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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - March 1, 1993 Page - 10 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Thomas McCurdy, 1065 Hutchings Boulevard, said there is a sight- distance problem at the intersection where Hutchings, Martin, and Virginia meet. He said the street is narrow, and it is difficult to see in order to make the turn onto the street, and traffic travels quite fast on the street. He said from Hutchings it is quite difficult to see because of the cars parked on Virginia. Mayor Karp said staff would look into this matter. Mr. McCurdy thanked the City for installing the stop sign on Frederick and Virginia. Greg Keown, 891 Martin Boulevard, said he agrees with the previous statements that there are many programs which are not properly funded. He said he feels he is being forced to pay for a City-owned street tree that damaged a City-owned sidewalk. He said he feels his taxes pay for this and he should not have to pay for sidewalk repair work. Mr. Oliver said the City of San Leandro did not build any of the curbs and gutters, streets, or sidewalks in the subdivision; those were built by the developer, per State law. He said State law gives the City the ability to require property owners to maintain the sidewalks. He said the City shares in the cost of repairs for sidewalk damage by street trees; he also said the City makes a number of requirements of property owners, but they are per State law. He said the property belongs to the City of San Leandro as required right of way, but it is the property owners' responsibility to maintain. Mr. Keown said these are hard times, and he feels the City is looking for other people to pay for this work. Mayor Karp said the City has loans available to help property owners. Mr. Oliver said the City has 176 miles of streets which cost $180 million to maintain, but the City only gets $1 million per year to do so and is falling far behind in its ability to keep the streets in repair. Mr. Keown asked if all sidewalk repairs were billed in the same manner; in other words, were commercial properties required to pay their share of repairs. Mr. Oliver said they were. Rosana DeJesus, 1123 Martin Boulevard, also questioned how her bill was calculated. She said she had originally been told her bill would be about $700. Bill Silva described the amount of work done on her property. Ms. DeJesus said the amount was different than what she was told before and she was surprised. Mr. Vogeney said this property did not receive an initial notice to repair but, instead, the property owner asked for the driveway approach to be repaired. He said perhaps the City Inspector gave her an estimate. Cary Dawson, the City Inspector, said he gave Ms. DeJesus a field estimate, which he believed to be in the amount of $750. Mr. Silva said the actual cost is based on final measurements after the work is completed, and many times it is found that more concrete needs to be removed than originally anticipated. Mayor Karp, with concurrence of the City Council , recommended Ms. DeJesus' bill be reduced to $750.