TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Policy and Next Steps for Utility Underground Assessment Districts 15 and 4 (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the proposed policy direction for Utility Underground Assessment District (UUAD) 15 and former UUAD 4 that would allow District 15 to explore reformation of District 4 without compromising its status as District 15 in the event that District 4 fails the survey validation or the Proposition 218 process.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The fiscal implications for advancing District 4 will include the following:
* Costs to review and finalize the formerly developed SCE, Frontier and Spectrum utility plans (quotes not yet received). However, District 4 residents have proposed to pay for these plans to accelerate the UUAD formation process, with the understanding that if the District passes the Proposition 218 process, they will be reimbursed with the proceeds from assessments and/or bond proceeds.
* Assessment Engineering Costs. Quotes have not yet been obtained because the work is dependent on the outcome of the Survey Validation Process. District 4 residents have offered to post a bond for this work as a security measure to ensure that District 15 is not adversely affected by advancing District 4 first (further described below).
The financial implications for District 15 are unknown, and will depend on the success of District 4 as described below. Utility designs for SCE are complete, but still needed for Frontier and Spectrum. It is also likely that SCE will require a pre-construction review given the age of those plans.
BACKGROUND:
On November 21, 2005, a public hearing was held to conduct the Proposition 2...
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