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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4.06 Land&LiteAsmtDist97-1 CITY CLERK File#1 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 16, 2004 SUBJECT: Authorization to Prepare Engineer's Report Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District 97-1 (Santa Rita Area) Report Prepared by: Melissa Morton, Public l/Vorks Director ATTACHMENTS: Resolution directing Staff to prepare the Engineer's Annual Report for Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District 97-1 RECOMMENDATION~ ~Adopt resolution FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The cost of preparing the Engineer's Report is budgeted in the Engineering and Public Works Operating Budgets and is paid by the Assessment District. DESCRIPTION: This assessment district funds street landscape maintenance and. utility costs for the Santa Rita development area. The area is bounded by Arnold Road on the west, Gleason Drive on the north, Tassajara Road on the east, and Interstate 580 on the south. The scope of work includes maintenance of roadside landscaping for Dublin Boulevard, Hacienda Drive, Central Parkway, a portion of Arnold Road, Tassajara Road (westerly portion), and a portion of Gleason Drive, plus the maintenance of the trail and landscaping along the Tassajara Creek channel. The median landscape maintenance is not included in this District. This assessment district was formed in 1996 at the request of the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority, which was the only property owner in the District at that time. The initial assessment was levied in the 1997-98 fiscal year. The resolution authorizes the Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer t° begin preparation of the required Engineer's Report for the Assessment District for FY 2004-2005. The procedure for establishing annual maintenance assessments requires that the City Council first authorize preparation of the report. The preliminary report is then brought back to the City Council for approval later in the year. Following the City Council's approval of the preliminary report, public hearings will be scheduled as required. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution directing Staff to prepare the Engineer's Annual Report for Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District 97-1. COPIES TO: ITEM NO. 4--6 g:\assessdist\97-1 \staffreptinit RESOLUTION NO. -04 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL oF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DIRECTING PREPARATION OF ANNUAL REPORT FOR LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 97-1 WHEREAS, on July 23, 1996, by its Resolution No. 94-96, this City Council initiated proceedings, and by Resolution No. 115-96, ordered the formation of City of Dublin Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District No. 97-1 ("the District"), pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (commencing at Section 22500 of the California Streets and Highways Code) (hereinafter, "the Act"); and WHEREAS, Sections 22620 et seq of the Act provide for the levy of annual assessments after formation of the District; and WHEREAS, within said District, the existing and proposed improvements and any substantial changes proposed to be made to the existing improvements are generally described on Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof; NOW, THEREFORE' BE IT RESOLVED that the Dublin City Council does hereby designate the Dublin Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer as Engineer for purposes of preparing and filing with the Clerk a written report in accordance with Section 22565 et seq of the Act; said Engineer is hereby directed to .apportion said assessments in accordance to the benefits received from said improvements by the lots, pieces and parcels of land within the District, and said Engineer is hereby directed to accomplish such preparation and filing forthwith. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of March, 2004. AYE S: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk gAassessdist~97-f~initreso ~ ~ } ~ L~tI9 EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK The improvement is generally described as folloWs: The maintenance and repair of landscaped and open space areas, entry features, entry lighting, masonry soundwalls, wrought iron fences, publicly- owned drainage ditches, irrigation systems, trees and plantings, furnishing of water and power for irrigation systems, together with all appurtenant and incidental expenses for the following areas: a) The northerly and southerly street frontages for Dublin Boulevard from Arnold Road to Tassaj ara Road. b) The northerly and southerly street frontages for Central Parkway from Arnold Road to Tassajara Road excluding the future school frontage landscaping. c) The southerly Street frontage for Gleason Drive from Arnold Road to Tassaj ara Road and the northerly street frontage for Gleason Drive from Tassajara Creek to Tassajara Road. d) The easterly street frontage for Arnold Road from Dublin Boulevard to Glcason Drive. e) The easterly and westerly street frontages for Hacienda Drive from the 1-580/Hacienda interChange to Gleason Drive. ~) The westerly street frontage of Tassajara Road 350 feet southerly of Tassajara Road and Dublin Boulevard intersection to 450 feet northerly of the Gleason Drive and Tassajara Road intersection. g) Tassajara Creek and trail from 1-580 to the northerly property boundary of the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority property (portion o£ APN 986-1-1-10). h) Street median landscaping is not part of this District.