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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement deed for street widening and an irrevocable offer to dedicate for future street purposes at 3756 and 3768 Long Beach Boulevard. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
It is the goal of the Department of Public Works to widen the public rights-of-way to the standards established in the City's General Plan. When significant new development is proposed, the public rights-of-way adjacent to the site are reviewed for sufficiency to accommodate the new development. For the construction of a one-story, 4,900 square foot shopping center at 3756 and 3768 Long Beach Boulevard, the dedication of additional street width is recommended. In particular, the dedications recommended are as follows:
Long Beach Boulevard, generally 50-feet wide east of centerline, is only 45-feet wide adjacent to a portion of this site. An additional 5-foot dedication is requested over the southerly portion of the lot in order to provide a uniform easterly right-of-way, as shown on Page 2 of the attached Exhibit A. The developer of the subject property agreed to development conditions that include the improvement of this area, although neither the project nor the public right-of-way improvements have been constructed as yet.
Furthermore, an irrevocable offer to dedicate an additional 3 feet for the future widening of Long Beach Boulevard is also recommended, as the ultimate width of Long Beach Boulevard is 106 feet per the City of Long Beach General Plan. The ultimate width will be achieved at such time as the City adopts plans and specifications for the widening and improvement of Long Beach Boulevard. The future street area dedication is shown on Page 3 of the attached Exhibit A.
In conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Categorical Exemption No. CEP 07-221 was issued for this project.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Trang on July 10, 2009 and by Budget and Performance Management...
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