TITLE
Recommendation to accept Notice of Determination State Clearinghouse No. 2004081142 and addendum; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept two Dedications of Easement for public right-of-way and ADA compliance purposes and accept two Easements for the installation of traffic signal control devices and the installation of water valve detector equipment at 2801 Atlantic Avenue. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
It is the goal of the Department of Public Works to widen streets and alleys 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 Long Beach Medical Center’s development at 2801 Atlantic Avenue, the following actions listed below are required:
• Dedicate to the City, the northeasterly portion of 27th Street vacated in 1982, by RES-C-23358 for public right-of-way purposes (Attachment A-1);
• Dedicate to the City, a portion of property at the corner of 27th Street and Atlantic Avenue, and a portion of property at the west side of Patterson Street and Atlantic Avenue to provide for an ADA compliant sidewalk curb cut (Attachment A-2);
• Grant an Easement to the City to allow for the installation of a double-check detector assembly (Attachment B-1); and,
• Grant an Easement to City to provide for the installation of traffic signal vehicle detection devices within the entrance of the Medical Center’s Atlantic Avenue parking lot entrance (Attachment B-2).
The Department of Public Works seeks City Council’s authorization to accept two Dedications of Easement and two Easements to accomplish these purposes.
City staff conducted a review of affected agencies and there were no objections to the proposed dedicated easements. In conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Notice of Determination State Clearinghouse No. 2004081142 and Addendum was issued for this project on November 15, 2019, see Planning Commission Staff Report (Attachment C). The Department of Public Works is requesting City Council to accept the Notice of Determination State Clearinghouse Number 2004081142 and Addendum.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on October 28, 2020 and by Budget Analysis Officer Julissa José-Murray on October 23, 2020.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is not time critical.
FISCAL IMPACT
A dedication processing fee in the amount of $6,620.24 and an easement processing fee in the amount of $6,626.88 was deposited in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities. There is no local job impact associated with this recommendation.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
ERIC LOPEZ
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
APPROVED:
THOMAS B. MODICA
CITY MANAGER