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Home My WebLink About1991/05/28 Item 5 May 24, 1991 TO: FROM: The Honorable Mayor and City Counci~ E. R. Asmus, Assistant City ManagefIV SUBJECT: City Council Meeting of May 28, 1991 This will transmit the agenda and related materials for the regular City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 28, 1991. Comments regarding Written Communications are as follows: 5a. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT JAMES STEVENS' LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION BE ACCEPTED WITH REGRET AND THAT A LETTER OF APPRECIATION BE SENT. . 5b. This is a request from a property owner on Fifth Avenue seeking a reduction in the standard fees a property owner must pay when they connect to the public sewer. The fee in this instance is currently about $3,250, as indicated in his letter. Mr. Lancaster's property is located within the second phase of street improvements planned for Fifth Avenue, not within the area currently under construction. Staff cannot recommend consideration of waiving any of the normal sewer hookup fees but will study the possibility of advancing the cost of installing sewer laterals to all adjacent unsewered parcels as a part of the street improvement project in order to avoid in the future the necessity to excavate the newly installed improvements each time a sewer connection is requested. The cost of this work could be reimbursed at the time an adjacent property owner requested a permit to connect to the public sewer. At this point, we have not had an opportunity to research the number of properties that are not connected to the sewer, but that analysis will be made and at some future date the City Council will be apprised of the number of affected properties and, at that time, will have an opportunity to determine whether or not the installation of the sewer laterals should become part of the street improvement project. Staff believes, although we may be incorrect, that the number of unsewered properties is probably quite limited but, notwithstanding this possibility, serious consideration should be given to installing sewer laterals as part of the street improvement project. IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT r~R LANCASTER'S REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FEES BE DENIED BUT HE BE ADVISED OF OUR INTENTIONS TO CONSIDER INSTALLING HIS, AS WELL AS ALL. SEWER LATERALS AS PART OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 5c. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY FILED BY MARIANNA NAVARRO AND TONI DEMLER BE DENIED. NOTE: At its meetiny on May 21, 1991, the City Council asked staff to investigate solutions regarding a potentially unsafe situation at the Rienstra Sports Complex on Max Avenue and to respond at your May 28th meeting. Staff has not had sufficient time to investigate the various alternatives and associated costs but will be prepared to respond at Jour June 4. 1991 meeting. ERA:mab/51 mrn@rnDW~rn1 UU MAY 2 0 1991 & JAMES C. STEVENS 804 willowbrook ct. Chula Vista, CA 92013 CITY COUNCil OFFICES CHULA VISTA. CA May 16, 1991 The Honorable Leonard Moore Mayor of the city of Chula vista 276 4th Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 Re: Resource Conservation Commission Dear Mayor Moore: This letter is to advise you and the members of the city Counsel of my resignation from the Resource Conservation commission. I appreciate you assisting me with obtaining the position and I appreciate having had the opportunity to serve. Ul timately , the position required time which I simply did not have. 1/~Y' /PJames C. Stevens, Esq. JCS:sls 1086/JCS46 W. Rr..'X7E"~.' I.' 1,1 \;l,~n~ ~~". ~a .... ._ .' (/",>t /!I.j,~ &1'\ Ii f ~~I,~\j\~!f;"'t.. "'',;~i/ ':.:~ F' ' i,\ \:'; '--1">.,"'>,.r"1fI!"l ~+, ~(5) [) '~ CJ;. tttt:Q J)J i t'tgv",",--::. 5a-l I[DJ rn @ rn ~ w ~ rnI ilJU f0AY I 7 1991 ~ I l CITY COUNCIL OFFICES ..._ CHUlA ViSTA. CA May 15, 1991 City of Chula Vista 276 4th Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 Attention: Mayor Leonard Moore Mayor Moore, There is a project that is currently underway in City Planning and City Engineering for the street improvements on Fifth Avenue between Naples Street and Orange Avenue. My underSlanding is that this project is funded by a gas tax imposed several years ago and the street improvements should be underway in August of 1991. I have recently given an easement to the City of Chula Vista for a handicap ramp and relocation of the traffic signal at the comer of Palomar St. and Fifth Avenue. I have been equitably compensated for the easement that the city required. My concern is that I would like to connect to the city sewage system, but the cost is quite expensive. I was quoted by City Engineering a cost of $3250 for city fees. I talked with Shale Hanson in City Engineering to see if there was some way we could coordinate the sewer connection with the street improvements, and possibly reduce the cost of the connection. He stated tbat the city could not reduce the cost by coordinating the projects. In past conversations with the engineering and planning departments. it has been my impression that the city would like to see all properties brought up to code (this includes ridding the city of all septic systems). However, there is very little incentive to do so. I see this project as a prime opportunity to convert to city sewer not only my house, but all houses within this project. In my situation, I am going to be forced (due to financing) to wait until project completion to convert to city sewage. This means that the new street, curb, gutter, sidewalk and retaining wall will need to be tom out in order to bring the lateral over to the property line. If the city would offer a reduced fee for connection to city sewer, there would be incentive to convert at the time of the improvements. Can the city provide some reduction in cost for converting from septic to city sewer for the project along Fifth A venue? Please contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding this situation. Jeffrey Mark Lancaster 490 Palomar Street Chula Vista, CA 91911 (619) 426-8633 Thank you for your prompt consideration in this matter. ~kfr~~ - ~'.:l,\\I\'. I~) \' ~ " ~'" Jl,\~ ;,}Ji'h ~. G~~>^",. ~ Jc-'" C(_."., ~U-'- \4"''' ".". '''' ,-- ';'''''''-'' 'l ltr\N "-:,-"/ j., ;-' \.~ L\"~:it''J- "U i."'"" ,-.'..... ,.1 ".' "1.1' ... La',;A~ l..l :.lI ~Iool (OIAMUIT;~iC,,~ laiOfr\1S 5h-1 4f'-- S\dt : ,\. COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item 5 c... Meeting Date 5/28/91 ITEM TITLE: Claims Against the city SUBMITTED BY: Director of personnele?~ (4f5ths Vote: Yes No~) Claimant No.1: city Manager J 6vjF Ms. Marianna Navarro c/o Krajewski & Brown Attorneys at Law 1600 Third Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 REVIEWED BY: On April 22, 1991, a claim within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court was filed against the City of Chula vista, by Ms. Marianna Navarro, in connection a single car rollover accident on October 23, 1990, in the 800 Block of Telegraph canyon Road. The claim alleged that the City created a dangerous condition in regard to the construction underway at the time by Cass Construction Company. Allegedly, Ms. Navarro was confused by roadway markings and operated her vehicle in a lane which was closed for traffic and under reconstruction. Due to remote liability on the part of dation of our claims administrators, Carl Management, that this claim be denied. the city, it is the recommen- Warren & Company, and Risk Claimant No.2: Ms. Toni Demler, for Erin D. Demler, a Minor c/o Dale A. Hilmen Attorney at Law 160 Thorn street, Suite 4 San Diego, CA 92103 On April 19, 1991, Ms. Toni Demler filed a Claim Against the city in the amount of $20,534.89. The Claim was filed on behalf of Ms. Erin D. Demler, a minor, who was injured when a vehicle struck her bicycle at "E" and Jefferson streets, on October 23, 1990. The Claim alleged the City is responsible because it failed to provide a crosswalk, allowed inadequate road markings, inadequate traffic controls, etc. Due to remote liability on the part of dation of our claims administrators, Carl Management, that this claim be denied. the city, it is the recommen- Warren & company, and Risk RECOMMENDATION: The above two claims be denied. J Form A-113 (Rev. 11/79) 5c. -1