HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-07-13 - AGENDA REPORTS - VACATE SAN FERNANDO & LYONS (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by
July 13, 2010
Chris Price
INTENTION TO VACATE SAN FERNANDO ROAD BETWEEN
LYONS AVENUE AND 11 TH STREET REQUIRED FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL LIBRARY
Public Works
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt a resolution declaring its intention to order the vacation of San Fernando
Road between Lyons Avenue and 11 th Street/Railroad Avenue required for the construction
of the Old Town Newhall Library.
2. Set August 24, 2010, as the date of the public hearing.
3. Direct the City Clerk to publish a notice as required by Part 3 of Division 9 of the State of
California Streets and Highways Code.
BACKGROUND
In accordance with the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan adopted December 22, 2005, by the
City Council and Redevelopment Agency, the following actions have occurred:
On June 24, 2008, the City Council awarded a design contract to LPA, Inc. (LPA), for the
conceptual design of the proposed Old Town Newhall Library in accordance with the
Downtown Newhall Specific Plan. The scope of services for the first phase included the City
working with the Los Angeles County library consultant to verify the building program and
determine an overall conceptual plan for the library and the library site.
• On April 28, 2009, the City Council authorized an increase in spending authority to the
contract with LPA to include design development, on-site and off-site public improvements,
and construction plans and specifications. The City Council also granted City staff a spending
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authority to pay the Newhall County Water District for the design costs of a new 24 -inch
water line to downtown Newhall in order to provide adequate fire flow to the proposed
library site. Finally, the City Council approved staff management and oversight of the
services associated with the design phase.
The City has acquired ownership of all properties within the project site necessary to
accommodate the library building, parking, and utility requirements.
Staff is requesting the City Council to set the public hearing for August 24, 2010, to adopt a
resolution ordering the vacation of San Fernando Road, which is required by state codes and
local ordinances to be completed prior to issuance of a building permit for the new library.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Minimal costs to publish a notice as required by Part 3 of Division 9 of the State of California
Streets and Highways Code.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Exhibit "A" - Legal Description
Exhibit "B" - Vacation of Easement Map
RESOLUTION 10-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO VACATE A PORTION OF SAN FERNANDO ROAD BETWEEN LYONS AVENUE
AND 11 TH STREET IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
WHEREAS, San Fernando Road between Lyons Avenue and 1 lth Street is no longer
needed; and
WHEREAS, the land within this portion of San Fernando Road is required for the
construction of the Old Town Newhall Library; and
WHEREAS, sewer, gas, water, telephone, electric, and stormdrain facilities will retain
and/or be granted new easements over the portion to be vacated; and
WHEREAS, the proposed street vacation is determined to be a project and was reviewed
pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.
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 does hereby resolve 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 San Fernando Road between Lyons Avenue and 1 lth Street as
described in Exhibit "A" and shown on Exhibit "B," located within the City of Santa Clarita,
proposed to be vacated under Section 8320 of Chapter 3 of the Streets and Highways Code.
SECTION 2. That at the hour of 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, on
August 24, 2010, 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 San Fernando Road between Lyons Avenue and
1 1 th Street within the City of Santa Clarita, California, and Public Hearing thereon to be
published 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, California, hereby elects to proceed under the provisions of this act.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this day of 2010.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
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 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
I, , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Resolution 10- adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California on , 2010, which is now on file in
my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of
2010.
City Clerk
By
Deputy City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
VACATION OF EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC USE AND ROAD PURPOSES
SAN FERNANDO ROAD
Vacation of easement for public use and road purposes over that portion of San Fernando Road lying
within Block 9 of the Town of Newhall, City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, State of
California, as shown on the map filed in Book 53 Pages 21 and 22 of Miscellaneous Records, in the
Office of the County Recorder of said County, more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the most easterly corner of Lot 3 of said Block 9, said corner also being the point of
beginning of the easement for right-of-way and public highway purposes granted, conveyed, and
dedicated to the State of California by deed recorded as Document No.426, on May 20, 1935, in Book
13364 Page 350 of Official Records, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County (State
Highway Easement);
thence S. 57°29'00" W., along the southeasterly line of said Lot 3 and the southeasterly line of said
State Highway Easement, 10.35 feet to the easterly line of said State Highway Easement;
thence S. 08°45'45" W., along said easterly line, 187.05 feet, more or less, to the most northerly corner
of the land described in Grand Deed to the County of Los Angeles, recorded October 28, 1970, as
Instrument No. 2938, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County, said corner also being the
beginning of a curve concave to the northeast, having a radius of 27.00 feet, being tangent to said
easterly line, and being tangent to a line parallel with and 40.00 feet northwesterly of, measured at
right angles to, the southeasterly line of said Block 9;
thence Southerly and Southeasterly, along said curve and the northeasterly boundary of said County
land, through a central angle of 80° 16'22", more or less, and an arc length of 37.83 feet, more or less,
to a point on the northeasterly prolongation of the southeasterly line of Lot 15 of said Block 9, from
which a radial line to the center of curve bears N. 18°29'23" E.;
thence S. 57°30'45" W., along said northeasterly prolongation and the southeasterly line of said Lot
15, a distance of 65.87 feet, more or less, to a point on the southeasterly boundary of the land described
in Grand Deed to the County of Los Angeles, recorded June 23, 1913, in Book 5754 Page 91 of Deeds,
in the Office of the County Recorder of said County;
thence S. 32'29'15" E., at right angles to the southeasterly line of said Block 9, a distance of 10.00
feet, more or less, to a point in a line parallel with and 40.00 feet northwesterly of, measured at right
angles to, the southeasterly lines of said Blocks 9 and 10;
thence S. 57°30'45" W., along said parallel line, 71.45 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly line of
said Block 9;
thence N. 32°25'45" W, along said southwesterly line, 16.81 feet, more or less, to the most westerly
corner of that certain strip of land vacated by Resolution adopted November 5, 1935, by the California
Highway Commission, State of California, a certified copy of said Resolution was recorded in Book
13839 Page 69 of Official Records, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County;
thence S. 81°43'20" E., along the southwesterly line of said strip of land, 10.43 feet, more or less, to a
point on a curve in the westerly right-of-way line of San Fernando Road, said curve being concave to
the east and having a radius of 440.00 feet, from said point a radial line to the center of curve bears N.
89°46'43" E.;
thence Northerly, along said curve and said westerly right-of-way line, through a central angle of
08°59'02" and an are length of 68.99 feet to the end of curve;
thence on a tangent bearing N. 08°45'45" E., along said westerly right-of-way line, 174.84 feet to the
beginning of a tangent curve concave to the west and having a radius of 311.45 feet;
thence Northerly, along said curve and said westerly right-of-way line, through a central angle of
08'40'54" and an are length of 47.19 feet to a point of compound curvature, said curve being concave
to the southwest and having a radius of 17.00 feet, from said point a radial line to the center of curve
bears S. 89°55'09" W.;
thence Northwesterly, Westerly, and Southwesterly, along said curve and said westerly right-of-way
line, through a central angle of 122°35'51" and an arc length of 36.38 feet to a point of tangency on the
northwesterly line of said Block 9;
thence N. 57°29'00" E., along said northwesterly line, 66.27 feet, more or less, to a point lying S.
57029'00" W. 27.00 feet from the most northerly corner of said Block 9;
thence S. 77°29'38" E. 38.17 feet to a point on the northeasterly line of said Block 9, said point lying
S. 32028'l 5" E. 27.00 feet from the most northerly corner of said Block 9;
thence S. 32'28'15" E., along said northeasterly line, 48.13 feet, more or less, to the Point of
Beginning.
The above-described vacation of easement encompasses an area of 26,139 square feet, more or less,
and has no affect on the underlying fee ownership rights.
The State of California, Department of Transportation R/W Map No. P24068-1-7, 07 — LA — 126 —
10.61, dated 11/8/95, and revised 9/26/96, is the basis of bearings for this legal description.
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