HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-10-21; City Council; 3369-2; College-Cannon Assessment District ConsultantCITY OF CARLSBAD
-> ^AGENDA DILL NO.
DATE; October 21, 1975
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
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Subj ect:
COLLEGE-CANNON ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
Consultant Selection
Statement of the Matter
The City Council has instructed the staff to proceed with
requesting proposals for an Environmental Impact Study of
the proposed College-Cannon Assessment District. Along
with that process, and to develop background information
necessary for the EIR consultant, it will be necessary to
do sor".e additional preliminary engineering. Some financial
information concerning the bonding of the project and the
assessments to the property owners \\rill also be desirable
before a final decision on proceeding with the project is
made. These should be made concurrent with the EIR process,
which requires the retention of professionals for those
aspects of the preliminary work. Again, as with the EIR
consultants, costs should be borne by the property owners.
Exhibit
11-14-74 City Manager memo dated 11-14-75
Recommendation
See City Manager's memo dated November 14, 1075.
Council Action
10-21-75 At the request of the City Manager, a motion was made that this matter
be continued to the next regular meeting. .
11-18-75 The City Manager's recommendation was accepted as set forth
in memorandum to the City Council dated November 14, 1975.
DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 1975
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: PROPOSED COLLEGE-CANNON ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
The City Council has instructed the staff to proceed
to request proposals for an environmental impact study
of the proposed College-Cannon Assessment District.
The preparation of the request for proposals raised a
number of issues concerning the total process which
would be necessary to develop adequate data on which
both the City Council and the property owners involved,
could make a sound decision as to whether or not the
City should proceed with the assessment district.
To properly prepare the EIR, it has been determined that
some additional engineering would be required. As part
of the preliminary work, and prior to requesting the
City Council to proceed fully with the district, it is
desirable from the property owners' side to have a better
estimate of their costs. This would also involve some
additional preliminary engineering and a preliminary
assessment spread of costs over all the properties involved.
In order to determine whether bonds would be saleable for
such a project, and to help determine the appropriate legal
process, information from both a financial consultant and an
assessment district attorney, would also be useful at the
EIR preparation stage.
It has been estimated that it may cost approximately
$60,000.00 to develop this preliminary information,
including the EIR. Most of the major property owners
involved have indicated that they are willing to accept
the financial responsibility for this work if the City is
willing to hold the funds on deposit.
If this work is to be done there are advantages in having
the consultants involved working for the City rather than
the property owners. If the project proceeds with the
actual formation of the district, it is assumed that these
same consultants would be retained by the City to do the
work for the district. If that is the case, it would be
best that they represent the City from the beginning.
November 14, 1975
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Subject: Proposed College-Cannon Assessment District
It is therefore recommended that if the Council wishes
to proceed with the preliminary stages of EIR development
and related information as described previously in this memo,
they should authorize the staff to bring back agreements
retaining Rick Engineering, Judson T. Naiman for assess-
ment engineering, F. Mackenzie Brown for legal services,
and Stone and Youngberg for financial services. Further,
the staff should be instructed to develop any necessary
agreements with the property owners' representative
for the holding and expenditure of property owners' funds
for the services described.
PAUL D BUSSEY
City Manager
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