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Home My WebLink About2013-06-11 - AGENDA REPORTS - PIONEER OIL MASTER PLAN (2)CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT Agenda Item: 7 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item to be presented by: June 11, 2013 Rick Gould APPROVAL OF PIONEER OIL REFINERY REVISED MASTER PLAN Parks, Recreation, and Community Services RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council approve the Revised Master Plan for the Pioneer Oil Refinery. BACKGROUND The City owns approximately 4.5 acres of land of a partially developed historic site, the former Pioneer Oil Refinery. The property is located south of Pine Street, surrounded on three sides by the proposed Gates -King Development (developer). A 110 foot -wide easement to Southern California Gas Company (Gas Company) is located along the property's eastern boundary. In July of 2011, the City Council approved the Master Plan for the Pioneer Oil Refinery (Refinery). The Master Plan was developed through a process that included participation from staff and the public at several meetings and workshops in 2010 and 2011. The original Master Plan was facilitated by RJM Design Group. In performing due diligence work as part of the development process, the developer learned that parking lot and bus turnout improvements proposed by the Master Plan for the Refinery on the Gas Company easement are not allowed. The developer is proposing a boundary adjustment that will deed Lot 1 SA, containing the Gas Company easement and a portion of another lot contiguous to the City's property, for inclusion into the Refinery property. This would be in exchange for a piece of the Refinery property on the west edge of the site. This land swap would allow the developer improved access to an existing lot and result in an increase to the Refinery property of approximately three-quarters of h pp, n�Pdl ED I an acre. Although much of Lot 18A is encumbered by the Gas Company easement, it could serve as a landscaped buffer and backdrop to the Refinery. At staffs recommendation, the developer hired RJM Design Group, the park planning firm that prepared the original Master Plan for the Pioneer Oil Refinery. A revision to the Master Plan has been proposed to accommodate the changes. Major elements of the proposed revised Master Plan include relocation of the existing pump house ruins located on the northwest corner of the property, relocation of the parking area to the northwest corner of the property, revised pedestrian paths, and a bus turnout/drop-off area off of "A" Street. In addition to the improved buffer from "A" Street, the proposed changes to the Master Plan shift the parking and entrance to the northwest comer of the site, closer to Pine Street and nearby Heritage Junction. Members of the public, area businesses, and the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society had the opportunity to review the proposed revisions to the Master Plan in both a focus group setting and at the April 4, 2013 meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission. Staff received no objections to the proposed revision at either meeting. The Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission unanimously supported the revised Master Plan. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Other action as approved by City Council. FISCAL IMPACT No fiscal impact as a result of this action. ATTACHMENTS Comparison of Current and Proposed Master Plan Pioneer Oil Refinery Proposed Land Swap 2 0 • • MASTER PLAN R;,SIBUUM T�Nk DROaCRR N'^T-TTrEAT �.3 SENG- ScATW PROPOSED REVISED MASTER PLAN ACC'Rf.mT aTANG TRASH (ZaT,ANNG WiL AS A—� ACreS$ CR\'E 1b _ WAT�.R SCRAG-. TANK SHADE SFUC�RE — r CM -CE SCRAG. TANK AV:ROx LCCA -1 ICN of;_Q EXISIIKa TRE-, rev RESO A N TANK SEA?W.A.L W M: c.=FE?VE IGCSK MNU mchu tE\T C4G�- CFF i A-,";) VJL 1% F'JR SGCCL ?USES SHADE S2.CTL7E zz.^loreD -,ME 7LANT3vC+. rr.. -1 T1 rlsA :Lq STRUCr..RE ti 1 DROaCRR N'^T-TTrEAT �.3 SENG- ScATW PROPOSED REVISED MASTER PLAN ACC'Rf.mT aTANG TRASH (ZaT,ANNG WiL AS A—� ACreS$ CR\'E 1b _ WAT�.R SCRAG-. TANK SHADE SFUC�RE — r CM -CE SCRAG. TANK AV:ROx LCCA -1 ICN of;_Q EXISIIKa TRE-, rev RESO A N TANK SEA?W.A.L W M: c.=FE?VE IGCSK MNU mchu tE\T C4G�- CFF i A-,";) VJL 1% F'JR SGCCL ?USES SHADE S2.CTL7E zz.^loreD -,ME 7LANT3vC+. rr.. -1 T1 rlsA :Lq STRUCr..RE • • • 0 d = i�if! Ip !E y a UV I