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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-Public Works - .. 1- - .. - - '- ,,-j ,...I File No. 14.40-35 ,#f~ - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION .... CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO From: Roger G. Hardgrave Publ ic Works/Engineering FtEC'D.-AO'MI~~~~: rS5 SEP 24 Pi,: I: 02 Terminate Proceeding -- Proposed Landscape Maintenance District -- Eureka Street DBpt: September 16. 1985 DBtB: Synopsis of Previous Council action: 11/08/84 -- Authorization to proceed granted to establish landscaping maintenance district. RecommBnded motion: That the proceedings for the establishment of an assessment district for the maintenance of landscaping in the area of Eureka Street and Poplar Street be terminated. cc: John Hatzer Jr.. City Administrator tA~~ u,.. Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: 5026 3 Verne Nadeau Phone: Contact person: FUNDING REOUIREMENTS: Amount: none Source: Finance: Council Notes: 1 Agenda Item NO.i2 75-0262 - ... 1- - ... -- - 'clk OF SAN BERNARDQO - REQUUT FOR COUNCIL ACvtON STAFF REPORT On September 24. 1984. this office received a petition from the developer, of the 7-lot subdivision at the southwest corner of Eureka Street and Poplar Street, to establish an assessment district for the maintenance of landscaping. This was a requirement of the subdivision. and the subdivision was sponsored by the RDA through the San Bernardino Economic Development Council. On November 8. 1984. this office went to Council for authorization to proceed. which we received. In the process of preparing the Engineer's Report. we found that the subdivider was no longer the only owner as six of the seven homes had sold. We inspected the area to be maintained. and asked our existing landscape maintenance contractors to give us an estimate of the cost for maintaining this area per year. Acting independently, they both came up with an estimate of $1.200 per year. Using this estimate and a reduced incidental cost ($100 per year). the assessment for each parcel came to $185.71 per year. This amount is more than one-half the total tax bill on each property. This did not appear to be feasible. so we called a meeting between Engineering, Parks & Recreation. and RDA who sponsored the tract. It was mutually agreed that under the circumstances, the district should not have been a requirement of the subdivision and that the area involved should have been designed differently so as not to require such maintenance. We fel t that now that 86% of the area to be assessed is privately owned and with an assessment of $185.71 per year that the district would fail at the protest hearing date on the Resolution of Intention. Parks and Recreation Department suggested that patterned concrete be installed leaving only the tree wells open and that the City could then handle the maintenance. The cost of these improvements would be $2.318.82. The cost to the subdivider (RDA) to up-front the costs for the assessment proceedings is estimated at from $2.000 to $3,000. It has been determined that the best arrangement for all concerned was for the RDA (CDC) to pay the $2.381.82 concrete cost. the City to maintain. (which is about nil), and to terminate the assessment district. However, the Community Development Citizen Advisory Committee denied the recommendation at their meeting in January. Based on the above. the excessive costs to the owners and the most assuredly majority protest. it is the recommendation of this office that the proceedings be terminated and the files in Finance and Public Works be closed. 2 75-0264 et )Z JO: ~o - lL J - .>J .Jet <:0 L n: -Z t:::J ,-,0 LO ';0 5z liO -0: ~et :>Z ;) lr :>W nal f)Z et z:lIl ,J .elL ::>0 D .00 ~o lr. >=0 ~O ...w 'J 0: ":lcn ~W ') C> :,) <t In.: n (f) fJ) LLJ .. n. J- r.:1 or1: 111 ~ r; J ,. c) .( 6 VI 00 nN c:t I.j \" N (l) en 0: .W lD =- W o ~ l o o \ . A3l111 ' , d) ....1.._ ~, ! .If 'l' ~~ t \ I \..~~../1 i \ ... 1-- .. - - - -:::1 c'-~~ ~ a:4 ',",,# l~ " J; to q ./ _",.~..~.., 'tr~.. \ ,f11- ~._-"'''.'''''' =' ......,.--..- ,.--..."... -.....~. ...-... ,... ,. . ",. .........". ,.... '" 4~ ....,..,. r:_ J"- ,,--, ..... ...""\ . \ , . . -..--... ..-..~'~.~ .... t \ o l .'.- 'it. \, I ~;, J ,j,' I ",,~..' --:r. . ~ ~... A3TW ; Ii C) I I i. ~ \, " l I tll . ' I ..'I " 11'1" fJ'" ~ 13]ljJo, IlV3d ~ /1." .. ,.". ..... ',' ..' ,...../ " ;,.\. . I I i I. " I' I~ I t ( , ~ ~ ~, ci ;" a: ~ 0, Il ., t. ? -t 1\I ....... ... :c 'j ,: 0 .. '" '" ~ i, , , ~ i. c I- " ': .J i :{ I- . ,. (' ., \: ,. I , ' , ~\ ( ,(