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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-Public Works CITY OF SAN BER"..ARDINOijREQU~~;'N~'O~'~OUNCIL ACTION Dept: Public Works Authorization to Proceed - Estab- C;;' '-Subject: lishment of an Assessnent District for Widening South "E" Street over Santa Ana River From: ,', ~ """-,. ~ ,- ,. ROGER G. HARDGRAVE':'- ,c,-;,ci, Date: 4-18-90 Synopsis of Previous Council action: June, 1987 -- Allocation of $250,000 in 1987/88 Street Construction Fund Budget approved to finance cost for preliminary engineering. Dec., 1987 Authorization granted to nominate preliminary en- gineering for Federal-Aid Urban Funding. 07-18-88 Resolution No. 88-271 adopted authorizing execu- tion of an agreement with Moffatt & Nichols, Engineers, for professional services. Recommended motion: That the City Clerk and City Engineer be authorized and directed to proceed with the establishment of an assessment district under the provisions of the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 for widening the South "E" Street Bridge over the Santa Ana River and to do all things necessary to bring the project to a timely completion. cc: Marshall Julian Jim Richardson Andy Green Craig Graves Bob Temple Supporting data attached: Staff Report & Letter Ward: 5025 3 Contact person: Roqer G. Hardqrave Phone: FUNDING REOUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A Source: (Acct. No,) (Acct. DescriPtion) Finance: Council Notes: dnonn:;l Itorn "In fq CITY OF SAN BERtt...4RDINO - REQUEST . ~R COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT Plans for widening the South "E" Street Bridge, over the Santa Ana River, from two to four lanes, are being prepared by the consulting firm of Moffatt & Nichols, Engineers. Federal- Aid Urban Funds have been approved to finance 86% of the cost for preliminary engineering. The $4,000,000. cost. preliminary Funding has estimated construction cost not been identified to finance is this A letter, dated 4-16-90, has been received from the Sunset Group requesting that an assessment district be formed to finance the construction. This request envisions an area extending north on "E" Street to the Orange Show Road, and east on Hospi tali ty Lane to Tippecanoe Avenue. Convincing property owners within these boundaries to agree to the formation of an assessment district will be difficult. It may be necessary to reduce the boundaries of the district, in order to develop majority support. Granting authorization to proceed will allow us to meet with the property owners and work out a district with acceptable boundaries. The boundaries may be reduced at the public hearing, but cannot be expanded. The South "E" Street Bridge is located within the Southeast Industrial Redevelopment Project Area. Bond proceeds from this project area could be used to supplement the assess- ments lost through reduction of the boundaries. Widening the South "E" Street Bridge is a vitally needed improvement. We recommend that authorization be granted to proceed, to enable us to meet with the affected property owners and attempt to develop an assessment district that will be acceptable to a majority of the property owners. COMMENT: Although funding has not been identified, the Mayor has identified this project as a priority for the RDA Bond Refinancing Proceeds. City/RDA participation assumes the leveraging of substantial private sector funding. 4-18-90 ~S C. RICHARDSON, Deputy City Administrator - Development 75-0264 UD={]~ SUNSET @~@ruJ[P April 16, 1990 Mr. Roger Hardgrave Director of Public Works ern OF SAlf BERHARDDlO 300 North "0" street San Bernardino, California 92418 RB: South -B- Street Bridqe and Roadway :r.proveaent District Dear Roger: To assist the Redevelopment Agency and the City in promoting development of an assessment district for the South "E" Street Bridge and other improvements, I am requesting the City of San Bernardino initiate proceedings accordingly. I am prepared to participate with all land owners in the proposed project area, under certain conditions, to share in the funding to the City for handling and development of the assessment district if required. We initiate this process to assist the City in a public/private sector undertaking to enable the City to achieve it's goal of widening the bridge. It is important to be totally aware that this will not, nor is not, an acceptance to make any of these costs a condition to the development of Buildings #10, #11, and #12 in the Sunwest Professional Park. Our cooperation and participation cannot be construed or manipulated to imposing these costs on our future development unless agreed to in an acceptable assessment district with realistic area boundaries. We propose that the district, for the first area, spread up "E" Street to the north boundary of the Orange Show with the freeway to the west and flood control to the east all the way south to the Santa Ana River. The second area to include all the land in the City of San Bernardino on the west side of the Orange Show ramp, both north and south, and all the way down south to the I-10 freeway. The third area is south of the Santa Ana River from the north east side of the !-2l5/I-10 interChange to the west all the way east to the Anderson/Tippecanoe Off-ramp (site plan attached). The Sunset Group 225 West Hospitality Lane, Suite 100 San Bernardino, California 9240B 714.3B1.43B1 /FAX 714.B88.1940 page 2 Mr. Roger Hardgrave CITY OF SAM BERHARDIHO I am happy to be responsive to assist the city and Redevelopment Agency with their improvements and want it made clear that this is an accommodation and reiterate that this is not a condition on me or any of my projects. I look forward to working this Assessment District. that I can give. Kind regards. with the City for the completion of Please inform me if there is any help sincerely, '1l\~~~ Mervyn Simchowitz Chief Executive Officer TBB SUHSB'l' GROUP MS:rg cc: Redevelopment Agency Sabo & Deitsch John starner - HAWKINS, ROBERTSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. The Sunset Group )1. I' I; r= c... ~ c... . - o ia I ..), I ...a. il -.:.-..,. .~. III "I . c '" -_ f. "'-1 ~ "~ ...... . , ,,~ " : ::. c., ~ C... O~U . ~L" (,J . . .... - - -- --..=.=- -....". . . C -.. . C.... eM .. . I .. c . 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