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Home My WebLink About4.07 Stagecoach Road Landscaping i 4. Rso -S) CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT City Council Meeting Date: August 24, 1987 SUBJECT: Report on Stagecoach Road Landscaping EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Report from City Engineer (Extra copies to be available at meeting) RECOMMENDATION: ell Receive report and give Staff direction to follow up 07 �on items listed. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: At the regular City Council meeting of. August 10, 1987, during the public hearing regarding the annual report of assessment for the Tract 4719 Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District, a number of questions were raised by residents of the Beck Properties single-family development. Staff was directed to investigate the questions and report back at the meeting of August 24th. The report is attached, and copies have been mailed to the residents of the Beck development. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM NO. �. COPIES TO: Beck Properties Rafanelli & Nahas Residents h STAGECOACH ROAD •LANDSCAPING The following are questions which arose during the public hearing held . August 10, 1987, regarding Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District No. 83-2, and responses to those questions.' 1) Potential run-off problem with slope adjacent to 7262 Quartz Circle (Mr. Purdy). This question had previously been asked and addressed by Staff (see attached letter). The project was designed to allow the runoff from the . slope to the first bench (approximately 25 ft. above the lot) to drain to the flat area of the back yard and from the back of the lot to the front. Had this been a standard subdivision, the lot would have extended up to the top of the slope, and the drainage would have been handled the same way. This soil is porous, and the distance is fairly short; so the drainage should not be a.problem. 2) Beck landscaping. A meeting was held with a representative of Beck Properties to explain the weed problem and the concern with trees potentially blocking views. Both Beck slopes have been stripped of weeds, and the weeds had been . removed at the base of one slope but not the second. The Beck people have promised to try to have the remainder of the weeds picked up by Friday, August 21st. Beck will return to the City Staff with a landscaping plan, putting trees at the bottom of the slope, for review before proceeding with plantings. The existing plan calls for the same plant materials as are on Stagecoach Road except that the ground cover will be totally gazanias hydroseeded onto the slope. The trees are to be Eucalyptus nicholii and Ligustrum (privet). Shrubs will be Cistus hybridus and Ceanothus griseus horizontalis. The irrigation has been installed for some time and needs to be rechecked for damage and coverage. Beck's irrigation contractor is scheduling a meeting with the Stagecoach contractor to coordinate hooking up the irrigation lines at the entrance structures on Stagecoach so that landscaping can be completed there also. 3) Open drainage structure at Agate and Jade. It appears that this drain inlet was damaged during weed stripping. Beck is having their concrete contractor rebuild the broken face of the inlet. 4) Lock gates to open space. City maintenance staff has installed locks on all three gates. 5) Clean up plastic pipe behind block walls. Some of the irrigation lines are exposed at the corner block wall entrances. These will be covered and repaired, if necessary, along with the landscaping of these areas. -2- : f 6) Review tree locations along Stagecoach Road for future view problems.-- The Engineering and Maintenance Staff have inventoried possible future problems along Stagecoach and determined that 15 Eucalyptus and 7 Locust trees need to be moved down the hill, and'4 Privet :trees need to be pruned into a bush form. This work will be done over the next few - months by either the Boy Scouts or Work Alternative Program under the supervision of the Maintenance Department. -3- Or� "�i!�Y�r�"ib''��>��'f'�'�!'et,�"M'!� ��^f(c't; ��i%i, �i r�l'%"�'Pr�.d,f.:1af.v"�'�{iir.to rysr'�;jfrl�h}!,,:yfyC�,':"+,'Y Y�;nD`4"C �.r,f'l.; :*��¢N�� Hi��•/C�yrn!�j A +7i '�'�^T��'¢�� „��i•,✓�! �'r 'L� "^,;:�"w��wei:�� . 2YZ'�G•'s�i,!' '�Ck ��'�"�i.�.�~��:S�.�c 9• r,��,.F jf{{Vr.hf,r7'�,�� y�n I, +t�'; y'.� J��1:��.7�:..�w� �nt� ":m" .. ... June 34, 1987 Mr. Michael Goldstein 7375 Quartz Circle '.Dublin .CA 94568 Subject: Slope Behind Your •House Dear Mr. Goldstein, You recently met with my inspectors, Who informed'me of your concern regarding the slope behind your.house." I have"check ed..the grading plans with the slopes in'question and found them to be in. : .` substantial agreement. I believe you were informed that, -according to plan, a concrete V-ditch should have been installed at the bottom of the slope. This is in.-error; the plans call for the two existing V-ditches which are at the top of slope and mid-slope. _;This arrangement should be sufficient during the rainy-season-as the sandy nature of the soil and the narrowness of the area between the toe and the first ditch 'should preclude any anticipated problems. Thank you for your concern in this regard. If you have any questions, please feel free to call my office. Sincerely yours, Lee S. Thompson City Engineer LST/gr