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HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-187 - ResolutionsRESOLUTION NO. 84-187 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMATION OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 (TERRA VISTA PLANNED COMMUNITY) AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga did on May 24, 1984 adopt Resolution No. 84-148 giving its preliminary approval to an Engineer's Report prepared in connection with the formation of an assessment district to be known as "Landscape Maintenance District No. 4" pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cueamonga did on May 16, 1984 adopt Resolution No. 84-149 declaring its intention to order the formation of an assessment district to be known as "Landscape Maintenance District No. 4" and to levy and collect assessments pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; and WHEREAS, a certified copy of said Resolution No. 84-149 was duly published in the time, form and manner required by law as shown by the Affidavit of Publication of said Resolution on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga; and WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing was duly mailed to all persons owning property within the proposed Landscape Maintenance District No. 4 in the time, form and manner as required by law; and WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held and this City Council has duly received and considered evidence, oral and documentary, concerning the necessity for the contemplated work and the benefits to be derived therefrom and this City Council has now acquired jurisdiction to order the proposed work. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1: This City Council hereby order the formation of "Landscape Maintenance District No. 4" and the maintenance of certain landscape improvements to be located within said Landscape Maintenance District, as more particularly desribed in the Engineer's Report. SECTION 2: This City Council hereby confirms the diagram of "Landscape Maintenance District No. 4" as more particularly described in said Engineer's Report and hereby confirms the assessments for fiscal year 1984-85 and the method of assessment as more particularly described in the Engineer's Report. SECTION 4" The City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga is hereby and directed to file the diagram and assessment contained in the Engineer's Report, or a certified copy thereof, with the County Auditor. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 1984. AYES: Wright, Buquet, Mikeis, Dahl, King NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: Resolution No. 84-187 Page 2 CITY OF RANCH0 CUCAMONGA ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER 4 TERRA VISTA PLANNED COFENITY SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR REPORT This report is prepared in compliance with the requirements of Article 4, Chapter 1, Divison 15, of the Street and Highways Code, State of California (Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972). SECTION 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION This report deals with the establishment of a Landscape Maintenance District for the Terra Vista Planned Community. The District will eventually include the majority of the area included with the Planned Community, as approved by Ordinance No. 190. Areas to be included in the work program are to the trees and plantings within the rights-of-way of streets dedicated to the City, the local street trees within dedicated tree maintenance easements as decribed in the Terra Vista Community Plan, the local public parks, the greenway system, community gateways, such similar areas as may be dedicated by the various subdivisions. Necessary lighting within the park and greenway system is included in the work program. The work program excludes street frontage landscaping and trees adjoining non- residential developments, which will be maintained by those developments; however, all street trees along the Loop Parkway (Church Street and Terra Vista Parkway) will be maintained by the Maintenance District, regardless of the type of property adjoining. The work program includes half the cost of maintenance of major arterial medians in Haven Avenue, Base Line Road, and Foothill Bouelvard; the other half is excluded and will be funded by the City or by an assessment on other properties. Maintenance of the proposed City Central Park located north of Base Line Road is also specifically excluded from the work program of this Maintenance District and will be funded by other means. SECTION 3. SCOPE OF WORK The specific areas to be maintained by the District will be those improvements as defined above lying within rights-of-way, maintenance easements, and other dedications as shown on subdivison or parcel maps or otherwise dedicated to the City. These areas will become part of the active work program at such time as the specific areas are annexed into the District. Annexation will occur upon recordation of the final map and dedication to the City for each project. The normal process will be the dedication of the areas to the City, then landscaping of the areas, then after a minimum of 60 days of maintenance by the developer, the acceptance of maintenance by the Maintenance District no later than the following July. Annual Engineer's reports will be prepared and approved by the City Council defining the specific work program for each year and its estimated cost. The plans and specifications for all landscaping to be installed by developers will be completed by the developers at their cost for the individual areas to be maintained within the subdivision and will be approved by the Community Development Department. Detailed maintenance activities on the areas to be maintained by the District consist of providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of the landscaping including: cultivation, irrigation, trimming spraying, fertilizing or treating for disease or injury; removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste; maintenance, repair and replacement as necessary of all irrigation systems; maintenance, repair, energy costs, and repacement as necessary of all required lighting within the park and greenway system; removal of graffiti from walls immediatley adjacent to the cultivated areas; and repair, removal or replacement of all or any part of any improvement. The detailed specifications setting forth the specific maintenance activities Resolution No. 84-187 Page 3 to be performed in each area will be prepared annually by the City Engineer as part of the work program. Lewis Homes of California, as project sponsor of Tetra Vista, has indicated a desire to be involved in the preparation of the initial specifications in order to assure a high quality of maintenance for the community. In addition to the general good appearance and health of the landscaping, the City wishes to assure that trees within the community receive appropriate training, pruning, and irrigation as detailed in the Landscape Supplement to the Terra Vista Community Plan. The City will permit the project sponsor to participate in the preparation of the detailed specifications and the sponsor will be given an opportunity to review them prior to adoption of the work program. The sponsor may also choose to bid on the maintenance contracts in order to directly assure the best quality of are for the landscaping in its early years of growth. SECTION 4. ESTIMATED COSTS As development proceeds within the Terra Vista Planned Community, the area to be maintained by the District will increase and so will the cost; however, the area subject to assessment will also increase. It is anticiapted that the assessment area will incease at approximately the same rate as the maintenance area, thereby keeping relatively constant the cost per unit, excluding cost of living increases. The work program for the original District comprising three (3) tracts will include trees and plantings within the rights-of-way of streets dedicated to the City, the local street trees within dedicated tree maintenance easements, the greenway system, community gateways, and medians only. The work program will be expanded to include local park maintenance upon annexation of park area to the District as part of Phase One of Terra Vista. Based on data from other cities, City of Rancho Cucamonga data for Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 and 2, and a review of the Terra Vista Community Plan, it is estimated that the area to be maintained and the maintanance cost for assessment purposes will be as follows. The total cost and unit cost vary as the additional areas for maintenance are annexed to the District. The size of the areas being annexed to the District for maintenance has a great influence on the unit cost. The costs shown are estimates only, and the actual assessment will be based on actual cost data; all of the costs and areas are based on current estimates and may or may not be valid for future years. A. Phase One Construction The estimated cost (at current dollars) for the District as initially formed comprising the 397 dwelling units of Tract No.s 12316, 12316-1, 12317, 12317-1 12364, 12364-1 and 12402 is: Parks - 5 acres @ 50CO/acre Street parkways - 80,000 s.f. at $0.35/s.f. Greenway system landscaping - 14,000 s.f. at $0.35/s.f. Medians - 30,000 s.f. at $O.15/s.f. Gateways 4,000 Trees - 600 at $5/eaeh 3,000 Estimated total annual maintenance cost $ 25,000 $ 28,000 4,900 4,550 $ 69,400 Resolution No. 84-187 Page 4 B. Complete District The estimated cost (at current dollars) for the Landscape Maintenance District upon completion of all areas within the entire Terra Vista planned Community is: Street parkways - 960,500 s.f. at $0.32/s.f. Greenway system landscaping - 270,000 s.f. at $0.32/s.f. Paved trails and miscellaneous paving - 150,000 s.f. at $O.03/s.f. 4,500 Medians - 393,292 s.f. at $0.15/s.f. Gateways 10,000 Parks - 38.0 acres at $5,0O0/acres 190,000 Trees - 20,000 at $5/each 100,000 $ 307,400 86,400 59,000 Estimated total annual maintenance cost $ 757,300 SECTION 5- ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM A copy of the proposed Assessment Diagram for the tracts that will comprise the Maintenance District orginally i~ attached to this report and labeled "Lands.aped Maintenace District No. 4". This diagram is hereby incorporated within the text of this report. (Assessment Diagrams are o~ file in the City Clerk's office) The District will originally comprise Tract Nos. 12316, 121316-1, 12317,12317- 1, 12364, 12364-1 and 12402 of Phase One of Terra Vista as each tract is annexed into the District. Additional tracts will be annexed into the District after its formation. General parameters of the final District are described on the attached Specific Plan General Assessment Diagram. SECTION 6. ASSESSMENTS Maintenance costs for the entire District are found to be of specific benefit to all developed residental property within the District in accordance with the following relationship: Land Use Assessment Units Be Single family residential dwelling unit Multifamily/attached residential dwelling unit Credits 1 unit · 5 unit Residential projects with homeowner's associations will receive a credit against assessments if the association maintains areas that would otherwise be maintained by the District. C. Exclusions Non-residential property and vacant property are exempt from annual assessment of the Landscape Maintenance District except as provided herein. In the event developed non-residential property fails to maintain its street frontage landscaping, the Maintenance District may perform the required maintenance and levy a special assessment on the adjoining property owner. Additionally, if street trees or other street frontage landscaping are installed prior to development of adjoining property, the vacant land may be similarly assessed for its pro rata share of maintenance costs. Estimated assessments Estimated Phase One: Total annual cost (Section 4) Assessment units Single family 245 d.u. x 1 unit = Multifamily 152 d.u. x -5 unit = Total 397 d.u. $ 23,200 245 assessment units 76 assessment units 321 assessment units Resolution No. 84-187 Page 5 Estimated assessment rate = $69,400 321 = 216.20 Thus, estimated assessments of $216.20 per single family dwelling unit and $108.10 per multifamily dwelling unit are projected to be required for the original District. Estimated Planned Community complete: Total annual cost (Section 4) $757,300 Assessment units Single family 3,488 d.u. x 1 unit = 3,488 assessment units Multifamily 4,512 d.u. x .5 unit= 2,256 assessment units 8,000 d.u. 5,744 assessment units Estimated assessment rate = $757,300 5,744 = $131.84 Thus, estimated annual assessments of $131.84 per single family dwelling unit and $65.92 per multifamily dwelling unit are projected to be required at project completion. Estimated assessments are for comparison only. Actual assessments will be set by public hearing each year in June and will be based on actual maintenance expenses and developed land use summaries. Should direct contributions to the maintenance costs of the District from the City or other source be received at some future date, assessments would be reduced accordingly.