ITEM 10-A

Council Meeting:  May 12, 1992

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  Recommendation  to  Hold  a  Public  Hearing  for  Establishing   an
          Assessment  District  for  the FY 1991-92 Street Resurfacing Program
          and Appurtenant Work

Introduction

This report requests that City Council hold a public hearing for  establishing
an  assessment  district to construct concrete gutters; resurface streets; and
repair damaged sidewalks, driveways, curbs  and  remove  damaged  pavement  in
parkway  areas.   These  improvements  are  part  of  the  FY  1991-92  Street
Resurfacing  Program  at  various  commercial,  industrial   and   residential
locations in the City.

Background

On April 14, 1992, City Council adopted Resolution No. 8376  (CCS)  setting  a
Public  Hearing  for  May 12, 1992.  The hearing will be held to hear protests
concerning the  gutter  construction;  street  resurfacing;  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.  Notices of the public hearing were mailed to property
owners and posted on the streets on April 27, 1992,  in  accordance  with  the
State Law.

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 damaged  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 DAMAGED  PARKWAY  PAVEMENTS
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.   This  is  a  project  that  is  phased  from  a  construction
standpoint  over a four month period.  Also, work normally proceeds one street
at a time.  In no case will the contractor be working on more than two streets
at once.

Budget/Financial Analysis

The assessment district will generate revenues of approximately $60,000 for FY
1992-93    which    will    be    deposited    in    Revenue    Account    No.
01-500-401-00000-0124-10000, "Street Resurfacing Assessments."  Cash  revenues
will  be received in FY 1992-93.  Any unpaid assessments will be placed on the
1993-94 tax roll.  The estimated  cost  for  the  1991-92  Street  Resurfacing
Program  is $600,000.  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 list off  affected  property  owners
will be available to Council at the time of the public hearing.

Recommendation

It is recommended that City Council:

1.   Open the public hearing;

2.   Close the public hearing; and

3.   Adopt the attached Resolution establishing  an  assessment  district  for
     gutter construction; street resurfacing; and repair of damaged sidewalks,
     driveways and curbs and the removal of damaged parkway pavements  on  the
     above named streets.

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

Attachment:   Resolution
              Notice of Public Hearing
              List of Property Owners


                           RESOLUTION NUMBER

                             (CITY COUNCIL SERIES)

         A RESOLUTION OF OF THE CITY COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SANTA
         MONICA  ORDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE GUTTERS, STREET
         RESURFACING, SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY  AND  CURB  REPAIRS  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

         WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica,  on  the  14th
day of April 1992, adopted Resolution No. 8376 (CCS) setting a public hearing;
and

              WHEREAS, written notices of said improvements have been given in
the manner required by law; and

         WHEREAS, any and all written objections and protests to the  work  of
the  extent  of  the  district to be assessed were heard and considered by the
City Council,

         NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY  OF  SANTA  MONICA  DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

         SECTION  1.   The  public  convenience  and  necessity  requires  the
construction  of  concrete  gutters,  street resurfacing and repair of damaged
sidewalks, driveways and curbs and the removal of damaged pavement in  parkway
areas along:

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 DAMAGED  PARKWAY  PAVEMENTS
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.  All protests and objections of every kind and  nature  to  the
construction  of  concrete  gutters;  street resurfacing and repair of damaged
sidewalks, driveways and curbs and the removal of damaged pavement in  parkway
areas along:

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 DAMAGED  PARKWAY  PAVEMENTS
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

         As described in Section 1, all within the City of Santa  Monica,  be,
and the same and are hereby, overruled and denied.

         SECTION 3.  Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section  5880,  the
Street  Superintendent  is  directed  to commence the construction of concrete
gutters and street resurfacing sixty (60) days after giving  notice.   Section
5614  calls  for  the  Street  Superintendent  to  repair  damaged  sidewalks,
driveways and curbs two (2) weeks  after  giving  notice  and  where  property
owners have not diligently and without interruption prosecuted the repair work
to completion.

         SECTION 4.  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


                            SUPPLEMENT TO ITEM 10-A

COUNCIL MEETING:  May 12, 1992                   Santa Monica, California

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  Supplemental Staff Report To Item 10A

INTRODUCTION

This report  provides  the  City  Council  with  information  related  to  the
narrowing of Main Street as approved by the City Council in November 1991.

BACKGROUND

As part of  the  approval  of  the  Main  Street  Master  Plan  and  Ordinance
Revisions,  the  City  Council  directed staff to proceed on a temporary basis
with the narrowing of Main Street from two lanes in each direction to one lane
in  each  direction with left turn lanes.  The implementation of the temporary
improvements will occur after the Main  Street  water  main  improvements  are
completed.   The  water  main  construction  is anticipated to be completed in
early June and the restriping  for  the  narrowing  will  take  place  shortly
thereafter.

Staff is coordinating the proposed  General  Services  improvements  with  the
temporary  restriping  of  Main  Street.   The restriping will be in place for
approximately six months during which time staff  will  evaluate  the  traffic
impacts  and  return  to  Council  with a recommendation on whether or not the
street narrowing should become permanent.  Depending  on  the  extent  of  the
permanent improvements, implementation may take up to two years.

In January, after the evaluation is completed, the streets will be  resurfaced
and  sidewalk/gutter  repairs  will  be  undertaken.  Temporary repairs to the
sidewalks will be conducted in the interim.

BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT

The recommendation presented in this report does not have a budget  or  fiscal
impact.

Prepared By:  Suzanne Frick, Planning Manager
              Land Use and Transportation Management Department
              Program and Policy Development Division