AgdaPkt 2006-07-24 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

7A Page 6 For those properties where removal of the improvement is required a significant amount of staff time, from a code enforcement perspective, would be required; however, the property owners would bear the expense of the removal. It is not known what those costs would be depending on the severity. At present no fees have been suggested for the processing of an Encroachment Agreement for the direct purpose of encouraging property owners to participate willingly and in a timely manner. However, given the staff time involved in processing the Encroachment Agreement (anticipated to be between 1 to 3 hours depending on whether a site visit is necessary) this cost may have to be subsidized by the General Fund.6 A suggestion for offsetting an ongoing cost would be to provide a grace period for submittals (i.e. six months). Once the grace period has expired the City could then charge a fee for the actual staff time to process an Encroachment Agreement. The other potential fiscal impact to the City, as discussed in the Study Session. relates to slope failure. If slope failure were to occur as a result of Illegal construction on the lagoon . bank;thefiscal impact to the City and affected property owners would be significant. Given the existing build-out of the Redwood Shores community it would be extremely difficult to get the necessary machinery in to re-compact the lagoon bank. The possibility also exists that the lagoon would need to be drained in order to do the necessary work. Any cost estimates would need to reflect the degree of failure that occurred and the amount of work necessary. Conclusion The City has yet to address the growing concern of non-permitted (illegal) improvements on waterfront properties in the Redwood Shores community. Implementation of the Redwood Shores Lagoon Bank Policy would establish a set of construction guidelines and a procedure for future improvements which would work to preserve the integrity of the lagoon bank both structurally and aesthetically. City staff is requesting that the City Council consider adoption of the Redwood Shores Lagoon Bank Policy and Construction Guidelines and the removal and/or modification of ~ imp~emenls that have been iden as structurally significa ~ ~Iake L\IOIl ~ Joel Patterson Associate PI nner tor, Community Development Attachments 1. Draft Redwood Shores Lagoon Bank Policy and Construction Guidelines (June 2005) 2. Sample Encroachment Agreement 3. Photographic Examples 4. Minutes from the February 13,2006 City Council Study Session 6 Planning Staff currently bills at $126.65 per hour (2006-2007 rate will be $130.37 per hour)