HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4241 RESOLUTION NO. 4241
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DOWNEY, DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO IMPROVE BERGMAN LANE IN THE CITY OF
DOWNEY, DETERMINING THAT BONDS SHALL BE
ISSUED TO REPRESENT THE COST THEREFOR,
DECLARING THE WORK TO BE OF MORE THAN
LOCAL OR ORDINARY PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND
THAT THE EXPENSE THEREOF SHALL BE
ASSESSED UPON A DISTRICT (AD 113)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the public interest and conveni-
ence require, and it is the intention of the City Council of
the City of Downey to order the following work to be
done, to wit:
The improvement of Bergman Lane between Paramount
Boulevard and Orizaba Avenue by the construction of street,
alley, storm drain and sanitary sewer improvements on
Bergman Lane between the centerline of Paramount Boulevard
to the centerline of Orizaba Avenue; including utility
relocation; clearing and grading; Portland cement concrete
removal; asphalt concrete removal; excavation; subgrade
preparation; construction of Portland cement concrete
curbs, gutters, driveway aprons, driveway transitions;
construction of aggregate base; construction of asphalt
concrete paving; construction of storm drain and sanitary
sewer and block wall and all appurtenant work thereto
necessary to complete the project all as hereafter described.
That all of the foregoing work shall be done in
accordance with the Profile and Improvement Plan No. 3 -32 -8,
and any supplemental drawings mentioned thereon, which said
Profile and Improvement Plan was adopted by Resolution No.
4239 of the City Council on May 24, 1983, and is on file
in the office of the City Engineer of the City of Downey,
and in accordance with Specification entitled "Assessment
District No. 113 - Specifications Bergman Lane - Paramount
Boulevard to Orizaba Avenue" which was adopted by Resolution
No. 4239 of the City Council on May 24, 1983.
That in order to complete the project it will be
necessary to acquire certain rights of way, as is shown on
that certain drawing No. AD 113, approved by Resolution
No. 4239, adopted by the City Council on May 24, 1983.
RESOLUTION NO. 4241
The City Council of the City of Downey hereby
determines that it is in the public interest and more
economical to do work on private property to eliminate any
disparity or level in size between the improvement and
driveways, housewalks, and sewers than to adjust the work on
public property to eliminate such disparity, all as provided
in Section 5104 of the Streets and Highways Code of the
State of California, and subject to the written consent of
the owners of property first being obtained, such work may
be done pursuant to such Section, and the cost thereof shall
be added to the assessment of the lot on which the work is
done.
The work and improvement herein described shall
be constructed to the grades, subgrades, and elevations
severally shown upon said Profile and Improvement Plan
No. 3 -32 -8, and detailed drawings thereon, in the respec-
tive locations thereof. Reference hereby is made to the
Profile and Improvement Plan No. 3 -32 -8, for a description
of the grades to which all the work and improvements under
this Resolution of Intention shall be done, which said
grades hereby are adopted and established as the official
grades therefor, for all purposes in connection with the
proceedings pursuant to this Resolution of Intention.
Notice hereby is given that said grades are or may be, in
part, new and different from those heretofore established or
existing, or may be, and in some cases are, different from
existing ground levels.
SECTION 2. The estimated cost of this improvement
is $156,200.
There shall be contributed to the cost of doing
said work an amount equal to the cost of Engineering
estimated to be in the sum of $26,000. Any portion of the
cost of said work in excess of said amount shall be assessed
upon the district. Contribution by said City shall be paid
out of the treasury of said City, from such funds as the
City Council shall direct.
That said proposed work or improvement in the
opinion of the City Council of the City of Downey, is
of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the
Council hereby proposes that the district in the City of
Downey to be benefited by said work or improvement and
to be assessed to pay the cost and expenses thereof is shown
on that certain Plan or Map No. "City of Downey Boundary Map
of Assessment District No. 113 - Bergman Lane - Paramount
Blvd. to Orizaba Ave. ", indicating the exterior boundary
thereof, and showing the lots, pieces and parcels of land
proposed to be assessed, approved by Resolution No. 4238
of the City Council on May 24, 1983, and on file in the
office of the City Clerk. Said plan or map hereby is
referred to and shall govern for all details as to the
extent of the assessment district. The assessment district
includes, in general, the lots and parcels of land abutting
upon or contiguous to the hereinabove described street, but
reference hereby is made to said plan or map for all details
as to the extent of said assessment district and for any
variation between the last mentioned general descrip-
tion and the extent of the assessment district as shown on
the plan or map. All public streets or alleys, or portions
thereof, hereby are excepted from said district.
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RESOLUTION NO. 4241
SECTION 3. That serial bonds, bearing interest
at the rate of 10% per annum, shall be issued to represent
each assessment of $150.00 or more remaining unpaid for
thirty days after the mailing of the notice by the contractor
as provided in Section 5390 of the Streets and Highways
Code. Said serial bonds shall extend over a period ending
nine years from the second day of January next succeeding
the next September 1st following their date. Payments on the
principal of unpaid assessments and interest shall be made
by property owners to the City Treasurer, and the sums shall
be disbursed by him or as provided in the Improvement Act of
1911 hereinafter referred to.
The redemption provisions of said bond shall
contain a provision providing for a premium of 5% of the
unmatured principal.
SECTION 4. Notice hereby is given that on
June 14, 1983, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of
said City in the City Hall located at 8425 East Second
Street, Downey, California 90241, any and all persons
having any objection to the proposed work or improvement,
to the extent of the assessment district, or both, may
appear before the City Council and show cause why the
proposed work or improvement should not be carried out in
accordance with this Resolution of Intention. Protests
must be in writing, must contain a description of the
property sufficient to identify it, and must be delivered
to the City Clerk not later than the hour set for hearing.
SECTION 5. The Superintendent of Streets immedi-
ately shall cause notice of the passage of this Resolution
of Intention to be posted conspicuously along the line of
the contemplated work or improvement and along all the open
streets within said district, in the manner and form pre-
scribed by law.
The City Clerk hereby is directed to mail notices,
in the manner and form prescribed by law, of the adoption
of this Resolution to all persons owning real property in
the hereinbefore described assessment district, whose names
and addresses appear on the last equalized assessment roll
for City taxes or as knownto the City Clerk.
SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of
Downey in making the improvement and in doing the work
prescribed herein, elects to proceed under and in accordance
with the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911, being
Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of
California.
That it is the opinion of said City Council
that the public interest will not be served by allowing
the property owners to take the contract for the work to be
done under these proceedings.
SECTION 7. The Community Development Department
of the City of Downey, whose telephone number
is 213/861 -0361 extension 275, hereby is designated by the
City Council to answer inquiries regarding the hearing
procedures for the Resolution of Intention and to answer
inquiries relative to any hearings or proceedings concerning
this project where it is required by statute that such
agency and telephone number be so designated and provided.
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RESOLUTION NO. 4241
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall cause this
Resolution of Intention to be published twice in the
Southeast News, a newspaper published and circulated
in the City of Downey, the first of which publications shall
be not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of said
— hearing, and which hearing shall be not less than fifteen
(15) , nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of
adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and there -
after the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of May
1983.
/ James Quinn, Mayor
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution
was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Downey held on the 24th day of May , 1983,
by the affirmative vote of at least five Councilmembers,
to wit:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Cormack, Jackman, Barb,
Davila, Quinn
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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