HomeMy WebLinkAboutC23270 Waring Place HOA Landscape Replacement Settlement 653-01CITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Authorize the expenditure of $5,000 to the Waring Place
Home Owners Association as a landscape replacement
settlement — (Project 653-01)
SUBMITTED BY: Mark Greenwood, P.E., City Engineer
APPLICANT: Waring Place HOA
c/o Desert Resort Management
P.O. Box 4772
Palm Desert, CA 92260
DATE: December 9, 2004
CONTENTS: Vicinity Map
Recommendation:
By Minute Motion:
Authorize the expenditure of $5,000 to the Waring Place
Home Owners Association as a landscape replacement
settlement — (Project 653-01)
Discussion:
As part of the Fred Waring widening project (653-01), a sound wall was required
for the homeowners in Waring Place on the northeast corner of Cook Street and
Fred Waring Drive as a mitigation measure to reduce the noise from the
additional traffic. As part of the contract for the construction of the wall, the
contractor is required to return the landscape around the wall to the same
condition it was in prior to construction.
The Waring Place Homeowners Association (HOA) would like to move from a
lush landscape to an arid landscape. Instead of replacing in kind the former
landscape, the HOA would like to receive a cash payment equal to the cost of
replacing the landscape in lieu of the actual plant material.
Staff Report
Authorize Expenditure for Landscape Mitigation (Project 653-01)
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December 9, 2004
The City has negotiated a price of $32,750 for the value of the landscape that
would be installed under normal circumstances. The contractor is willing to
contribute $27,750. The Public Works department would like to cover the
additional $5,000 because it is a fair settlement, and it will provide a water
efficient landscape along the Fred Waring corridor.
Prior to releasing the funds, the City will secure a Final Settlement letter from the
Board of Directors of the Waring Place HOA. After the Waring Place HOA
receives the funds, they will contract out to have the work done themselves.
Funds are available for this expenditure in the Fred Waring widening project
account. Therefore, staff recommends that City Council, by minute motion,
authorize the expenditure of $5,000 to the Waring Place Home Owners
Association as a landscape replacement settlement — (Project 653-01).
Submitted By:
Mark Greenwood, P.E.
City Engineer
Approval:
ACM for Development Services Finarf c�Direc` o
Department Head:
Michael Errante, P.E.
Director of Public Works
City Manage
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