HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1989 0621 CC REG ITEM 09E •
MOORPARK
ITEM 9 .
ELOISE BROWN vpP" °q< STEVEN KUENY
Mayor ooP o9 City Manager
BERNARDO M. PEREZ F 9 CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tern City Attorney
CLINT HARPER, Ph. D. i O PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Councilmember o9 0' Director of
PAUL LAWRASON °oq Community Development
Councilmember gTEO J`'` R. DENNIS DELZEIT
SCOTT MONTGOMERY City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V. GILLESPIE
RICHARD T. HARE Chief of Police
City Treasurer
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable City Cmincil.
FROM: Patrick J. Richards, Director of t.-:ommuriit.y Development"
DATE: June 14, 1989
SUE.IEl1T: Re-Allocation of Community Development Block Grant
Funds from the Senior Ceiit:er Project to Street
Improvement Projects, (For grant years 1986-87,
1987-83, and 1989-90)
Federal guidelines .requi.re that when. sub-grantees allocate the use of
Community Development. Block Grant fund s, that these Mlocation.s be
conducted in a public hearing format. Staff is r.•etu.rriing to COU.ncl.l
for the purpose of r•eallocat9ng $91,070 that. was previously set: aside
for the Senior Center Improvement. project. This report briefly
outlines the past appropr_ia.t ±�n.s, and recommends that the Ser.4or
Center funds from the CDBG ba? reallocated for street irnprovemenf-.s.
Background
Since 1986, the City Council has incremomta.11y allocated $91.,070 for
the Senior C:'ent.er. Improvement; project, broken down. as follows
1986--87, $20,500; 1.987-88, $50,570; 1989-90, $20,000. 1'he Council also
allocated a total of $146,972 972 for Virpriniaa Colony street improvements,
broken down as follows: 1986_.137, $1t3, 16(); 1.987-88, $3,546; 1..988-89,
$30,266. On March 29, 1989, the Cooncii approved the substitution of
Gania fuzids for CDBG funds t.bat were to be used for the Senior
Center. This substitution was based on tbo premise that Gann money,
allocated in September 28, 1983 for street improvements, would be
replaced. by CDBG funds. From the $200,000 Gann appropriation for
street improvements, $11,000 0 lia s been all.oca.ted f'or, transit, and
$71,070 was allocated for the senior e(!nt.c�r, ( in _place of CD11G funds),
leaving a balance, of $117,390. if tine C,outicil allocates the $93 ,070
to street improvement projects, it. would be added. to the previous
allocation. of $146,972, and the. balanf-!e of the Gann allocation of
$1.1.7,390, for a total of $355,972.
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Discussion
The City Council can allocate the Senior Center funds to any project
within the national objectives of the CDBG. In the past, Council has
focused on the needs of low and moderate income people. Funds have
been allocated towards helping senior citizens, development of
affordable housing projects, and public facilities within low and
moderate income neighborhoods. Because the substitution of Gann
money for CDBG money came from those Gann funds previously
allocated as part of the $200,000 for street improvements, staff has
pursued additional public facility projects to complete the
substitution as directed.
Research of the cost and feasibility of various street improvement
projects has developed into a selection of opportunities for the
Council to consider. The previous allocations for the Virginia Colony
neighborhood are not sufficient to pay for all the needed
improvements. This project can be broken into three phases as
follows: 1) improvements to existing Avenida Colonia; 2) building a
box culvert for flood channel drainage between Nogales Avenue and
Avenida Colonia to allow connection of the two roads; and 3),
improvements connecting Nogales Avenue to Avenida Colonia, and
completing the curb, gutter and sidewalks as needed on this street.
Additionally, staff has researched. the feasibility of a street
improvement project for Charles Street. The City will be proceeding
with a storm drain project in the neighborhood soon, so the staff cost
estimates focussed on the higher elevated, (eastern), portion of the
street, from Spring Road to Magnolia Street, where curbs, gutters and
sidewalks can be completed separate from the storm drain project.
Street improvement project options can be summarized as follows:
1) Virginia Colony
A. Curb, gutters and sidewalks for Avenida
Colonia, (to include pave-out of existing
road which is currently 25 feet wide,
to become 30 feet wide, and overlay) $140,089
B.1. Box culvert drainage system for the
corner of Nogales Avenue and Avenida
Colonia $ 87,075
B.2. Reconstruction, curb, gutters and side-
walks for Nogales Avenue, (to connect
Nogales Avenue and Avenida Colonia, and
improve existing Nogales Avenue 9$ 7,785
SUB-TOTAL $324,949
2) Charles Street, from Spring Road to Magnolia
Street for reconstruction of curb, gutter,
and sidewalks _ $ 85,030
TOTAL of 1 and 2 $409,979
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Implementation of the above mentioned projects requires some
consideration of logistics and funding. Logistically, the box culvert
must be installed prior to making improvements to Nogales Avenue, but
can be accomplished while improvements to Avenida Colonia are taking
place. Prior to working with CDBG funds in Virginia Colony, staff
must conduct a survey for low/moderate income eligibility, and this
could delay the start date of the project by one month. The Charles
Street improvements can be implemented more quickly because CDBG
requirements for environmental review are less significant for
reconstruction than for new construction, and because the neighborhood
qualifies as low/moderate income under the 1980 census data.
In order to progress quickly with the proposed street improvements, it
is staff's recommendation to design all four phases of the street
improvements with the Gann allocations. This would exclude the initial
stage of the projects from being subjected to the complicated federal
regulations, thus expediting the process.
Recommendation
1) That the City Council allocate $91,070 of the Community
Development Block Grant, for years 1986-87 ($20,500),
1987-88 ($50,000), 1989-90 ($20,000), previously allocated
for Senior Center improvements, to street improvements for
Nogales Avenue, Avenida Colonia, and Charles Street;
2) That all three proposed projects for Nogales Avenue and
Avenida Colonia be constructed first, and then the
balance of funds be used to initiate the Charles Street
improvements.
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