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AGENDA TITLE: Public Hearing for Curb Ramp Replacement Accessibility Project
MEETING DATE: August 4, 1993
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve the priority list for the
installation of handica accessible curb ramps in the public
right-of-way (Exhibit A� and authorize the preparation of
plans, specifications, and bidding using Block Grant funds.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Lodi has allocated $49,868 in Connunity
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the installation
of handicap ramps. For the past few years, the Traffic
Division has logged requests for handicap ramps. The
list now totals over 70 locations with an approximate cost of $275,000. At
locations where the request was for a ramp at a specific corner or corners, the
calculated costs include retrofitting the entire intersection unless it is obviously
not needed.
Until now, the installation of handicap ramps at existing locations has been funded
by the Street Capital Improvement Program. Annual funding for this portion of this
Program was recently increased from $5,000 to $15,000. There has been no formal
criteria or priority scheme established regarding the installation of these ramps.
Most of the ramps installed under this Program have been near Lodi Memorial Hospital
or at locations adjacent to sidewalk repairs.
The City also installs handicap ramps as a part of most street projects and requires
developers to install ramps with all new construction and to retrofit ramps on
building projects value4 over $25,000.
With the now available CDBG funding, the list of requested locations was prioritized
based on several factors, including the type and location of pedestrian generator in
the area, pedestrian volume factor, cost factor, and other factors. The role of
each of these factors in determining the priority ranking is described below:
Pedestrian Generator
The types of pedestrian generators included in the ranking have been placed into
five categories. In each of these categories, a numeric value has been assigned
depending on where the pedestrian generator exists in relatiov,ship to the requested
location. The closer the generator is to the requested location, the higher the
number value assigned to the location. Listed below are the five categories and a
description of the types of uses in each:
APPRO
THOMAS A. PETERSON
City Manager
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• Shopping Center - malls, grocery stores, and similar commercial uses
(0 to 3 points)
° Government Facility - city hall, police and fire stations, courts,
social security office, municipal service center, parks and recreation
office, etc. (0 to 3 points)
° Public Use (including private) - churches, museums, libraries, parks,
etc. (0 to 2 points)
• Medical Facility - hospitals, medical offices, labs, pharmacies, etc.
(0 to 4 points)
• School - all schools (public and private) (0 to 3 points)
Pedestrian Volume Factor
Because pedestrian volume counts are not available for the majority of these
locations, a ranking between . and 5 has been used based"on'the type and intensity
of pedestrian generator in the area and the likelihood of pedestrian activity. A
minimum score of 1 is used at locations where pedestrian volume would be expected to
be minimal. The maximum score of 5 is for locations where high pedestrian activity
would be expected.
Cost Factor
Another important factor to consider is the cost of installing handicap ramps.
Since installation costs range from $2,500 to $4,500 for each ramp, cost can greatly
affect the number of ramps that can be installed with the available Block Grant
funds. This calculated factor is adjusted to give points in the 0 to 4 range.
Other Factors
Other factors that have an effect on the installation of handicap ramps have also
been considered. These factors include facilities that were not covered in the
preceding categories and locations where tha installation of handicap ramps can be
funded as part of a construction project. At locations where "other" facilities
exist, points were allotted based on similar factors used in the listed categories.
At locations where the installation is funded as part of a construction project, the
total scores were adjusted to equal zero.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the priority ranking method for the
installation of handicap ramps. Future requests for handicap ramps will be added to
the list and the rankings will be adjusted. This will allow staff to advise those
citizens requesting ramps roughly how soon they will be installed assuming this CDBG
Program continues to be funded by the Council.
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Staff also requests Council authorization to prepare plans, specifications, and go
out to bid based on the priority list. The bid package will consist of a base bid
for the installation of ramps based on the City's cost estimates plus an alternate
bid for the installation of additional ramps in the event that more ramps than stz`f
estimated can be installed with the available CDBG money. Dep -ding on the bids,
available funds, and the cost of the remaining locations, we may need to skip an
expensive location and do a lower-cost ramp.
FUNDING: Costs to install as many handicap ramps as possible, plus engineering
charges, using the $49,868 available in 1. CDBG funds.
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(ac L. Ronsko
Vb c Works Director
Prepared by Rick S. Kiriu, Senior Engineering Technician
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Attachments
cc: City Attorney
Chief of Police
Street Superintendent
Building and Equipment Maintenance Superintendent
Community Development Block Grant Coordinator
Associate Traffic Engineer
Concerned citizens
CPHCURB/TXTW.02M (CO.COM) July 27, 1993
CITY OF LODI
HANDICAP RAMP PRIORITY / SCORING LIST
Priority Factor / Score
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
REMISED DATE: July 27.1993
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COMMENTS romps Estimate Cum. Total
HAM / VINE
1990, '93 ALL
0
0
0
4
3
5
0.8
2 Cotw. Rome
14.8
sig poles III boxes 4 $18,000 018,000
CHURCH / WALNUT
1988.1990. ALL
2
1
2
0
3
4
0.7
0 Non*
12.7
SE axlats,sig pole, i boxes spring 3 113,500 $31,500
1993131
91
HAM / SYLVIA
1990,'93 NESE
0
0
2
2
0
5
1.5
2 Conv. Harm
12.5
non* exists,SICB O SE 'T' int 2 18,500 $38,000
STOCKTON / ELM
1993 SE
0
1 1
2
1 0
0
3
4
2 Senior
up
12.0.
NE,NW.SW exists 1 {2,500 $40.600
FAIRMONT I WINDSOR
1992 NESE
0
0
0
4
0
5
2.5
0 Non*
11.6
SE exists.SIC6 O NE 'T" int 1 14,000 $42,000
PLEASANT I PI14L
1989 SE
3
2
0
0
0
2
4
0 None
11.0
SW exists, 'T' int 1 $2,500 144,500
FAIRMONT /SYLVIA
1990 ALL
0
0
2
4
0
3
0.9
1 Cores. Home
10.9
none exists.SICSOSE 4 $11.500 $56.000
LE SW "sts.none O north curb O
L.00KEFORD / ORANGE
1992 N curb
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2 he O wash.
10.0
2 4115.000 161.000
2 sch xwelks
LOCKEFORD I CRESCENT
1992 SW
0
0
0
0
2
9
4
.sen
2 ho O wrh.
10.0
NE NW SE exists, 1 12,500 163,500
CHURCH I OAK Istall
1992 SE.SW
2
1
2
0
1
3
0.7
0 Nene
9.7
non* axists,SICB NW,SW,SE, 4 114 600 {78,000
.w vest
si x on ce.n*n
WALNUT /PLEASANT
1988 NE.NW
1
0
1
0
2
2
t.5
2 Public
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9.5
SE,SW exists;SICS O NE 2 {6.500 184,500
non* exists' SICK O NW,SIC8 8
PINE / LEE
1993 NE.I.W
1
1
2
0
0
2
0.7
2 Conv. Homs
8.7
4 113,500 $98.000
meN+olo ONE
FAIRMONT / YORK
1992 NESE
0
0
0
2
O
3
2.6
1 Rib'
6.6
NE existo.SICB SE. NO 1 $4,000 1102,000
Hoa
SIDDYALK 0 S 'T' int.
WIMBLEDON /
1987 NE
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
0 Non*
8.0
NW }xaete,rorr on south curb 1 12.500 $104,500
SCARBOROUGH
hch xw lk 'T' int
TURNER O LODI LAKE
1992. 1993 N curb
0
0
2
0
O
4
1
C Non*
7.0
none exists O entrance or exit 4 $10.000 6114,500
Wets. NO SIDEWALK O SE,
TURNER I SACRAMENTO
1991 NE.NW
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
0 NOM
7.0
1 {2,503 $117,000
'TW At
ELM / LEE
1988 SE
o
2
2
0
0
2
0.7
1 0 Non*
8.7
non* sxlats,61C8 O NE.NW,SE 4 $14,500 $131.500
LOCUST I LEE
1991 SE,SW
0
1
2
0
O
1
2
0 Non*
0.0
nen* exists. 'T" int,91-92 tip 2 15,000 $136,500
TURNER / LINCOLN
1991 NE.NW
0
0
1
0
0
2
0.9
2 Ct.nv. Home
5,9
Dowhosp.roll 0 SE,SICS 0 4 111,500 {.148.000
NWr
TURNER / HAM
1991 NE.NW
0
0
0
0
3
2
0.6
0 Nona
6.0
none exists,aig poles 6 boxes 4 $16.000 0160,000
TURNER I LAKEWOOD
1991 NE.NW
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0 Non*
5.0
ncneexists. 'T'int 2 $5.000 $171.000
LOWER SAC / DiABLO
1992 SE
0
0
0
0
0
1 1
4
0 Non*
5.0NE
exists, NO SIDEWALK TO
$2,500 $173,500
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LOWER SAC IT OK AY
1992 NE
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0 None
5.0
0E exists. WO CROSSING, *T* int 1 12,500 $176,000
TURNER / EDGEW000
199t NE,NW
0
0
1
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0
1
1.3
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3.3
SE SW sudsts,51C8 O NE,NW 2 $8,000 $181,500
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Mailing List for Handicap Ramp Installation 7193
Hazel Perfetto
P.O. Box 1394
Woodbridge, CA
Sandra Fitch
421 W. Pine St
Lodi, CA
Pastor Harmon >kilien
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St
Lodi. CA
Tom Fr vem
20849 N. DeVries Rd
Lodi. CA
John Rice
915 Wimbledon Dr
Lodi, CA
Violet Bowman
317 Chestnut St
Lodi, CA
William Dary
Christian Scientist Church
322 W. Elm St
Corey Wright
Vienna Convalescent Home
368-7141
James & Jean Wilson
1336 S. Church St
Lodi, CA
Lauren Griffin
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St
Dr. Rappaport
840 S. Fairmont Ave Ste.9
Lodi. CA
Bemie Vigil
1042 Yokuts Ct
Lodi, CA
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CITY OF LODI
221 WEST PINE STREET
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95240
ADVERTISING INST'RIICTIONS
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - CURB RAMP REPLACEMENT
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
PUBLISH DATES: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1993
TEAR SHEETS WANTED: THREE
AFFIDAVIT AND BILL TO: JENNIFER M. P RRIN, CITY CLERIC
DATED: JULY 7, 1993 ORDERED EY:
P8 N�LINx
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
DECLARATION OF MAILING
On July 14, 1993 in the City of Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, I
deposited in the United States mail, envelopes with first-class postage
prepaid thereon, containing a copy of the Notice attached hereto, marked
Exhibit "A"; said envelopes were addressed as is more particularly shown
on Exhibit "B" attached hereto.
There is a regular daily communication by mail between the City of Lodi,
California, and the places to which said envelopes were addressed.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on July 14, 1993, at Lodi, California.
Jennifer M. Perrin
City Clerk
PegWWicolini
Deputy City Clerk
DHC#01/TXTA.FRM
o. CITY 0 LODI OTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Date: August 4, 2993
CARNEGIE FORUM 7:00 p.m.
305 West Pine Street, Lodi Time:
For information regarding this Public Hearing
Please Contact:
Jennifer M. .Perrin
City Clerk
Telephone: 333.6702
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
August 4, 1993
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, at the hour of 7*0 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the City Council will conduct a
public hearing to consider the following matter:
a) Curb ramp replacement accessibility project.
Information regarding this item may be obtained in the office of the
Community Development Director at 221. West Pine Street, Lodi, California.
All interested persons are invited to present their views and comments on this
matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior
to the hearing scheduled herein, and oral statements may be made at said
hearing.
If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only
those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in
this notice or In written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, 221 West
Pine Street, at or prior to the Public Hearing. -
By Order Of the Lodi City Council:
Jebftifex
Ny. Perrin
City Clerk
July 7, 1993
Dated:
Approvedras �to form:
W ` �'
Bobby W. McNatt
City Attorney
PUBLIC HEARING FOR CUr-,RAW REPLACEMENT ACCESSIBILITY PPnJECT
August 4, 1993 City Council Meeting
Mailing List for Handicap Ramp installation
Hazel Perfetto
P.O. Box 1394
Woodbridge. CA
Sandra Fitch
421 W. Pine St
Lodi, CA
Pastor Hannon Skillen
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St
Lodi, CA
Tom Favero
20849 N. DeVries Rd
Lodi. CA
John Rice
915 Wimbledon Or
Lodi. CA
Violet Bowman
317 Chestnut St
Lodi, CA
William Dary
Christian Scientist Church
322 W. Elm St
Corey Wright
Vienna Convalescent Home = Atht-AAA- .i°oW ?!u4 0
368-7141
James & Jean Wilson
1336 S. Church Sl
Lodi, CA
Lauren GdMn
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St
Dr. Rappaport
840 S. Fairmont Ave Sle.9
Lodi, CA
Bemie Vigil
1042 Yokuts Ct
Lodi, CA
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7/93
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor
City Council
City Manager
From: Peggy Nicolini, Deputy City Clerk
Date: July 19, 1993
Subject: Curb Ramp Replacement Accessibility Project
Mr. Rudy Peden, 919 S. Church Street called regarding the 30-40 year old tree
that is being taken down in front of his residence. He thinks the City should
be able to work around it. He and his neighbors think it is very wrong to tear
down a perfectly healthy tree.
Mr. Peden said he called the City and spoke with someone named "Kay".
Mr. Peden very sarcastically said Kay "does all his evaluating from his desk".
He said several times that Davenport is a good Councilman, and the only
Councilman who listens to the people. He also said that he was not at all in
favor of the entire Council being recalled, but now with this incident, will do
everything in his power to help with the recall of everyone but Davenport.
Mr. Peden requested that I relay the message to the Mayor and ask him to call,
I did so via voice mail. Mr. Peden continued on to say that he would notify
the newspapers, radio, TV etc.
Mr. Peden indicated that he would be attending the Council meeting.
MTREES/TY.TA.02J
CITY COUNCIL
PHILLIP A PENNINO. Mavor
JACK A. SIEGLOCK
Mayor Pro Tempore
RAY G. DAVENPORT
STEPHEN J MANN
JOHN R (Randvl SNIDER
THOMAS A PETERSON
CITY O F L O D I, Cky Manager
�• f IENNIFER A1. PERRIN
RE • �
`1.: i 1 City Clerk
CITY HALL. 2211 %VEST PINE STREET
ti H �1cNATT
P.O BOX 3006 Ir if �.
LOOI. CALIFORNIA 95241.1910 ' Cdv Attorney
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(209) 334-5634 dt
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July 28, 1993
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING FOR CURB RAMP REPLACEMENT ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
Dear Concerned Citizen:
Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item that is on the
City Council agenda of Wednesday, August 4, 1993, at 7:00 p.m. The
meeting will be held in the City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305
West Pine Street.
The Council will conduct a public hearing on this item. You are welcome
to attend and speak at the appropriate time.
If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to
City Council, City of Lodi, P. 0. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910.
Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter
to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street.
If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to
fill out a speaker's card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately
prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the City Clerk. If you
have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact
Jennifer Perrin, City Clerk, at (209) 333-6702.
If you have any questions about the item itself, please call
at (209) 333-6706 or Eric Veerkamp at (209) 333-6711.
viej"
Uack Ronsko
P Works Director
JLR/im
Enclosure
cc: City Clerk -
CPHCURB.NCC/TXTW.02M
Richard Prima
John Rice
915 Wimbledon Dr.
Lodi, CA 95240
Violet Bowman
317 Chestnut St.
Lodi, CA 95240
William Dary
Christian Scientist Church
322 W. Elm St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Corey Wright'
Vienna Convalescent Home
800 S. Ham Lane
Lodi, CA 95242
368-7141
James & Jean Wilson
1336 S. Church St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Lauren Griffin
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Dr. Rappaport
840 S. Fairmont Ave., Ste. 9
Lodi, CA 95240
Bemie Vigil
1042 Yokuts Ct.
Lodi, CA 95240
MAIL.DOC
Mailing List for Handicap Ramp Installation 7/93
Hazel Perfetto
Mr. Antwon Smith
P.O. Box 1394
c/o Lodi Memorial Hospital Subacute Unit
Woodbridge, CA 95258
P. O. Box 3004
Sandra Fitch
Lodi, California 95241
421 W. Pine St.
Lodi, CA 95240
M. Michele Louvailler
c/o Lodi Memorial Hospital Subacute Unit
Pastor Hannon Skillen
P. O. Box 3004
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Lodi, California 95241
215Walnut St.
Lodi.. C
CA 95240
m._ Kowaski Kennedy
c/o Lodi Memorial Hospital Subacute Unit
Tom Favero
P. O. Box 3004
20849 N. DeVdes Rd.
Lodi, California 95241
Lodi, CA 95242
John Rice
915 Wimbledon Dr.
Lodi, CA 95240
Violet Bowman
317 Chestnut St.
Lodi, CA 95240
William Dary
Christian Scientist Church
322 W. Elm St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Corey Wright'
Vienna Convalescent Home
800 S. Ham Lane
Lodi, CA 95242
368-7141
James & Jean Wilson
1336 S. Church St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Lauren Griffin
St. Anne's Catholic Church
215 W. Walnut St.
Lodi, CA 95240
Dr. Rappaport
840 S. Fairmont Ave., Ste. 9
Lodi, CA 95240
Bemie Vigil
1042 Yokuts Ct.
Lodi, CA 95240
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Saint Anne's Catholic Churci
LORI (209) 368.2472 MWfing Address: FONTANA (714)822-2213
(800) 692-3431 P.O. BOX 1270 (800) 442-4944
FAX (209) 369-28M LODI, CALIFORNIA 85241
Lodi City Council
City of Lodi
P.O. Box 3006
Lodi, Ca. 95241-1910
Re: Public Hearing to Consider Transportation Permit Fees...
I am writing concerning your consideration of adopting the Caltrans
fee schedule for transportation permits. First I would like to
acknowledge the good job your staff has done in preparing to
implement this plan. Whin I first contacted Jeannie she was very
open to meeting with our company to get our input on the permit
process and the various permit procedures that we see throughout the
state.
After seeing the three alternatives that the staff came up with we
have concluded that the best alternative would be the #I2 the
Modified Caltrans Procedure, IF a provision can be made to limit the
cost of an annual permit to an amount no more that twice the regular
permit price. I will go into my reasoning for this shortly.
First let me point out the strong points of this procedure.
Faxed Applications and Faxed Permits
Faxing applications and faxing back the completed permit would be a
simple procedure for our staff and yours. We would be saved the
time spent to travel to city hall, waiting for the permit, paying
fees, and returning to our office. Your staff would be saved from
having to stop their other work to process a permit whenever a
permit applicant walks in the door.
If you accept faxed applications we could (upon setting up an
account) be able to stay at our office, fax you the application,
allow your staff a couple of hours to process it, and receive the
application back via fax.
The companies who do not regularly apply for permits in Lodi and do
not have an account set up could enlist the services of one of tha
various permit services that exist. The permit service could fax
the application to the city, receive the faxed permit back from the
city, have the permits billed to the permit service and then bill
the trucker themselves for the permit fee and their own service fee.
This is presently a common practice in the industry,
Annual Permits
The idea of issuing annual permits would be a time and money saving
option. If annual permits were issued for items such as extra legal
height, width and length up to a given size the permit itself would
only have to be written once per year. These types of loads would
not cause any extra wear and tear on city streets or cause any
safety problems.
This brings me to the cost of these annual permits. Your staff has
stated that permits cost the city about $18.00 per permit to
process. I feel that the cost of producing an annual permit
shouldn't be any more than it costs to process a single trip permit.
In fact the annual would begin saving the city money the second time
It was used. This is because, according to the staffs figures, the
city would be losing $2.00 each time they process a permit if they
charged the S16-00 Caltrans figure.
Now I grant you that Caltrans charges $90.00 per annual permit, and
by law so could Lodi, but then again if the permit doesn't cost
$90.00 to create but instead only $18.00, why should the city be
making $72.00 per permit? Are transportation permits supposed to be
a revenue generating device. I don't think so, and I don't think
the city government of Lodi thinks that way. There are many
governments and bureaucracies out there who choose to use the
trucking industry as a revenue source but I think Lodi has more of a
pro-business attitude than that.
I think keeping the Annual Permit cost at no more than twice the
single trip level could be beneficial for both the city and the
Trucking companies who would be buying permits here. For the
trucking companies who would be buying annual permits anyway, it
would of course be a great savings to buy an annual permit for
$32.00 instead of $90.00. For the city, you may find that it
actually increases revenue to charge the lower figure.
To illustrate how this may happen lets use the example of an
out-of-town trucking company buying a permit to haul an overwidth
load out of an auction yard. If they were to buy the $16.00 single
trip permit, the city, according to your staffs figures, would lose
$2.00. If however an annual permit were available at only $32.00
the trucker may take the chance that they will use the permit again
In the following year and buy the annual permit instead of the
single. This would result in the city making $14.00 instead of
losing $2.00. In the following year the permit could be used
several times without costing the trucker any more money and without
costing the city any more money.
The above scenario relies on the premise that an annual permit would
not cost the city anymore than a single trip permit, and as long as
the permit was not for overweight loads or for loads that require
investigation by city staff this premise should be correct. An
annual permit could be written for a maximum width of 12 feet; a
maximum height that will keep the load under any overhead lines
lights or underpasses on the STAA routes through Lodi; and a maximum
length that could travel safely on any STAA route in Lodi. The only
costs that these loads should present to the city are the initial
costs of processing the permit.
As far as any increased safety hazard that these loads may present
let me make two points:
I. Our company has hauled 12' wide loads throughcut the state of
California for many years and have never had any -accidents or
Incidents that were caused by the extra width of these loads.
2. Before most cities will issue transportation permits they require
that the carrier provide them with a certificate of insurance
showing the city as an additional insured so that if any damage was
done to city property by an over dimension load would be covered by
the carriers insurance.
In brief, there should be no difference to the city in the cost of a
permit that is used once or a dozen times or more if the permit was
only written once. The exception to this would be if a load was
overweight and therefore caused more wear on city streets.
In closing let me again state ray gratitude to your staff for
allowing us to have some input in this process. We hope that you
will take the comments in this statement into consideration and come
up with a process that is easy to use and does not place undue
financial burden onto local truckers such as ourselves who would be
purchasing annual permits. Please do not charge the excessive fees
that State law allows for annual permits just because you can.
Charge just what you need to cover your costs and you will find that
it will be beneficial for all of us.
Thank you for your time,
Anthony Todd Teresi
ob
August 4, 1993
RE: Public hearing for curb ;asap repI.:ccement accessibility
project
Hr. Mayor, City Councilmembers, Hr. Peterson and 14r. Ronsko:
I am here tonight representing 388 rpwi.dents of the city..of Lodi.
These residents reside at institutional settings; .:Vienna' Conv.
Hosp. (1.50 beds), Lodi Health Care renter (151: beds),:.` Fairmont
Rehabilitation Hospital (59 beds) and Crescent -Court Nursing Home
(28 beds).
On any given day tnany of these rn nidnntn make visits' -to physiciansr
dentists, .podiatrists and Lodi Memorial .Hospital for exams,
treatments, tests and check -lips: More, so than' not ''these.residents
Travel to thesevarious locations by wheelchair as'!all of th'ene
services are within 2 to 3 blocks in distance.
I hiqhly recommend char. r.hP f.nllowing cline locations be given th.e4
utmost consideration for upgrade to wheelchair accessibility.
Nam/Vine (all corners)
Ham/Sy;.via (NE, SHS corners)
Fairmont/Sylvia (all corners)
The Fairnont/syl v ia. i nrrr sec tion is 7t.h an the priority nc:or'ing
list and if this is the final order of construction r.hen this
intersection :ill not be completed clurinc; this allocation period.
The factor for scoring C:onv. Ho;sLis. (2) and only (1) for the
Fairmont/Sylvia intersection is to low. The: need for whF!Plrhair
accessible curbs is just as great for t:onv. Nonps. as they -ire for
an Acute Care Hospital which carries a weight of (4). I feel that
four Nursing Horses wi rhi.n threo bI nrk t of each or.her warrartrhi gher
scoring.
Again, I would like to recommend to the city council and public-.
works department r.h:ir.. the thit:N intersections that. I have mentioned
be given the highest priority for upgrade.
Tha.:k you-
Corey
ou_Corey ;•rr. _-;ht
Assistant'. Administrator,
Vienna Convalescent Hospital