CC RES 1986-062RESOLUTION N0, 86 -62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE Cl2Y
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DECLARING THE INTEATTION
TO CONSTRUCT AND ACQUI1tE THE NECESSARY RIGHTS-
OF -WAY FOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0. 7 FOR THE
UTILITY CONVERSION PROJECT IN SEA COVE DRIVE
AND OTHER RIGHTS OF WAY (IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
N0. 7)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes did on
March 5, 1985, adopt a resolution instituting proceedings and acknowledging
a waiver of Debt Limit Investigation Proceedings as provided in Section
2804 (3), Division 4, Streets and Highways Code of the State of California,
and commencing proceedings under and in accordance with provisions of the
Municipal Improvement Act of 1911, including the acquisition of necessary
rights of way, for the construction of the City utility conversion project
Improvement No. 7; and
WHEREAS, the Council has found and determined by resolution that the
public interest and convenience requires the construction of the utility
conversion project in Sea Cove Drive and other rights of way.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALMS - VERDES
FINDS, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The public interest and convenience require and it is the
intention of the City Council to order acquisition to be made, work to be
done, and improvement made as follows, to wit:
First: The acquisition of rights -of -way for underground utility pur-
poses by gift or purchases or eminent domain proceedings consisting in gen-
eral of the following:
Parcel A - The southwesterly 6 feet of the southeasterly 147 feet of
Lot 81, Tract No. 14649, as shown on map recorded in Book 345, pages 23 to
26 of Maps, in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles.
Parcel B - The northeasterly 6 feet of the northwesterly 18 feet of the
southeasterly 147 feet of Lot 80, said Tract No. 14649.
Parcel C - A strip of land 6 feet wide lying within that portion of Lot
471 said Tract No. 14649, the westerly line of said strip being described
+` as follows: Beginning at the most southerly corner of said lot; thence
north along said westerly line a distance of 28 feet.
Parcel D - All that portion of Lot 15, said Tract No. 14649, bounded
easterly by a straight line joining a point in the northwesterly line of
said lot, northeasterly thereon 3 feet from the southwesterly line of said
lot with a point in said southwesterly line, southeasterly thereon 3 feet
from said northwesterly line.
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Parcel E - The northeasterly 10 feet of the northwesterly 15 feet of
that parcel of land owned by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District
No. 5 being a portion of Lot 107 of Los Angels County Assessor Map No. 51,
recorded in Book 1, page 1, of Assessor's Maps,
Second: The excavation of trenches, backfilling, resurfacing, and the
installation of conduit and underground structures together with appurte-
nant work for the conversion of overhead electric and communication facili-
ties to underground location in SEA COVE DRIVE within Tract No. 14649, as
shown on map recorded in Book 345, pages 23 to 26 of Maps; and in THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED EASEMENTS ( PARCELS A THROUGH E),
Third: The relocation or alteration of existing pipeline utilities
where required to complete the above- mentioned work within the above -de-
scribed limits.
All of said work shall be performed in the streets and right -of -way and
between the limits described above except where the plans indicate that
said work shall be omitted.
Section 2: IT IS ESTIMATED SUCH WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS WILL COST THE
TOTAL SUM OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($183)200), THIS SUM INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF THE UNDERGROUND
ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSED
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AND THE SOUTHERN CALI-
FORNIA EDISON COMPANY, THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA AND
TIMES MIRROR CABLE TELEVISION, INC. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ESTIMATED COST OF
ACQUISITION, ENGINEERING, AND INCIDENTALS THERETO IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY
NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS ($49,800) .
THE ESTIMATED COST OF DOING WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THIS SUM. THE COST OF NECESSARY WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY MAY BE INCLUDED
IN THE FINAL ASSESSMENT IF THE OWNER OF SAID PRIVATE PROPERTY FILES A WRIT-
TEN REQUEST FOR SAID WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR WITH THE
CITY CLERK NOT LATER THAN THE DATE FIXED FOR COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CONVERSION.
Section 3: All work and improvements aforesaid shall be done and per-
formed as shown on and in accordance with the plans and specifications
therefor filed in the office of the Director of Public Works. Reference is
hereby made to said plans and specifications for a full and detailed de-
scription of said proposed work or improvement, and said plans and.specifi-
cations shall govern for all details of the proposed work or improvements.
Section 4: The City Council hereby makes the expense of the acquisi-
tion, work, and improvement chargeable upon a district, which district the
Council hereby declares to be the district benefitted by the acquisition
work or improvement and to be assessed to pay the costs and expense there-
of.
A map of the district indicating by a boundary line the extent of the
territory included in the proposed district, approved by the Council and
endorsed with the certificate of the City Clerk, is on file in the above -
mentioned office of the Director of Public Works. Reference is hereby made
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to the map for a full and complete description of the assessment district
and the map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment
district.
Section 5: 'Registered bonds shall be issued in accordance with Divi-
sion 7, Streets and Highways Code, to represent each assessment of One Hun -
dred Fifty Dollars ($150) or more remaining unpaid for thirty (30) days
after the date of the recording of the warrant. The registered bonds shall
extend over a period ending nine (9) years from the second day of January
next succeeding the next September 1st following their date, and shall bear
interest at the rate of twelve (12 ) percent, or less, per annum on all sums
unpaid, until the whole of the principal and interest is paid. The redemp-
tion provisions of said bonds shall provide a premium of five (5) percent
of unmatured principal.
The principal sum shall become due and payable to the Treasurer in
equal annual payments on each October 15th succeeding the September 1st
following their date until fully paid.
The first interest payment shall be payable to the Treasurer on April
15th next succeeding the March 1st or the October 15th next succeeding the
September 1st, as the case may be, next following the date of the bonds.
The following interest payments shall each be for six months interest and
shall be payable to the Treasurer on each fifteenth day of April and Octo-
ber, the last interest payment coming due on the October 15th immediately
preceeding the last annual payment of the principal of the bonds issued to
represent the unpaid assessment.
A two (2) percent per month penalty, as provided in Section 6442 of the
Streets and Highways Code, shall be imposed on any delinquent installment
of the principal of the unpaid assessment or of interest thereon. The two
(2) percent penalty first imposed shall be retained by the Treasurer as a
cost of servicing the delinquency and all subsequent penalties shall be
paid to the holder of the bond along with and as part of such defaulted
payment.
Section 6: That the proceedings for the aforesaid work or improvement
shall be under and in accordance with Division 7, Streets and Highways
Code.
The streets hereinbefore referred to are public streets and are located
in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Section 7: It is the opinion of the Council that the public interest
will not be served by allowing the property owners to take the contract for
the work to be done in public streets and easements. to be acquired under
these proceedings.
Section 8: It is hereby determined that because damages would be very
difficult to ascertain in the event the contractor does not complete the
work within the time limit specified in the contract or within such further
time as this Council shall have authorized, the contractor shall pay the
City of Rancho Palos Verdes liquidated damages. The liquidated damages for
this improvement are fixed in the amount of One Hundred Dollar ($100) per
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day. Money received by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on account of such
liquidated damages shall be disbursed as provided in Section 20427 of the
Public Contract Code,
Section 9: The City of Rancho Palos Verdes intends to enter into
agreements for the conversion of overhead electric and communication facil-
ities with the Southern California Edison Company, General Telephone Com-
pany of California, and Times Mirror Cable Television, Inc., pursuant to
Section 20883 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California.
Among other things, said agreements shall provide that upon confirmation of
the assessment, said public utilities shall have legal title to the elec-
tric or communication facilities, which shall thereafter constitute part of
a system of public utilities and further provides the utility companies
will furnish and install the underground cable facilities within the dis-
trict in accordance with said agreements, and furthermore shall pay a por-
tion of the costs of said underground cable facilities in accordance with
said, agreements and that the district to be assessed for the conversion is
within the service area of said public utilities.
Section 10: The 5th day of November, 1986, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. of
said day, is the day and the hour and Hesse Park, City of Rancho Palos Ver-
des, California 90274, is the place fixed by the Council when and .where any
or all persons having any objections to the proposed acquisition, work or
improvement, or to the extent of the district to be assessed, or to any or
all of the foregoing, may appear before the Council and show cause why the
proposed acquisition, work, or improvement should not be carried out in ac-
cordance with this Resolution.
Section 11: Answers to inquiries regarding the hearing proceedings may
be obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works, Mr . George
Wentz, telephone number (213)377-03,60,
Section 12: The Street Superintendent shall cause to be conspicuously
posted along the line of the contemplated work or improvement and along all
open streets within the district liable to be assessed, notices of the
adoption of this Resolution in the manner and in the form required by law.
.Section 13: The Clerk of the City Council shall certify to the adop-
tion of this Resolution and shall cause the same to be published for two
days in the Peninsula News, a newspaper published and circulated in the
City of Rancho Palos Verdes, which is hereby designated for that purpose by
the Council.
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The Council does hereby direct the Clerk thereof to mail notices of the
adoption of this Resolution of Intention to all persons owning real proper-
ty proposed to be assessed for the work herein described whose names and
addresses appear on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Los
Angeles or as known to the Clerk the contents of said notices to be as re-
quired by law.
PASSED , APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on September 16, 1986.
ATTEST:
,r CITY CLERK
State of California
County of Los Angeles ) SS
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I , JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ,
hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 86 -62 was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on September 16, 1986.
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Ci Clerk
Ci q of Rancho Palos Verdes
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