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AGENDA STATEMENT
City Council Meeting Date: February 11, 1991
SUBJECT:
Contract 91-01 Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair
(Report by: Public Works Director Lee Thompson)
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
RECOMMENDATION:
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Resolution Adopting Sidewalk Repair Policy for
1990-91 Program
Policy for Fiscal Year 1990-91 Sidewalk Repair
Program
Plans and specifications to be available at
meeting
Adopt policy resolution for Sidewalk Repair
Program
Authorize Staff to advertise for bids
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Funds budgeted are as follows:
Design/inspection: $ 6,000
Construction: 44,000
Walkway in Police Parking Lot 200
Total: $50,200
DESCRIPTION: Funds are scheduled for the annual sidewalk program
for each year of the Five Year Capital Improvement Program. For Fiscal Year
1990-91, $50,000 has been budgeted from the General Fund. This project also
includes construction of a small concrete walkway in the Police parking lot,
which is funded under the Building Management Operating Budget.
In 1985, the City Council adopted a policy for the repair of pedestrian
sidewalk hazards for 1984-85 Fiscal Year. It is Staff's recommendation that
this policy again be adopted for Fiscal Year 1990-91.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the policy resolution and
authorize Staff to advertise for bids.
POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN
for Fiscal Year 1990-91
ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM
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 a tripping hazard as identified by the City Engineer, or his
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 or utility trench settlement, 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 ow~ner shall be responsible for the repair. The City Engineer shall
establish a procedure whereby the property owner will be notified of the
needed repair, and if not done in a specified reasonable time, he shall cause
the repair to be made and the cost of repair, together with reasonable
administrative costs, shall become a lien against the property.
Time Limit of Policy:
This policy shall be in effect for the Fiscal Year 1990-91 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
1990-91 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 one half inch (1/2") measured vertically. 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.
RESOLUTION NO. -91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE REPAIR OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
DEEMED TO BE PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS
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 sometimes 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 by the City Council of the City of
Dublin to establish a policy of the City of Dublin for Fiscal Year 1990-91
entitled "Annual Sidewalk Repair Program."
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this llth day of February, 1991.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk