Carpenter Street between Ocean Av. & 6th Av., View to the North
Carpenter Street between 5th Av. & 6th Av., View to the South
Carpenter Street between 5th Av. & 6th Av., Close-Up of PavementCity Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
December 4, 2007
XI. Orders of Council
B. Receive report on the FY 2006/2007 General Fund Budget Surplus and provide policy direction.
Note: Fiscal Year 2006/07 ended June 30, 2007 with a $1.9 million surplus.
COMMENTS:
• For Fiscal Year 2007/08, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Work Plan for Public Works is, as follows:
Repave Mission St. between 3rd Av. & 8th Av.
Repave 5th Av. between San Carlos St & Dolores St.
Repave Parking Lot across from the Post Office
Repave Dolores St. between 4th Av. &5th Av.
• The City Engineer prioritized Capital Improvement Projects, as follows:
Priority A: Repave Mission between 3rd Av. & 8th Av.
Priority B: Repave Parking Lot across from the Post Office
Priority C: Repave 5th Av. between San Carlos St. & Dolores St.
Priority D: Repave Dolores between 4th Av. and 5th Av.
• Three street projects, including repaving of Mission St. between 3rd Av. & 4th Av., the Parking Lot across from the Post Office and Ocean Av. Crosswalks, have recently been accomplished at an approved total cost of $261,628.
• While the Nichols Consulting Engineers 2007 Pavement Management Study has not yet been placed on a City Council agenda, and therefore the “effective treatments for each street section based upon criteria such as condition, pavement type, and functional class” are unknown, Carpenter Street, particularly between 5th Avenue and Ocean Avenue, is in dire need of repavement treatment.
• Since Carpenter Street is a main entry street to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea and used by residents and visitors alike, it is incumbent on the City to improve the present poor street condition of Carpenter St., specifically between Ocean Av. & 5th Av., to at least the condition of the County's recent overlay between Highway One and the northern boundary line of the City.
• Actually, all of Carpenter Street should be repaved, especially given the dramatic difference in road surfaces between the County and the City; namely, the even, smooth road surface in the County due to the County’s recent overlay between Highway One and the northern boundary line of the City vis-à-vis the uneven, washboard-like road surface from the City’s northern boundary line to Ocean Avenue, especially between 5th Avenue and Ocean Avenue.
REFERENCES:
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA WORK PLAN
Public Works
Repave Mission bet 3rd & 8th 7/1/07 6/30/08 $ 1 50,000 Project identified by City Engineer as Priority A. Budgeted for FY 2007-08. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Repave 5th Avenue betwn S. Carlos & Dolores 7/1/07 6/30/08 $ 2 7,000 Project identified by City Engineer as Priority C. Budgeted for FY 2007-08. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Repave parking lot across from Post Office 7/1/07 6/30/08 $ 2 0,000 Project identified by City Engineer as Priority B. Budgeted for FY 2007-08. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Repave Dolores betwn 4th and 5th 7/1/07 6/30/08 $ 3 3,000 Project identified by City Engineer as Priority D. Budgeted for FY 2007-08. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Repave Del Mar Parking Lot 7/1/08 6/30/09 $ 1 59,000 Budgeted for FY 2008-09. Pending update of Del Mar Master Plan. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Repave Sunset Center South Parking Lots 7/1/08 6/30/09 $ 5 0,000 Budgeted for FY 2008-09. Design development underway. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Pave Junipero between Ocean & 8th 7/1/09 6/30/10 $ 2 50,000 Budgeted for FY 2009-10. Design development underway. (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT)
Source:
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED BUDGET
FISCAL YEARS 2007/08 THROUGH 2009/10
City Council Minutes
Regular meeting
March 13, 2007
Items pulled from the Consent Calendar for discussion:
VII. C. Consideration of a Resolution entering into an agreement with Nichols Consulting Engineers for a 2007 Pavement Management and Truck Impact Fee study in an amount not to exceed $60,300.
City Administrator Guillen presented the report.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment at 6:50 p.m.
Council Member ROSE moved to adopt a resolution entering into an agreement with Nichols Consulting Engineers for items A, C.1, F and, if necessary, B. of the proposed 2007 Pavement Management and Truck Impact Fee study, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CUNNINGHAM, HAZDOVAC, ROSE, TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
City Council Minutes
Regular meeting
September 11, 2007
X. RESOLUTIONS
C. Consideration of a Resolution awarding the bid for three street projects at the Post Office, Mission Street – 3rd to 4th, and Ocean Ave. Crosswalks to Pavex Construction in the amount of $237,844 and authorize a contingency cost of $23,784 for a total project cost of $261,628.
City Administrator Guillen presented the staff report.
Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment at 7:16 p.m.
Barbara Livingston addressed Council regarding the use of pervious materials in future projects.
Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment at 7:17 p.m.
City Administrator Guillen amended action item #3 of the Resolution to read:
“Approve the use of $71,812 from an appropriate City account and approve an encumbrance for F.Y. 2007/08."
Council Member HAZDOVAC moved approval of a Resolution as amended awarding the bid for three street projects at the Post Office, Mission Street – 3rd to 4th, and Ocean Ave. Crosswalks to Pavex Construction in the amount of $237,844 and authorize a contingency cost of $23,784 for a total project cost of $261,628, seconded by Council Member ROSE and carried unanimously.
(Source: http://www.ci.carmel.ca.us/)
4 comments:
Why does Carmel have a second class washboard entrance to the City, especially down near Ocean as the pictures display. Not a very appropriate way to welcome visitors nor good for the damage done residents' cars, etc. Why not an overlay like the County recently completed north on Carpenter? We have a Civil Engineer as City Administrator. Where has he been???
Carpenter Street is a MST bus route, a truck route and a vehicular route for residents and visitors coming to Carmel-by-the-Sea. I agree with the sentiments expressed above in that Carmel’s City Administrator who has been with the city for over seven years and trained as a civil engineer should not have to have policy direction or a consultant’s study to inform him Carpenter Street should be at the top of the list for repaving on a regular basis. I don’t think we are getting our money’s worth by employing this city administrator. He passes the buck without making decisions a city administrator is paid and expected to make. Carmel needs a city administrator with experience, not someone who was never employed as a permanent city administrator and passed over by a city when it came time to employ a new city manager.
Through this blog's service, I see the mayor's, council's and administrator's incompetent management of our city. Let me count the myriad ways.
1. Mayor & Council:-can't follow state and city laws for selling Flanders; spends $375,000 in legal fees and only $4,000 in upkeep of Flanders; acts quickly on pet projects of minor significance but slowly on important projects; does more for visitors than residents; doesn't choose to see the incompetence of the city administrator.
2. City Administrator-can't budget well; delays action on FY 2006/07 $1.9 million budget surplus until mid-year of the next FY; needs too much policy direction and advice from consultants;doens't know the streets well enough to know which streets need to be paved; etc.
3. Fire Dept- couldn't perform standard water flow tests on the city's fire hydrants for over 10 years.
4. Police-can't catch the graffiti artist.
5. Planning-politically driven staff reports, no enforcement of builders.
6. Public Works-can't fix a water leak quickly in Forest Theater; doesn't maintain streets adequately.
7. Forest, parks & beach-can't plant enough trees to make up for all the trees the city cuts down on public land; doesn't do regular maintenance in areas not used by visitors.
Above all, it is the mayor's and administrator's haughty attitude. "We can do whatever we want, we know what is best for you to know and not know, we are the law." Wake Up Carmelites before people outside of Carmel are as embarrassed for us and we should be for ourselves.
Carmel supports our signature car show, but Carmel doesn’t support funding for Pebble Beach type roads for vehicles to drive on. Go figure!
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