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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 6, 2007
SUBJECT:
Authorization to Solicit Bids - Contract No. 07-05, 2006-2007
Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program and Curb Ramp Installation
Report Prepared by: Melissa Morton, Public Works Director . , "\
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ATTACHMENTS:
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Policy Resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007
Specifications will be available at the meeting
RECOMMENDATION: 1)
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Adopt the resolution establishing the City-paid sidewalk
safety repair policy for Fiscal Year 2006-2007
Authorize Staff to advertise for bids for Contract No. 07-05,
2006-2007 Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program and
Curb Ramp Installation
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Sidewalk Safety Repair Program:
Design, Inspection & Miscellaneous
Improvements (Remove & Replace)
Fiscal Year
2006-2007
Budget
$ 20,486
$ 50,000
TOTAL:
$ 17,581
$ 88,067
Pedestrian curb ramps
The Sidewalk Safety Repair Program is budgeted in the General
Fund (001). The pedestrian curb ramps are funded through a
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).
DESCRIPTION: The Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (Remove and Replace)
repairs sidewalk offsets of 3/4-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.
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This procedure requires removal of the existing sidewalk and, in the case of root problems, removal of the
tree roots, and then replacement of the concrete sidewalk.
While maintenance of sidewalks and other frontage improvements is legally the responsibility of the
private property owner. However, the City Council has adopted a City-paid sidewalk repair program on a
year-by-year basis since 1983. At the budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2006-2007, the City Council
extended the City-paid repair program for an additional year.
This year's Sidewalk Safety Repair Program will include the construction of approximately nine (9)
pedestrian curb ramps. The ramps are funded through CDBG.
Staff recommends that the City Council 1) adopt the resolution establishing the City-paid sidewalk safety
repair policy for Fiscal Year 2006-2007, and 2) authorize Staff to advertise for bids for Contract 07-05,
2006-2007 Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program and Curb Ramp Installation.
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RESOLUTION NO. - 07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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EST ABLISHING 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, these damaged improvements occasionally become tripping hazards to pedestrian
traffic; and
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, attached hereto as Exhibit "A," ofthe City of Dublin for Fiscal Year 2006-2007
entitled, "Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair Program."
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of March, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT "A" OF RESOLUTION -07
POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ANNUAL SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM
Fiscal Year 2006-2007
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 represent tripping
hazards as identified by the Public Works Director, or a 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
Public Works Director shall establish a procedure whereby the property owner will be notified of the
needed repair, and if not done in a specified reasonable time, the Public Works Director 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 2006-2007 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 2006-2007 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
of an inch (3/4") measured vertically, within the budget available to do so. 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. Property owners and
persons in possession of property are required to maintain adjacent public sidewalks in a safe condition
per Dublin Municipal Code Section 7.04.420 of Article 4, Chapter 7.04 of Title 7.
EXHIBIT A ·
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