HomeMy WebLinkAbout3670_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 3670
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ESTABLISHING
NEGLECTED GROVE REMOVAL ADMINISTRATION FEES AND
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 3510
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE: That Subsection 7 , Neglected Grove Removal
Administration Fee, be added to Section I of Resolution No. 3510 ,
reading as follows:
7 . Neglected Grove Removal Administration Fee. . . 25% of cost
SECTION TWO: Fees stipulated in Section One shall become
effective April 1, 1980 .
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 1st day of April , 1980 .
Mayor of t e Cit of Red s
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APPROVED FOR FORM: (///VVJfjf
s/ Edward F. Taylor
City Attorney
TO: CHRIS C . CHRISTIANSEN,
CITY MANAGER
FOR: CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON APRIL 1, 1980
FRONS: W. C. SCHINDLER, DIRECTOR
PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE OF FEES (RESOLUTION NO . 3510)
Request City Council adopt an Amendment to Resolution No. 3510
in order to establish a fee for administration of the neglected
•rove Removal Agreement.
It has been estimated by our contractor, Fred Ford, that approx-
imately $100, 000 in fees would be involved in removal of those
dead citrus groves in Redlands that have been identified to date.
The agreement executed with Mr. Ford requires the City to pay
the contractor within 30 days and to bill the property owner.
Failure of the property owner to pay within a certain period of
time necessitates the City placing the charge on the tax roll .
Approximately two years are required for reimbursement to the
City under this procedure.
Our experience, based on five parcels that have not yet paid for
grove removal on their land, is that property owners find it
cheaper to have the City do the grove removal work and place
this charge on the tax roll. This was not the intent of the pro-
cedure. The only way to encourage property owners to arrange
`or grove removal themselves is to make it more expensive if the
City does the work. For this reason I am recommending that at
least a 25% administration fee be established.
I have been advised that other cities and counties have esta-
blished fees ranc:ing between 25% and 50% of the cost of removal -
1-7. C. Schindler
Planning & Community Development
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