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Home My WebLink About1990-05-08 - AGENDA REPORTS - LANDSCAPE IMP SAN FERNANDO (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item to be presented b NEW BUSINESS Jeff Kolin DATE: May 8, 1990 SUBJECT: Landscaping Improvements to Vaca ed Portion of Alley at Fourth Street and San Fernando R" Resolution No. 90-4 i A DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation Publi Wor s BACKGROUND The City Council was presented with a declaration of intention to vacate a portion of the alley at Fourth Street and San Fernando Road, at its March 13, 1990 meeting. The City Council directed staff to meet with the adjacent property owners to investigate possible improvements to the subject parcel of land. Staff had proposed vacating the parcel of property to the adjacent property owner, Dr. Kost, owner of the Newhall -Saugus Pet Clinic, Inc., located at 22509 Fourth Street, Newhall. Staff met with Dr. Kost on a number of occasions to discuss his request for improvements. Most recently, a meeting was held on March 22, 1990 and then again on April 20, 1990 to present a plan illustrating the proposed improvements to be made by the City. A plot plan illustrating the location of the subject parcel and the proposed improvements is attached for the City Council's information. Preliminary staff estimates indicate that construction costs for this project will be approximately $2,700. Dr. Kost has indicated that he would support the proposed improvements if the City were willing to accept ongoing maintenance and liability for the proposed property. The Parks and Recreation Department would plant drought -tolerant shrubs, which would require minimal maintenance. Staff's original recommendation to vacate the property to the adjacent property owner was based on the feeling that improvements to the land would not provide general public benefit. The subject parcel of land was created when the alley, which originally connected straight into Fourth Street, was realigned to intersect with San Fernando Road at a right angle --see attached map (Detail A). The parcel is contiguous with a landscape portion of Dr. Kost's property, which fronts on Fourth Street. The City Council may wish to consider the impacts of this decision upon similar remnant parcels of property in the City, and the long-term costs of improvements made to small parcels of land left over when streets are widened or realigned. Should the City Council feel that it wishes to proceed with the vacation of this portion of the alley at Fourth Street and San Fernando Road, staff has attached Resolution No. 90-41, which should be adopted by the City Council, thereby setting a date for a public hearing and posting of a notice along the right of way of the proposed vacation. The hearing may not be held less than fifteen i Conunued 10: tigrollua mems _ - days following the adoption of the resolution. The hearing date is scheduled for June 12, 1990; this date is specified within the resolution. Prior to the hearing, staff would investigate the need to reserve utility easements and what, if any, improvements might be necessary to the vacated alley. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council vacate the property to the adjacent property owner, without making improvements (Option #1) because of the lack of benefits provided to the general public by further improvements. Vacation of the property would place responsibility for maintenance of the parcel with the adjacent property owner. Options for Disposition of Property: #1. Vacate property to adjacent property owner. #2. Install proposed improvements to property, and then vacate to adjacent property owner, appropriate $2,700 from City Council contingency fund for improvements and require adjacent property owner to maintain. #3. Install proposed improvements to property, retain title and assume maintenance costs. Transfer $2,700 for improvements and $800 per year for maintenance costs from City Council contingency fund. ATTACHMENTS Exhibit A, Landscaping Improvement Plan Exhibit B, Resolution No. 90-41 Exhibit C, Legal Description Exhibit D, Vicinity Map printed in U.S.A. (8 SQUARES ��WhPiP nliality 4Cnn.�n.� !^....... G:..• 4-`' ST 4. -SAN DRAWN MY fJ JJ APPROV[O 0Yt RCVISCD G, C U EXHIBIT A C— 2G CAT[: SCAL[: �X 1.5�'G (.fTl L1TY C �x JsT' -rur�F CoMC�RtTi-:- 11 COLOR.",, L,/t:-- I ` I I N =D BY I H E Gil', PLANT��-S T2� FE- CHAP60AL oLOR, 4 DIA , Sues -ro e� ,Acute printed in U.S.A. /8 SOUARESI • RESOLUTION NO. 90-41 C� A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE ALLEY AT SAN FERNANDO ROAD AND 4TH STREET IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA WHEREAS, the alley has been realigned and improved during the construction of improvements on San Fernando Road and a portion of the alley is no longer necessary; and WHEREAS, the City will retain an easement for sewer purposes and the utility companies will retain an easement over the portion to be vacated and have no objection to the vacation; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of the "Street Vacation Act of 1941", being Part 3 of Division 9 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does resolve, declare, determine and order as follows: Section 1. That it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, to order the vacation of a portion of the alley as described on Exhibit A and as shown on "Exhibit B" and located within the City of Santa Clarita, proposed to be vacated under Resolution No. 90-41 on file and open to public inspection in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, California, located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 300, and referred to and by this reference incorporated herein as a part of this Resolution. Section 2. That the hour of 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 1990 at City Hall, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, within the City of Santa Clarita, is the time and place when and where any and all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed vacation of this public street may appear before the City Council to be heard, offer testimony, and submit evidence in relation thereto. Section 3. That the City Clerk of the City of Santa'Clarita, California, is hereby directed to cause "NOTICE OF STREET VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE ALLEY AT SAN FERNANDO ROAD AND 4TH STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AND PUBLIC HEARING THEREON" to be published and posted as required by the "Street Vacation Act of 1941", being Part 3 of Division 9 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California; and the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita hereby elects to proceed under the provisions of that Act. • Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Resolution and shall cause it to be published and posted in the manner prescribed by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1990. Mayor I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regularly scheduled meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1990 by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS City Clerk EXHIBIT .`` G:.` That portion of the alley in Block 42 of the town of Newhall in the City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, State of California, per map filed in Book 53, pages 21 and 22 of Miscellaneous Records, records of said County, lying between the northeasterly line of San Fernando Road, 80 feet wide as same existed on February 21, 1990 and the southwesterly line of Lots 11 and 12 of said Block 42 as shown on attached Exhibit "B". i CITY OF SANTA CLARITA EXHIBIT D - VICINITY MAP cs .. cs . R 1, O 2 4 SEE DETAIL 'A' BELOW AREA TO BE VACATED DETAIL 'A' \\I