ITEM 10-A

Council Meeting:  May 26, 1992

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  Recommendation to Hold a  Public  Hearing  for  the  Confirmation  of
          Assessment  of  Costs  for  Street Resurfacing on Pico Boulevard from
          Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street Completed With  the  1990-91
          Street Resurfacing Program

Introduction

This report recommends that City Council hold a public hearing to hear protests
regarding  the  completed street resurfacing 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 from Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street did not receive
the Notice of Public Hearing because of a clerical error.

A public hearing to confirm the assessment of costs must be  held  pursuant  to
Section  5882  of the California Streets and Highways Code.  On April 28, 1992,
City Council set the public hearing date for the confirmation of the assessment
amounts  for  May 26, 1992.  All affected property owners were notified by mail
on May 8, 1992 of the public hearing date and the assessment amount.  A list of
property   owners  and  assessment amounts will be available to 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 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 $11,970 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:

    1.    Open the public hearing;

    2.    Close the public hearing; and

    3.    Acknowledge any protest and adopt the attached resolution  confirming
          the assessment of costs.

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

Attachment:   Resolution
              Notice of Filing of Assessment
              Street Superintendent's Report
              List of Property Owners


                             RESOLUTION NO.______
                             (CITY COUNCIL SERIES)

          A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
          APPROVING  THE  ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM AND CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT
          OF COSTS FOR  STREET  RESURFACING  ON  PICO  BOULEVARD  FROM
          TWENTIETH  STREET TO TWENTY EIGHTH STREET COMPLETED WITH THE
          1990-91 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM

           WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica, pursuant to Section 5100
et  seq.  of  the  Streets and Highways Code, commenced proceedings to
resurface Pico Boulevard   from  Twentieth  Street  to  Twenty  Eighth
Street; and

           WHEREAS, the proceeding is  more  fully  described  in  the
Resolution of Intention adopted by City Council on May 28, 1991, being
Resolution Number 8229 (CCS); and

           WHEREAS, the contract for the above-described work has been
fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Streets; and

           WHEREAS,  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  has   made   an
assessment  to  cover  sum due for the work performed and specified in
the contract; and

           WHEREAS, the assessment has been filed with the City Clerk;
and

           WHEREAS,  the  City  Clerk  gave  the  notice  required  by
Sections 5362 and 5363 of the Streets and Highways Code; and

           WHEREAS,  upon the day and hour fixed for  hearing  by  the
City  Clerk,  the  City  Council of the City of Santa Monica heard and
passed any and all objections, appeals, and protests,

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

           SECTION 1.  All objections, appeals, and protests of  every
kind and nature be to the confirmation of assessment of costs, and the
same are hereby, overruled and denied.

           SECTION 2.  The diagram of property, affected and benefited
by street resurfacing on:
     Pico Boulevard - from Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street

in the City of Santa Monica, as more  fully  described  in  Resolution
Number  8229  (CCS)  and  therein  declared  to  be the property to be
assessed to pay the expense of the improvements, is approved  and  the
City  Clerk  is  directed  to  execute  the certificate on the diagram
certifying  such  approval  and  to  deliver  the   diagram   to   the
Superintendent of Streets.

           SECTION 3.  The assessment for resurfacing  Pico  Boulevard
from  Twentieth Street to Twenty Eighth Street as more fully described
in Resolution Number 8229 (CCS), be, and the same hereby is, confirmed
and approved.

           SECTION 4.  The Superintendent of Streets  shall  forthwith
attach  a  warrant  to  said  assessment  bearing  the  date  of  this
confirmation.

           SECTION 5.  The assessment roll, warrant, and diagram shall
be  recorded  in  the  Office  of  the  Superintendent of Streets, and
immediately thereafter the  City  Clerk  shall  file  a  copy  of  the
assessment   diagram  in  the  Office  of  the  County  Recorder,  and
thereafter shall record in said  Office  of  the  County  Recorder,  a
Notice of Assessment, all in the manner and form prescribed by Section
3114 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.

           SECTION 6.  Assessments not paid to  the  City  within  the
specified  time  shall  be  sent to the Los Angeles County Assessor to
collect such assessments upon the tax roll  which  general  taxes  are
collected.

           SECTION 7.  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