PROPOSED CHANGE TO REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR
BEACH HOUSE HOTEL CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENT

 

Recommendation:

That the City Council delete the improvement of one crosswalk of special paving on Beach Drive at the south end of the project from Exhibit A of the Public Improvement and Reimbursement Agreement and withhold $ 45,500 of reimbursement, an amount equivalent to the cost of the improvement.

 

Background:

On December 10, 1996, the City Council approved a reimbursement agreement to carry out public improvements adjacent to the hotel project. The agreement provides for the developer to build and pay for certain street improvements which are to reimbursed by the City. These improvements were to be constructed by the hotel developer because they enhanced the area surrounding the hotel and because they could be more efficiently constructed with development of the project. All but one of the improvements has been completed pursuant to approved plans. The hotel developer has requested that the southerly crosswalk on Beach Drive be deleted from the list of work for reimbursement because of access complaints from the businesses fronting the strand between 13th Street and Pier Plaza. The work can be undertaken at the time that properties along 13th Street are improved with funds retained in the reimbursement account equivalent to the cost for the improvements.

 

Analysis:

The Beach House hotel project is nearly complete and all off-site improvements have been completed with the exception of the crosswalk proposed for the south end of the project adjacent to 13th Street on Beach Drive. (The Public Works Department is currently inspecting the improvements.) The crosswalk was to be paved consistent with the paving installed in Pier Plaza. This paving has been installed in the Beach Drive crosswalk from the parking structure leading to the hotel entrance. (Please See Attachment No. 2 .) The business owner of the Mermaid Restaurant has complained that access to the restaurant has been blocked on two occasions during the course of hotel construction. Since, the proposed construction of the south crosswalk will block access along Beach Drive for several additional days, the hotel developer suggested that the City complete the work with funds retained in the reimbursement account equivalent to the cost for the improvement. The City can complete the improvement at a more convenient time or reallocate the funds for other street improvements. The obligation of the City to reimburse the developer is subject to final approval and acceptance of work by the City.

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