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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 18, 2001
SUBJECT: Authorization to Solicit Bids for Contract No. 01-17, Annual
Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (Remove and Replace) and Curb
Ramp Installation
Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Policy Resolution for FY 2001-2002
2) Specifications will be available at the meeting
RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt Policy Resolution
2) Authorize Staff to advertise for bids for Contract No. 01-17,
Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (Remove and
Replace) and Curb Ramp Installation
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
FY 2001-2002 Budget
Sidewalk Safety Repair Program:
Design, Inspection & Miscellaneous $11,250
Improvements (Remove & Replace and Grinding) $56,500
Curb Ramps (CDBG) $ 9,523
TOTAL: 77 273
The Sidewalk Safety Repair Program is budgeted in the General Fund (001). Curb ramps are
funded through a Community Development Block Grant (Fund 209).
DESCRIPTION: The Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (Remove and Replace)
repairs sidewalk offsets of 3/a-inch or more that may pose a tripping hazard. The Remove and Replace
process is used in locations where the offset is more significant or where tree roots are causing the offset.
This procedure requires removal of the existing sidewalk, and in the case of root problems, removal of the
tree roots, installation of a root barrier to mitigate future problems, and then replacement of the concrete
sidewalk. While maintenance of sidewalks and other frontage improvements is legally the responsibility
of the private property owner, the City Council has adopted a City -paid sidewalk repair program on a
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year-by-year basis since 1983. At the budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2001-2002, the City Council
extended the City-paid repair program for an additional year.
This year, the sidewalk removal and replacement contract will include construction of approximately nine
(9) curb ramps at various street comers. The ramps are funded through a Community Development Block
Grant.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution establishing the City-paid sidewalk
safety repair policy for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and authorize Staff to advertise for bids for the Annual
Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (Remove and Replace) and Curb Ramp Installation.
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RESOLUTION NO. - O1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE REPAIR OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
DEEMED TO BE PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS
(CITY-FUNDED REPAIR PROGRAM)
WHEREAS, public improvements such as curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks sometimes
become damaged due to natural and man-made causes; and
WHEREAS,
traffic; and
these damaged improvements sometimes become tripping hazards to pedestrian
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of safety to have these hazards eliminated;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin establishes
a policy (Exhibit A) of the City of Dublin for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 entitled "Annual Sidewalk Safety
Repair Program".
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 2001.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ANNUAL SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM
Fiscal Year 2001-2002
It is the policy of the City of Dublin to cause repairs to be made to certain public improvements for the
safety of the general public under the following guidelines.
Improvements Included:
Public improvements included under this program shall be limited to those improvements which may
constitute a potential tripping hazard to pedestrian traffic such as curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks.
Need:
Where these improvements have settled, heaved and/or cracked and offset such as to r. epresent a tripping
hazards as identified by the City Engineer, or his representative, these improvements shall be replaced.
Responsibility:
Where it is apparent that the damage to improvements has been caused by natural causes such as tree
roots, utility trench settlement, or soil heaving, the City of Dublin will pay for the cost of repair.
Where it is apparent that the property owner fronting the damaged improvement has caused the damage,
such as driving vehicles into a side yard, the property owner shall be responsible for the repair. The City
Engineer shall establish a procedure whereby the property owner will be notified of the needed repair, and
if not done in a specified reasonable time, he shall cause the repair to be made and the cost of the repair,
together with reasonable administrative costs, shall become a lien against the property.
Time Limit of Policy:
This policy shall be in effect for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and thereafter be reviewed for extension,
modification, or replacement.
Legal Responsibility:
The City of Dublin, in adopting this policy, does so as an accommodation to property owners who find it
difficult to hire their own contractors to make these necessary sidewalk repairs. The City will let one
contract for the 2001-2002 Fiscal Year and repair those defective sidewalks which have been brought to
the attention of the City by the property owners (or others) and that have an offset of over three quarters
inch (3/4") measured vertically. The existence of this program does not abrogate the responsibility of the
property owners to maintain their frontage improvements in a safe manner under Section 5610 of the
California Streets and Highways Code.
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