering the construction contract for this district.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution, and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney