TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Second Reading and Adopting an Ordinance Amending Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Chapter 7.28 - Undergrounding of Public Utility Facilities (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 19-0017
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:ody
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Ordinance No. 19-0017 amending Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) Section 7.28 - Undergrounding of Public Utility Facilities.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Should City Council approve the proposed amendments to MBMC Section 7.28, the City, and ultimately residents, will save approximately $200-$400 for each Underground Utility Assessment District (UUAD or District) formed following a Proposition 218 ballot protest procedure.
BACKGROUND:
On November 19, 2019, City Council introduced Ordinance No. 19-0017 to amend MBMC Section 7.28.
DISCUSSION:
As stated in the staff report for the first reading, Section 7.28.080 currently requires that within 10 days the City mail to each property owner in the approved District copy of the resolution adopted declaring the formation of a district and a complete copy of MBMC Chapter 7.28. Combined, these two documents are eight pages in length. These two documents, along with the cover letter sent by the City, total five double-sided pages mailed to each parcel. The extra weight of this mailing roughly doubles the stamp cost. It also significantly increases the staff time needed to prepare the materials because the automated machine used for preparing this mailing cannot accept five pages per envelope, and thus they must be manually prepared by staff.
In adopting the proposed ordinance, a few key changes will be made to MBMC 7.28, several of which are procedural in nature, as follows:
1. In Section 7.28.010, the definitions will be ...
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