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Council Meeting: May 10, 1988
Santa Monica, California
TO:
Mayor and city council
FROM:
City staff
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing on
Wilshire Boulevard
Street
Tree Assessment District
between Ocean Avenue and
for
21st
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council hold a public
hearing on the formation of a tree assessment district for
wilshire Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to 21st Street.
Background
The Wilshire Boulevard Reconstruction Project was submitted to
the state as part of the Regional Transportation Improvement
Program (RTIP) in 1981. The project consisted of reconstructing
and landscaping Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to the City
limits. The project was to be done in two phases, and in 1981 an
assessment district was formed to assess property owners from
Ocean Avenue to 21st Street for the cost of gutter installation
and trees. However, to facilitate funding, the state requested
that the landscaping portion be done as a separate proj ect as
each portion is funded from a separate account. Reconstruction
of Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and 21st street was
completed in 1983 and the property owners were assessed only for
gutter installation since the landscaping design portion of the
project had not yet been approved.
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In 1985, an assessment district for gutter installation was
formed for Wilshire Boulevard between 21st street and centinela
Avenue. Property owners were assessed upon completion of the
project.
The Wilshire Boulevard landscaping project has now been approved
by Caltrans and will he advertised this spring. Construction is
expected to begin in early summer. On March 29, 1988, the City
Council adopted Resolutions of Intention setting two public
hearings:
l} May 10, 1988 - Ocean Avenue to 2lst street
2) May 24, 1988 - 21st street to Centinela Avenue
Since the original tree assessment district was set up in 1981
for wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and 2lst street I
staff believes it is advisable to reform the district because of
possible changes of property owners in the past seven years.
The assessment district is in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Improvement Act of 1911 of the California streets
and Highways Code. On April 25, 1988, Notices of Improvement
were posted on Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and 2lst
Street, and Notices of Publ ic Hearing were sent to property
owners on Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and 2lst
Street.
BUdget/Financial Analysis
The assessment district will generate revenues of approximately
$64,800 for FY 1988-89. A detailed breakdown of assessments will
be available upon confirmation of assessments after the work has
been completed.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the city Council:
1. Open the public hearing;
2. Close the public hearing and acknowledge any protests;
and
3. Adopt the attached resolution finding that the pUblic
convenience and necessity require the construction and
ordering the work done.
Prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General services
Desi Alvarez, city Engineer
Jean Stanley Higbee, Administrative Analyst
Attachment: Resolution
Notice of Public Hearing
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(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL E CITY OF SANTA
MONICA ORDERING THE PLANTING OF EES ON WILSHIRE
BOULEVARD BETWEEN OCEAN AVENUE AND 21ST STREET WITHIN
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
7590 (CCS)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Santa Monica, on
the 29th day of March, 1988,
setting a public hearing~ and
WHEREAS , written notices
said improvements have been
given in the manner required
and
WHEREAS,
written objections and protests to
the work or the
to be assessed were heard
and considered by the
NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. public convenience and necessity requires
the planting of rees on Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue
and 21st Stree the City of Santa Monica.
2. All protests and objections of every kind and
e planting of trees on Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean
nature to
Avenue
described in section l, all within the
city of
Monica, be, and the same and are hereby, overruled
and denied.
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SECTION 3. Pursuant to streets and Highways
5880, the Street Superintendent is directed
planting of trees on Wilshire Boulevard betwee
21st street
commence the
and
of this Resolution, and thenceforth a
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
SANTA
MONI'CA
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1685 Mam Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401-3295
(213) 458-8211
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Re: Tree Planting on Wilshire Boulevard Between Ocean Avenue
and 21st street
This letter is legal notice as required by the Improvement Act of
1911 proceedings under which the above work will be done.
You are hereby notified that the city Council of the City of
Santa Monica, California, adopted Resolution No. 7590 (CCS) on
March 29, 1988, declaring its intention to plant trees, declaring
the work to be of more than local ordinary public benefit, and
that a portion of the expense thereof shall be assessed upon a
district. Commercial property owners will be assessed $3.00 per
linear foot for planting trees. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL NOT
BE ASSESSED.
A public hearing regarding the proposed improvement will be held
at 7:30 P.M., May 10, 1988, in the Council Chambers, City Hall,
1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90401. All protests
regarding this matter must be filed in writing in the Office of
the City Clerk before said time, and all protests so filed will
be considered by the city Council at that time. Each protest
must contain a description of the property in which each signer
thereof is interested.
The total project cost is estimated to be approximately $157,500.
The amount to be assessed upon the district for this improvement
is approximately $32,400. Records available indicate you own
property in the above district. Requests for copies of the
Resolution of Intention which contain further particulars on this
assessment and all questions regarding the proposed improvement
may be directed to the Office of the Director of General Services
at 458-8221.
Sincerely,
Donna R. Betancourt
Acting City Clerk
Date: April 25, 1988
Notice hereby is given that the City Council of the City of
Santa Monica. on March 29 f 1988 ., passed a Resolution of In-
tention NO.7589 (City Council Series) to order the following
work to be done and improvement to be made in said City of
Santa Monica, to-wit:
?lant Trees on W~lsh~re Boulevard From
Ocean Avenue to 21st Street
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It is estimated that the total cost of the proposed work will
be 5157,500 Notice hereby is given that on TUESDAY , the
10th day at MAY 1 1988 , at the hour of 7: 30pmin the Council
Chambers in the City Hall of the City of Santa Monica, situated
at 1685 Main Str=~t in said City, any and all persons having
any objections to the proposed work or improvement may ap-
pear before the City Council and show cause why the said pro-
posed work or improvement should not be eanied out in ac-
cordance with said Resolution of Intention. Any protest against
the said work, the extent of the district, or the grades to which
the work is proposed. to be done, must be in writing, and filed
with the Clerk of the City of Santa Monica not later than the
hour hereinabove set lor hearing.
For further particulars, reference hereby is made to said
Resolution of Intention on file with the City Clerk.
Dated: .i;.PRII, 25, 1988
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