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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing the Call for Bids for the Annual Sidewalk Repair Program 2012-13, Project No. 2013.0050
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The project provides for the removal and replacement of damaged concrete sidewalks, driveway approaches, curbs and gutters, and the installation of sidewalk curb ramps throughout the city.
Staff recommends approval of the plans and specifications and call for bids for the subject project.
BACKGROUND
Property owners are required by the San Leandro Municipal Code to maintain the sidewalks along their frontage. The City completes sidewalk maintenance through the Sidewalk Repair Program, described in Title 8 of the San Leandro Administrative Code, which provides for the repair of damaged sidewalks. When the City is made aware of damaged public sidewalks, staff examines the area to determine whether repairs or replacement would be best. Minor defects to sidewalks adjacent to private residences are ground or patched at no (direct) charge to property owners. Larger defects that require removal and replacement of either the sidewalks or driveway approaches are also repaired under the Program, but the property owner adjacent to such a defect must reimburse the City for the full costs unless a City street tree is the cause. If a City street tree is the cause, property owners are required to pay only half of the costs.
In addition to the repair of sidewalks, this project will install handicap curb ramps to meet current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. As part of the City’s ADA curb ramp transition plan, several sidewalk curb ramps are installed or improved each year. These ramps are installed adjacent to new street work and at resident requested locations. Staff hopes to eventually install updated ramps at all City intersections. The City pays the cost for the installation of the ramps, repair of sidewalks along the frontage ...
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