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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2004 0218 CC REG ITEM 10GITEM 10-6. Moorpark City Council Agenda Report TO: The Honorable City Council i FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works YC DATE: February 5, 2004 (Council Meeting 2- 18 -04) SUBJECT: Authorization to Process Documents Related to Right -of- Way Acquisition for the Spring Road Widening Project DISCUSSION A. Project Description [Project 80261 The conceptual design for the subject project was approved by the City Council in November of 1998. The project provides for widening to the east side of the street [see Exhibit 1] south of Flinn Avenue, in order to provide for the construction of a landscaped median and the addition of Bike Lanes. [Note: Such widening between Flinn Avenue and the rail crossing has already been constructed as a part of the Flinn Avenue Realignment Project.] The conceptual design also provides for a double left -turn lane for southbound traffic at the New Los Angeles Avenue intersection. B. Improvements South of New Los Angeles Avenue In that the project requires the centerline to be shifted to the east, it will be necessary to also widen the east side of the street south of New Los Angeles Avenue [and relocate the existing raised median] in order to provide for the proper alignment of lane line striping. This work was not anticipated in the initial design concept and was only recently added to the project design requirements. Attached as Exhibit 2 is a sketch showing the required additional street widening and proposed on -site modifications. ROW reg Spring ►-y 00008 / Right -of -Way Acquisition Spring Road Widening Project February 18, 2004 Page 2 C. Addendum to Mitiaated Neaative Declaration A Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project was approved in May of 2003. That document did not address required street widening south of New Los Angeles Avenue. It was necessary, therefore, to document the impacts of this component of the project. An Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, addressing this additional work, was prepared and approved by the Community Development Department, consistent with the CEQA requirements. A copy of that document is attached as Exhibit 3. D. Protect Design The project design is almost complete. Right -of -way needs have been determined. Legal descriptions and deeds have been prepared. The project requires acquisition of approximately ten feet (10') of additional street right -of -way along the east side of the street. E. Right-of-wav Acquisition The City has retained the services of a property acquisition agent to assist in acquisition efforts. Title, appraisal and other related tasks are in progress. All right -of -way acquisition efforts at the southeast corner of New Los Angeles Avenue and Spring Road have been deferred until the above referenced Addendum to the approved Mitigated Negative Declaration is approved. F. Authorization In order to expedite right -of -way acquisition efforts, it is requested below that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents related to the acquisition of the street rights -of -way and related easements required for this project. Said authority would include authorizing payment of amounts consistent with the values set forth in an approved Appraisal Report. Should it become necessary to initiate eminent domain proceedings for any such acquisition, the matter would be brought to the City Council for authorization to initiate such proceedings. It is also requested below, that the City Clerk be authorized to prepare and record Certificates of Acceptance for the rights -of -way to be acquired. ROW_Neg_Spring pp 000'l. !!,, 88 Right -of -Way Acquisition Spring Road Widening Project February 18, 2004 Page 3 STAFF RECObMNDATION Authorize the City Manager to execute documents related to the acquisition of certain street rights -of -way and related property rights required to construct the subject project and authorize the City Clerk to record Certificates of Acceptance for the deeds for said properties. Attachments: Ex. 1: Cross Section of Proposed Street Widening Ex. 2: Chevron Site Plan Ex. 3: Addendum to Approved Mitigated Negative Declaration ROW Neo Spring 000089 WEST n I I I II III I I I I I I II 6 I I VARIES I_. I � O U N c� U) x c) u' t1) O U !Y-PICA I I I SPRING ROAD NOT TO SCALE Q Curb Curb & Gutter Median EAST i GRADE T01 �2q MAX -GRIND EDGE AND TACK COA T. X X 1 " GRIND AT JOIN LINE 0 0 0 j I V 1 4 r4 FN r43 sG4LA OP. C LA -AVC. EXIST CMG e17 t:,glsr P. cif, I L fleop. PAJ 11 r) 000091 to' 4 W 4r Ogg -L$VOIXZ V3314i i 1K d'4) • IA -7 C4 L 1 i i- ds 15h c 3 i. 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PROJECT TITLE: Project No. 8026: Spring Road Widening PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: A Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Spring Road Widening Project (Project No. 8026) was adopted by Resolution No. 2003 -2079 of City Council on May 7, 2003. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED AS PART OF ADDENDUM: Since the adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Spring Road Widening Project, the proposed project has been amended to include the widening of Spring Road on its east side south of the Los Angeles Avenue /New Los Angeles Avenue intersection. The widening involves the acquisition of additional right -of -way approximately eighteen feet (18') in width for a distance of approximately two - hundred and fifty feet (250'). The purpose of this amendment is to allow for the proper alignment of Spring Road through its intersection with Los Angeles Avenue /New Los Angeles Avenue with an additional northbound through lane. Some minor widening and right -of -way acquisition is also proposed on the south side of New Los Angeles Avenue (east of Spring Road) as part of this amendment. Conceptual plans for the project amendment are attached to this Addendum and are incorporated herein. FINDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15164 OF THE STATE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES: Minor technical changes or additions to the previously prepared Mitigated Negative Declaration are necessary and none of the conditions described in Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration have occurred in that: 1. No substantial changes are proposed in the project that would require major revisions of the Mitigated Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified effects. • The additional street widening proposed on Spring Road south of the Los Angeles Avenue /New Los Angeles Avenue intersection would allow for proper alignment with the Spring Road widening proposed on the north side of Los Angeles Avenue that was addressed under the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration. • The additional right -of -way needed from two (2) properties (Moorpark Plaza and Chevron Station) is approximately 5,600 square feet. The acquisition of this additional right -of -way would not change the land uses of the property from which this right -of -way is to be obtained. The widening of Spring Road south of Los Angeles Avenue would result in the loss of three (3) off - street parking spaces at the Moorpark Plaza shopping center. This is 000095 EXHIBIT 3 2 of 6 approximately 1.1 percent of the existing 269 parking spaces. At present, 269 spaces are required for the uses in the shopping center. Section 17.52.100 of the Moorpark Municipal Code allows for the uses to continue without being classified as nonconforming as a result of the acquisition of the additional right -of -way. The loss of the off - street parking is not considered a significant adverse environmental effect due to its small percentage of total parking available at the shopping center. • The Spring Road driveway to the Moorpark Plaza Shopping Center will remain open during the construction of proposed improvements as it is outside the limits of the project. Street access to the Chevron station will be maintained during construction as a condition of the construction contract. • Four (4) liquidamber trees, two (2) fan palm trees, one (1) California Pepper, and one (1) ornamental pear tree will be removed as part of the proposed amendment to the project. The previously adopted mitigation measures requiring replacement trees for the ornamental trees to be removed would still apply to the project, reducing potential significant impacts to a less -than significant level. • The previously adopted mitigation measures limiting construction hours would still apply to the project, reducing potential significant impacts to a less -than significant level. 2. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified effects. • The area around the additional proposed right -of -way is similar in character and land use to the area described in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration. The conclusions of the Initial Study still apply to the expanded project area. 3. No new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted, shows that the project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration. The previous Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted on May 7, 2003 and its conclusions remain current. • Development now taking place along Spring Road (Police Station, Realignment of Flinn Road, and Commercial Planned Development Permit No. 2002 -01: Greeneway) was known at the time of the preparation of the Initial Study for the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration. JBa. an, Co Z!) ity Development Director Attachments: 1. Right -of -Way Exhibit 2. Existing Landscaping Exhibit 3. Landscaping Concept Exhibit 4. Proposed Landscaping Exhibit 2- 2 -off Date 2 000096 J M 4v 014"C' S ED ledo rly '1-543 It v I li x —1 ( r4., -Ot'311 -)) -15 Oh'XL%h %. 2- 1z) • (-V-a.L(-.:Il 91"Iddows) 16,61 Hl t. -XV-4 616' W = M/ rl- -To R�--ANIN AIZCA C,Y('S-T. 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