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HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-148 - ResolutionsRESOLUTION NO. 84-148 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, OF PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 (TERRA VISTA PLAI~D CO~UNITIY) WHEREAS, on May 24, 1984, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga directed the City Engineer to make and file with the City Clerk of said City a report in writing as required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has made and filed with the City Clerk of said City a report in writing as called for pursuant to said Act, which report has been presented to this Council for consideration; and WHEREAS, said City Council has duly considered said report and each and every part thereof, and finds that each and every part of said report is sufficient, and that said report, nor any part thereof, requires or should be modified in any respect. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ranoho Cueamonga as follows: SECTION 1: That the Engineer's Estimate of the itemized costs and expenses o( said work and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith, contained in said report be, and each of them are hereby, prellminarily approved and confirmed. SECTION 2: That the diagram showing the Assessment District referred to and described in said report, the boundaries of the subdivisions of land within said Assessment District are hereby preliminarily approved and confirmed. SECTION 3: That the proposed assessment upon the subdivisions of land in said Assessment District in proportion to the estimated benefit to be received by said subdivision, respectively, from said work and of the incidental expenses thereof, as contained in said report is hereby preliminarily approved and confirmed. SECTION 4: That said report shall stand as the City Engineer's Report for the purposes of all subsequent proceedings, and pursuant to the proposed district. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 24th day of May, 1984. AYES: Buquet, Mikeis, King, Dahl NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Wright ATTEST: Resolution No. 84-148 Page 2 CITY OF RANCH0 CUCAMONGA ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER 4 TERRA VISTA PLANNED CO~jNITY 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 Tetra 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 plantinEs 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 system; maintenance, repair, energy costs, and replacement 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. Resolution No. 84-148 Page 3 The detailed specifications setting forth the specific maintenance activities 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 Terra 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 Tetra 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 seven (7) tracts will include trees and planrings 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 subsequent phases 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 formed comprising the 397 dwelling units of Tract No.s 12316, 12317, 12317-1 12364, 12364-1 and 12402 is: initially 12316-1, Parks 5 acres @ 5000/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 $0.15/s.f. Gateways Trees - 600 at $5/each Estimated total annual maintenance cost B. Complete District $ 25,000 $ 28,000 4,900 4,500 4,000 3,000 $ 69,400 The estimated cost (at current dollars) District upon completion of all areas Planned Community is: for the Landscape Maintenance within the entire Terra Vista Resolution No. 84-148 Page 4 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 $0.03/s.f. Medians - 393,292 s.f. at $0.15/s.f. Gateways Parks - 38.0 acres at $5,000/acres Trees - 20,000 at $5/each Estimated total annual maintenance cost SECTION 5. ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM $ 307,400 86,400 4,500 59,000 10,000 190,000 100,000 $ 757,300 A copy of the proposed Assessment Diagram for the tracts that will comprise the Maintenance District orginally is attached to this report and labeled "Landscaped Maintenace District No. 4". This diagram is hereby incorporated within the text of this report. The District will originally comprise Tract Nos. 12316, 121316-1, 12317,12317- 1, 12364, 12364-1 and 12402 of Phase One of Terra Vista. 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 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. $ 69,400 245 assessment units 76 assessment units 321 assessment units Estimated assessment rate = $69,400 '~'~'f = $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. Resolution No. 84-148 Page 5 Estimated Planned Community complete: Total annual cost (Section 4) Assessment units Single family 3,488 d.u. x 1 unit = Multifamily 4,512 d.u. x .5 unit= $757,300 3,488 assessment units 2,256 assessment units ~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.