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RESOLUTION NO. 6223
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO IMPROVE PROSPERO DRIVE AND CERTAIN EASEMENTS
IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, 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 80-,l
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
DOES RESOLVE: AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the public interest and convenience
require, and it is the intention of the City Council of the City
of West Covina to order the fallowing work to be done, to wit:
Construction of a street, curbs and gutters, street
widening,, install sewer in street and easements and
install street lighting and appurtenant work thereto.
That all of the foregoing work shall be done in accordance
with the profile and improvement plan No. 862 D, and any supplemental
drawings mentioned thereon, which said profile and improvement plan
was adopted by Resolution No. 6221 of the City Council on
November 10,, 1980, and is- on file in the office of the City Engineer
of the City of West Covina, and in accordance with specifications
entitled Special provisions Prospero Drive, City Project AD 80-1
which_was-adopted by Resolution No. 6221 of the City Council
on November 10, 1980.
The City Council of the City of West Covina 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, house -walks, 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.
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The work and improvement herein described shall be
constructed to the grades, subgrades, and elevations severally
shown upon said profile and improvement plan No. 862 D, and
detailed drawings thereon, in the respective locations thereof.
Reference hereby.,is made to the profile and improvement plan No.
• 862 D, for a description of the grades to which all the work and
improvements under this Resolution of Intention shall be done,
wh ch.said grades hereby are adopted and established as. the official
grades-the_refors, 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
$300,000.00.
There shall be contributed to the cost of doing said
work in an amount not to exceed the cost of the installation
. charge by Edison Company to install street lights on Prospero Drive
within the limits hereinabove set forth. Any portion of the cost
of said work in excess of said Edison Company charge shall be
as-sessed upon the. district. Contribution by said City shall be
paid out of the. treasury of said City and from the Street Lighting
Fund the.reof. .
That said proposed work or improvement in the opinion
of the City Council of the City of West Covina, is of more than
local or ordinary public benefit, and the Council hereby proposes
that the district in the City of Nest Covina to be benefited by
said work or improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and
expenses thereof i.s shown on that certain plan or map No. 164 C,
indicating the exterior boundary thereof, and showing the lots,
• pieces and parcels of land proposed to be assessed, approved by
Resolution No. - 6222 of the City Council on November 10,
1980, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. 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
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upon or contiguous to the hereinabove described streets, 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 description 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.
SECTION 3. That serial bonds, bearing interest at the
rate of 10oper 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 ummatured principal.
SECTION 4. Notice hereby is given that on February 23,
1981, at 8:00 P.M.,. in the Council Chamber of said City, in the
City Hall located at 1444 West Garvey Avenue,.West Covina,
California{, 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
IS 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 immediately
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. prescribed by law.
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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 known
to the City Clerk.
SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of West Covina,
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 City Engineer's Department of the City
of West Covina, whose telephone number is (213) 962-8631 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.b.e so designated and provided.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall cause this Resolution
of Intention to be published twice in the "West Covina Tribune",
a newspaper published and circulated in the City of West Covina,
the first of which.publications shall be not less than ten (10)
days prior to February 23, 1981, the date of said hearing, and
which- hearing shall be not less. than fifteen (15), nor more than
PlIxty (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 thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of January
1981.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
adopted at a regularmeeting of the City Council
of the City of West Covina held on the 12th day of January ,
1981, by the affirmative vote of at least 3 councilmen,
• to wit:.
AYES: Councilmen Tennant, Tice, Shearer
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSNET: Councilmen Bacon, Chappell
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Ci y Clerk Helene M, ooney
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