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sr-011282-7bCS:SES:MH:dd T0: Mayor and City FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: Public Hearing District on Two and Ocean Park Introduction Santa Monica, CA January 12, 1982 Council ~,~~d ~ 2 1~R2 on the Proposed Street Lighting =_nty-fifth Street Between Pearl Boulevard This report requests City Council hold a public hearing on the construction of high pressure sodium street lighting on Twenty- fifth Street between Pearl and Ocean Park Boulevard, all within the City of Santa Monica. Background Citizens of Twenty-fifth Street between Pearl and Ocean Park Boulevard presented a petition signed by 710 of the property owners for the subject street lighting district. In accordance with Council policy, the City pays half the cost of the project. The estimated cost to the City is $22,500 to be appropriated at the time of the award of contract, The property owners will pay the other half of the cost, payable in full or by yearly installments on a 10-year bond at 7% interest for any unpaid assessments over $150.00.. On December 8, 1981, the Council accepted the petition and initiated this project by adoption of Resolution No. 6401, instructing the Superintendent of Streets to order the work done. The City Council must now hold a public hearing to hear and pass upon objections or protests to the order to construct high- pressure sodium street lighting, if any, by any property owner or other interested party. Prior to calculating the assessments on this project, staff will submit a report on the method of ~A~i 1 2 ~9d~ Subject: .Public Hearing on the Proposed Street Lighting District on Twenty.-fifth .Street Between Pearl and Ocean Park Boulevard assessing corner properties. Page 2 During the 1981-82 Couneil budget sessiens, no funds were appropriated .for the installation of street lights as previous policy had been to appropriate funds for each project at the time of the award of contract. The City, at the time of award of contract for street light installation on the 200 block of Euclid, will obligate itself for approximately $13,375. The award of contract for Twenty-fifth: Street between Pearl and Ocean Park will obligate the City for an additional $22,500. In addition, staff has received a petition for street lighting on Berkeley between Montana and Wilshire. If Council awards a contract for this job, the City would then be obligated for an additional $41,617. These three installations would. obligate the City for approximately $77,49.2 for this fiscal year. No advertising for bids from contractors has been done for any of the three projects. The award of contract for each of the .jobs will not occur before March 1982. Additional petitions total- ling $104,105 have been sent to property owners at their request for the following locations: 12th between Alta and Marguerita Euclid between Brentwood Terrace and Carlyle Oak between Eighteenth and Twenty~First Alta between Ocean and Fourth Centinela between Colorado and Pennsylvania The staff proposes to submit these requests on a quarterly basis Subject; Public Hearing on the Proposed Street Page 3 Lighting District on Twenty-fifth n ' Street Between Pearl and Ocean-Park Reu~ec~ ~~~~ Blvd. -~ and in accordance with a policy assuring equity among the various neighborhoods of the City. No future lighting dis- tricts will be submitted by the staff until a policy is approved by the City .Council. Not all of the above petitions will realistically be returned to the City. In addition, these estimates are purposely on the high side in order to protect the property owners from surprise increases when the actual bids are received. Recommendation It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Open the public hearing. 2. Close the public hearing and overrule any protests. 3. Adopt the resolution ordering the work. Prepared by: Stan Scholl Marsha Hafkemeyer Attachment: Resolution Notice to Property Owners iCB..V 1 _~