ITEM 6-E

Council Meeting:  April 28, 1992


TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  A Resolution to Set a  Public  Hearing  on  May  26,  1992,  for  the
          Confirmation  of  Assessment  of Costs for Street Resurfacing on Pico
          Boulevard  from  Twentieth  Street  to  Twenty   Eighth   Street   In
          Conjunction With the 1990-91 Street Resurfacing Program

Introduction

This report recommends that the City Council set a public hearing for  May  26,
1992   to  hear  protests  regarding  the  completed  work  and  to confirm the
assessment of costs for street resurfacing on  Pico  Boulevard  from  Twentieth
Street  to  Twenty  Eighth  Street.  These improvements were completed with the
1990-91 street resurfacing program.

Background

On April 14, 1992 City Council held a public hearing to confirm the  assessment
of  costs  for the FY 1990-91 street resurfacing program.  Some property owners
on Pico Boulevard did not receive the Notice of Public  Hearing  because  of  a
clerical  error.   In order for all Pico Boulevard assessments to be collected,
staff requests to set a public hearing on May 26, 1992.

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 May 26, 1992.  All affected
property  owners  will  be  notified by mail of the public hearing date and the
assessment amount fifteen days prior to the public hearing.  A list of property
owners and assessment amounts will be available to the City Council at the time
of the public hearing.

Residential properties are not assessed for street resurfacing.  Commercial and
industrial  property  owners  will  be  assessed  the  full cost for the street
resurfacing at $9.00 per lineal foot.  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
typical assessment is $450.00 for street resurfacing.

Budget/Financial Impact

It is calculated that approximately $15,811 will  be  generated  from  property
owner  assessments  for  street  resurfacing.   Revenues  will  be deposited in
Account No. 01-500-401-00000-0124-10000, "Street Resurfacing Assessment".   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 May 26, 1992, to confirm the assessment of costs for street
resurfacing on Pico Boulevard from Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street.

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  MAY  26,  1992, TO HEAR ANY
          PROTESTS OR OBJECTIONS TO THE CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSMENT  OF
          COSTS   FOR   STREET   RESURFACING  ON  PICO  BOULEVARD   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 street resurfacing completed on PICO BOULEVARD from
Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street.

          SECTION 2.  Pursuant to Section 5870 et seq. of said Code,  the  City
Council  does  hereby  order and declare that on the 26th of May, 1992, at 7:30
p.m., in the  City Council Chambers of City Hall located at 1685  Main  Street,
it  will hear and pass upon the report by the Superintendent of Streets, of the
cost of street resurfacing 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  or
industrial  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