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AGENDA STATEMENT .
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 23, 1991
SUBJECT:
Contract 91-07 Annual Sidewalk Safety Repair and
Ramp Construction
(Report by: Public Works Director Lee Thompson)
Handicap
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
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2)
3)
Resolution Adopting Sidewalk Repair Policy for 1991-92
Program
Policy for Fiscal Year 1991-92 Sidewalk Repair Program
Plans and specifications to be available at meeting
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt policy resolution for Sidewalk Repair Program
Authorize Staff to advertise for bids
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Funds budgeted are as follows:
Sidewalk Reoatr Handicap Ramos CTDA)
Design/Survey/Inspection: $ 8,000
Construction: 42,000
(Audit)
$ 8,000.00
27,024.00
3,142,00
~OTAL $50,000 $ 38,166.00
This contract, together with its audit and engineering work, is estimated to cost
$76,166. The subsequent sidewalk grinding contract, together with its engineering,
is estimated to cost $12,000.
DESCRIPTION: Funds are scheduled for the annual sidewalk program for each
year of the Five Year Capital Improvement Program. For Fiscal Year 1991-92, $50,000
has been budgeted from the General Fund.
In 1985 the City Council adopted a policy for the repair of pedestrian sidewalk
hazards for Fiscal Year 1984-85. It is Staff's recommendation that this policy again
be adopted for Fiscal Year 1991-92; however, on the recommendation of the City
Attorney, the offset repair minimum shall be three-quarters inch (3/4") instead of
one-half inch (1/2").
The City has been awarded $38,166 in Transportation Development Act (TDA) Funds for
Phase V of a project to construct handicap ramps throughout the City. Approximate
cost for the TDA audit is $3,142 which has been budgeted in the Operating Budget.
This ~idewalk, curb, and gutter removal and repair project is estimated to cost
$38,000 including engineering and inspection work. This contract would repair the
larger offsets and necessary curb and gutter work. It has been combined with the TDA
handicap Camp work in order to achieve a cost. savings by including similar work in
the same contract.
Staff anticipates using the remaining $12,000 of the Sidewalk Repair budget for a
secondary repair project which will involve grinding smaller sidewalk offsets. This
grinding method of repair is much less expensive per location which would allow many
more locations to be repaired. This amount will also cover design and inspection for
the project.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the policy resolution and authorize
Staff to advertise for bids.
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I OITY OLERK I
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 1991-92 entitled "Annual Sidewalk Repair Program."
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of September,
1991.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM
for Fiscal Year 1991-1992
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 owner 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 1991-92 and there-
after be reviewed for extension, modification, or replacement.
Leqal 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 1991-92 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 inch (3/4") 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.
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