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SR-507-000 (39) , .' ... · I,..r 507-000 NOV 1 4 1989 GS:SES:LC:srstlt council Meeting: November 14, 1989 Santa Monica, California TO: Mayor and City council FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Establish a street Light District on Lincoln Boulevard between Colorado Avenue and Olympic Boulevard and Set a Public Hearing for December 12, 1989 INTRODUCTION This report requests that the city Council initiate proceedings for the installation of streetlights in the commercial area of Lincoln Boulevard from Colorado Avenue to Olympic Boulevard by adoption of the attached Resolution of Intention which sets a public hearing for December 12, 1989 and declares the City 1 S intention to assess property owners for costs and issue bonds as security for unpaid assessments for the above street. Background The City I s pol icy is to assess commercial property owners for certain public works improvements using the Improvement Act of 1911. These include gutter installation, street lighting, street resurfacing, and tree planting. In accordance with this policy, staff is recommending that the Council approve the establishment of a streetlight assessment district for the areas described below. property owners will be notified 15 days in advance of the public hearing in accordance with the Improvement Act of 1911 of the Streets and Highway Code. A typical assessment is approximately $18.00 per lineal foot. For example, a 50-foot "..r: - 1 - NOV 1 ~ 1989 . . - .- . commercial lot times $18.00 would be approximately $900.00 (estimated based on the cost of the last assessment district). Staff is recommending that the streetlighting system be upgraded on Lincoln Boulevard between Colorado Avenue and Olympic Boulevard. The streetlights on this portion of Lincoln Boulevard were installed more than thirty years ago and the light levels are at less than current standards. commercial property owners will be assessed 100% of the cost of the installation. BUdget/Financial Impact The total estimate for the project is $27,540, which will be assessed 100% to the commercial property owners fronting Lincoln Boulevard. Recommendation: It is recommended that the city Council: 1. Approve the formation of an assessment district for installation of streetlights on: Lincoln Boulevard, Colorado Avenue to Olympic Boulevard~ and 2. Adopt a Resolution of Intention which sets a pUblic hearing for December 12, 1989, and declares the City's intention to assess property owners for costs and issue bonds as security for unpaid assessments. Prepared by: Stanley E. Scholl, Director of General Services Linda Childers, Administrative Analyst - 2 - e --. . . . . Attachment: Resolution List of property owners srstlt - 3 - -,k -SEFO~E DI~TRIBUTION4ItECK CONTENT OF ALL FOR C~ CLERK'S ACTION DISTRIBUTION OF RESOLUTION # 7 ~<;~/ ORDINANCE :# Counc~l Meet~ng Date /~<y//}7 Introduced: G oJ Agenda Item :# -/ Adopted: jYe ALWAYS PUBLISH ADOPTED ORDINANCES Was ~t amended? Cross out Attorney's approval ---7 _, VOTE: Affirmat1ve: /'--7 . - Negat~ve: . , Absta1n: Absent: PROOF VOTES WITH ANOTHER PERSON BEFORE ANYTHING . DISTRIBUTION: ORIGINAL to he s~gned, sealed and flled 1n Vault. NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION (Date: ) Department orig1nating staff report( Laur1e Lieberman) Ordlnances only for Attorney ( Claud~a Thompson) 2 Management Serv1ces Lynne Barrette ORDINANCES ONLY 1 Agency ment20ned 1n document or staff report (cert2 f ~ed?) SubJect flle (agenda packet) 1 Counter file 1 Others: (Rev1ew for departments who need to know). A~rport Parkl.ng Auth. Auditor1um Personnel Building Dept. 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RESOLUTION NUMBER 7934(CCS) (CITY COUNCIL SERIES) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING A HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET LIGHTING AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT STREET LIGHTING AND APPURTENANT WORK ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS AS SHOWN ON CITY DRAWING NO. 5384, WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA WHEREAS, the city Council of the City of Santa Monica proposes to initiate proceedings under the Improvement Act of 1911 for the improvements to streetlighting; and WHEREAS, section 19 of Article XVI of the California Constitution provides that certain specified debt limitation and majority protest provisions shall not apply, if after the giving of such reasonable notice by publication and posting and the holding of such public hearing as the City Council of the City of Santa Monica shall have prescribed, the City council by no less than four-fifths vote of all members thereof finds and determines that the pUblic convenience and necessity require the proposed improvements to be made; and WHEREAS, streets and Highways Code Section 2804 provides that the "Special Assessment, Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 193111 shall not apply to any proceeding otherwise subject thereto when said improvement proceeding is by a charter city and said city has complied with the provisions of Section 19 of the Article XVI of the California Constitution; and - 4 - . . . I I- WHEREAS, the city of Santa Monica is a charter city of the state of California, NOWt THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1- The city council proposes to initiate proceedings for the installation of streetliqhting and appurtenant work on the streets shown on city Drawing No. 5384 and generally known as: Lincoln Boulevard from Colorado Avenue to Olympic Boulevard, all within the city of Santa Monica~ SECTION 2. The total estimated cost of the proposed improvement is Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Forty Dollars ($27,540) . SECTION 3. Improvements shall be conducted under the Improvement Act of 1911, which is Division 7 of the streets and Highways Code of the state of California. SECTION 4. The proposed work or improvement in the opinion of City Council of the city of Santa Monica is of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the City council hereby proposes that the district in the City of Santa Monica to be benefited by said work or improvement and to be assessed to pay one-half of the cost and expense thereof, is shown upon a certain map indicating the exterior boundary thereof, which said Drawing No. 5364 is on file in the Office of the City Engineer. The map hereby is referred to and shall govern for all details as to the extent of said assessment district. The assessment - 5 - , . . . . . district includes in general the lots and parcels described in Section 1 above but reference hereby is made to said Drawing for all details as to the extent of said assessment district and for any variation between the last mentioned general description and the extent of said assessment district as shown on said map. All public streets or alleys, or portions thereof, hereby are excepted from said district. SECTION 5. The city will pay a portion of the cost and expenses of the work described herein, and the City Controller is authorized and directed to pay the same immediately upon confirmation of the assessment by the city Council. SECTION 6. Serial bonds bearing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum shall be issued to represent each assessment of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) or more remaining unpaid for thirty (30) days after the recording of the warrant. Said serial bonds shall extend over a period ending nine (9) years from the second day of January next succeeding the next September 1st following their date. Payments on the principal of unpaid assessments and interest shall be made by property owners to the City Treasurer and the same shall be disbursed by him or as provided in the "Improvement Act of 1911" hereinafter referred to. In accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 6442, the first two percent delinquency penalty authorized by such section shall be retained by the City Controller as the cost of servicing the delinquency. - 6 - < . . . . SECTION 7. Notice is hereby qiven that on Tuesday, the < 12th day of December, 1989, at 7:30 P.M. , in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall, 1685 Main street, Santa Monica, California, there shall be a public hearing before said City Council for the purpose of determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the above described improvement and for the purpose of allowing any and all persons having any objections to the proposed work or improvement to appear and show cause why the said proposed work or improvement should not be carried out in accordance with said Resolution of Intention. Inquiries concerning this pUblic hearinq should be directed to the Department of General services, Engineering Oivision, at (213) 458-8721. SECTION B. The City Clerk shall give notice of the hearing by posting a copy of this Resolution in the manner described by streets and Highways Code section 5065 and by publication as hereinafter provided. Any interested person may make protest against the proposed improvement in writing filed with the City Clerk at any time not later than the hour set for the hearing in the manner provided by streets and Highway Code Section 5220. SECTION 9. The Superintendent of streets shall cause to be conspicuously posted along the line of said contemplated work or improvement and also along all the open streets within the said district, notice of the passage of this Resolution of Intention in the manner and form prescribed by law. - 7 - . . . . The City Clerk hereby is directed to mail notices, in . of the adoption of this the manner and form prescribed by law, Resolution to all persons owning 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 10. The city Clerk hereby is directed to publish this Resolution in The Outlook on two successive dates, the first publication is to be made not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the above pUblic hearing. SECTION 11. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20433, the City Council hereby states that the property owners may not contract for the improvements and that the City shall be responsible for letting and administering the construction contract for this district. SECTION 12. 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 [srstlt] - 8 - . . . . . . Adopted and approved this 14th day of November, 1989. ~ ~a~ I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 7934(CCS) was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica at a meeting thereof held on November 14, 1989 by the following Council vote: Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings, Katz, Reed, Mayor Zane Noes: Councilmembers: None Abstain: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councilmembers: None ATTEST: Af~P . - Cify C1e .