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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-10 - AGENDA REPORTS - PROTEST HEARING (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Appro) Item to be presented Laura Stotler PUBLIC HEARING DATE: March 10, 1998 SUBJECT: PROTEST HEARING, FINDINGS AND APPROVAL TO ORDER ANNEXATION 1995-06 (NORTH VALENCIA), ANNEXATION OF 858 ACRES OF UNINHABITED LAND LOCATED IN NORTH VALENCIA IN UNINCORPORATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS RESOLUTION NO. 98-31 DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council to: 1. Receive staff report, open the public hearing, accept public testimony and written protests, close the public hearing and the protest period. 2. Adopt Resolution No. 98-31, maldng findings regarding written protest, then direct staff to transmit the resolution and appropriate fees to LAFCO for final review and certification; or 3. If the hearing results in a sufficient number of written protests, continue the hearing to a date certain to take appropriate action. BACKGROUND The purpose of a protest hearing is to offer property owners within an area proposed for annexation, a final opportunity to protest the annexation. This annexation is termed an "uninhabited" annexation, meaning that no registered voters reside within its boundary. Therefore, by State law, the City Council must approve the annexation unless written protests have been filed by owners of land who own 50% or more of the total assessed value of land within the affected territory. If the percentage of opposition is 50% or greater, the City Council must deny the annexation. In this event, a minimum of one year must lapse before the annexation could resume. Mopted: 3" D - en /� a f 7— The action before the Council is a resolution to approve findings on written protests and to approve and order Annexation No. 1995-06 (North Valencia). The annexation consists of approximately 858 acres of uninhabited land located south of Newhall Ranch Road, east of Avenue Anza, north of Magic Mountain Parkway and the Auto Center and west of Valencia Blvd. and Bouquet Canyon Road adjacent to the existing city limits in the North Valencia area (a map is attached to Resolution 98-31). The City Council adopted a Resolution of Application (No. 96-84) for this proposal on June 11, 1996 requesting that the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) initiate annexation proceedings. Portions of the property were prezoned on April 16, 1996 in accordance with the City's General Plan land use designations. With the Council adoption of the North Valencia Specific Plan, portions of the property were re -prezoned on January 13, 1998 to conform to the North Valencia Specific Plan. On February 11, 1998, the LAFCO held a public hearing and adopted a resolution that directs the City to proceed with a duly noticed public hearing and sets forth the reasons for the annexation and the terms and conditions established for the annexation by the LAFCO. If the annexation proceeds as scheduled, it will be complete within the next 10 days. FISCAL IMPACT The fiscal impact analysis prepared for the North Valencia annexation indicates that, after five years, the annexation and build -out of the associated North Valencia Specific Plan entitlements will result in a positive net fiscal benefit to the City of $160,000 per year. ATTACHMENTS Resolution No. 98-31 s:\pbs\annex\956ans.1bs CITY OF SANTA CLARITA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ANNEXATION TO THE CITY. OF SANTA CLARITA OF 859 ACRES OF '4INHABITED TERRITORY IDENTIFIED AS ANNEXATION NO. 1995-06, NORTH VALENCIA ANNEXATION, LOCATED IN THE NORTH VALENCIA AREA SOUTH OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST OF AVENUE ANZA, NORTH OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND THE AUTO CENTER AND WEST OF VALENCIA BOULEVARD AND BOUQUET CANYON ROAD. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: Pursuant to Section 57025 of the Government Code, that the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita will hold a Public Hearing to consider annexation to the City of Santa Clarita that uninhabited territory identified as Annexation No. 1995-06. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive and consider written protest from registered voters and/or owners of land within the proposed annexation area. The hearing will be held by the City Council in the City Hall Chambers, located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, First Floor, Santa Clarita, California, at or after 6:30 p.m. on March 10, 1998. Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons may appear and be heard on this matter at that time. Proceedings for the referenced proposal were initiated by the City of Santa Clarita and submitted to the Local Agency Formation Commission for Los Angeles County on June 26, 1996. The proposal shall be subject to all terms and conditions as specified in the resolution adopted on February 11, 1998 by the Local Agency Formation Commission for Los Angeles County and reference is hereby made to said resolution for a full and complete description of the annexation and the terms and conditions. The reasons for the proposed annexation are to respond to property owners' requests for municipal services from the City of Santa Clarita, forlocal government representation and review, to promote sound planning and land use in the area, and to annex property within the City's Sphere of Influence as amended by the Local Agency Formation Commission on February 11, 1998. Any owner of land located within the territory, and/or registered voter residing within the territory, who wishes to file a written protest against Annexation No. 1995-06 must do so by Written Communication filed with the City Clerk, which must be filed at any time prior to the conclusion of this hearing at the hour specified in this notice for commencement of the hearing. Each written protest must state whether it is made by a landowner or registered voter residing in the area and must indicate the name and address of the owner of land affected and the street address or other description sufficient to identify the location of the land. If you wish to challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council, at or prior to the public hearing. The proposal may be reviewed by the public at the City of Santa Clarita Department of Planning and Building Services prior to the Public Hearing of March 10, 1997. For more information contact Laura Stotler, Associate Planner, at (805) 255-4330. By order of the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, State of California. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Dated: February 12, 1998 City of Santa Clarita Publish Date: February 23, 1998 sAcd\annex\956ntcpr.1hs RESOLUTION NO. 98-31 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, MAEING FINDINGS THAT INSUFFICIENT WRITTEN PROTESTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND APPROVING AND ORDERING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY DESIGNATED AS "ANNEXATION NO. 1995-06 (NORTH VALENCIA)" TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA WHEREAS, the Local Agency Formation Commission of the County of Los Angeles adopted its resolution, making determinations and approving the proposed annexation to the City of Santa Clarita of territory described in Exhibit A and mapped in Exhibit B attached hereto and. by this reference incorporated; and WHEREAS, the Local Agency Formation Commission of the County of Los Angeles has directed the City of Santa Clarita to proceed with the annexation following a duly noticed public hearing; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk set Tuesday, March 10, 1998, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., 1st Floor, Santa Clarita, California, as the date, time, and place for said hearing on the proposed annexation and the property owners in the said territory were duly informed of their right to file a written protest against the annexation with the City Clerk at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing on the proposed annexation; and WHEREAS, the reason for this annexation is to promote sound planning and land use practices in the affected territory; and WHEREAS, the regular County assessment roll is utilized; and WHEREAS, the affected territory will not be taxed for existing bond indebtedness of the City of Santa Clarita; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly and regularly conducted by and before the City Council at its meeting of March 10, 1998. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby declares said territory is found to be uninhabited and a legal description of the boundaries of the annexation is set forth in Exhibit A and a map of the boundaries is set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto and made a part hereof. SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 57075 of the Government Code, it is hereby found that written protests, if any, have been filed and not withdrawn by -owners of land who own less than 50% of the total assessed value of land within the affected territory. Resolution No. 98-31 page 2 SECTION 3. The Local Agency Formation Commission approved this proposed annexation subject to the following condition: The affected territory is withdrawn from County Road District No. 5. SECTION 4. The City Council hereby orders the territory described in Exhibits A and B annexed and directs the City Clerk to transmit eight (8) certified copies of this resolution with applicable fees required by Section 54902.5 of the Government Code to the Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation Commission of Los Angeles County. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and certify this record to be a full, true, correct copy of the action taken. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1998. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk day of Resolution No. 98-31 page 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) § CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Sharon Dawson, City Clerk, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1998 by the following vote of Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: City Clerk s:\cd\annex\956reoa.lhs DESCRIPTION OF ANNEXATION 1995-06 TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA Revised Description Approved by the Local Agency Formation Commission That portion of the Rancho San Francisco, in the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, as shown on map recorded in Book 1, pages 521 and 522 of Patents, in the office of the Recorder of said County, described as follows: Beginning at the most easterly corner of Parcel 29 of Parcel Map No. 12009 as shown on map filed in Book 182, pages 47 through 54 of Parcel Maps, in the office of said Recorder, said comer being a point on the southwesterly line of Newhall Ranch Road, 180.00 feet wide, as shown on map of Tract No. 52111, filed in Book 1218, pages 1 through 15 of said Maps, said comer also being an angle point on the boundary of the City of Santa Clarita as same existed on June 1, 1997; thence perpendicular to the center line of said Newhall Ranch Road as shown on said last mentioned map North 36029'19" East 90.00 feet to said center line; thence along said center line South 53°30'41" East 165.27 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave southwesterly and having a radius of 6500.00 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve through a central angle of 07029'40" an arc distance of 850.23 feet; thence tangent to said curve South 46001'01" East 1284.71 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave northeasterly having a radius of 15,000.00 feet; thence southeasterly along said last mentioned curve through a Description of Annexation 1995-06 to the City of Santa Clarita Page 2 central angle of 01 021'08" an arc distance of 354.02 feet; thence South 47°22'09" East 489.11 feet to the center line of Mcbean Parkway as shown on map of said Tract No. 52111; thence along said last mentioned center line North 37019'56" East 24.10 feet to its intersection with the center line of Newhall Ranch Road as shown on map of Tract No. 44481, filed in Book 1115, pages 28 through 48 of said Maps; said intersection being an angle point in said boundary of the City of Santa Clarita; thence southeasterly along said boundary and following the same in all its various courses and curves to the point of beginning. Containing: 857.99 acres 1.341 sq. mi. CHS:jds k:sc95-06.Id (2-11-98) TABLE OF COURSES. 1 N.3G029'19"E. 90.00' 2 S.53030'41"E. 165.27' 3 A-070'29'40" R= 6500.00 L=850.23' 4 5.46°01'01"E. 1284.71' 5 4' O1° 21'08" R= 15,000.00' /-c354.00' 6 S.47022'09"E. 489.11' 7 N.37°19'5(o"E. 24.10'(0NPMCBEAAlPKY.) 8 S47022'09"E. 147.24'(ON C/TYaDA, Y) C/L NEWHALL RANCH ROAD PER TR. NO. 52111. M. B. 1218-1-15 EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY CITY OF SANTA CLARITA LEGEND: EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY ANNEXATION BOUNDARY V4 SOUNDARYO,c C17 Y OF SANT-4 AR/rq EII Vo\ r Qq- C/L--/ Q NENNWI RANCH ROAD PER - TR. NO. 44481 M.B. 1115- 28-48 6 TR. NO. 44486 N.B. 1119-15=29 EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY CITY OF SANTA CLARITA A. M.B.'S 2811 & 28Coc2c /kIkWW IMM M.RIVEP Mp lno/IWA-,K-JN 1 14, W; W W SCALE: V = 2000' 8/06/96 Wz a EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY CITY OF SANTA CLARITA D ETA I L "A NO SCALE :