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CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
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AGENDA REPORT sY:
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Interim Director of Public Works
DATE: October 6, 2005 (Council Meeting 10- 19 -05)
SUBJECT: Consider Possible Action to Change the Name of New Los
Angeles Avenue to Los Angeles Avenue
DISCUSSION
A. Duplicate Street Names / Prior Actions
As you may recall, at one time the City had five (5) street
segments with the term "Los Angeles" in the name. In order to
eliminate past problems related to this duplication, the name
for three (3) of those street segments was changed. The five
(5) street seaments in auestion are listed as follows:
Street Name
Limits
Changed to:
Los Angles- Place - - --
Los Angeles Ave.
South of Condor Dr.
East of High St.
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Virginia Colony Pl.
Princeton Ave
[Old] Los Angeles Ave.
New Los Angeles Ave.-
East of Collins Dr.-
East of Spring Rd.
Arroyo Drive
Subject Action
;Los Angeles Avenue
West of Spring Rd.
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B. New Los Anaeles Avenue
When the Route 23 Freeway was constructed in the early 1970's,
Los Angeles Avenue was extended from Spring Road easterly to
connect to the new freeway. In order to avoid duplication of
street names, this highway segment was named New Los Angeles
Avenue. The roadway extending easterly from High Street was
already named Los Angeles Avenue. Now that the name for the
street extending east from High Street has been changed to
Princeton Avenue, consideration should now be given to
changing the name of New Los Angeles Avenue to Los Angeles
Avenue. When and if this action is taken, there will be only
"one" street in the City with the term "Los Angeles" in the
street name.
Name New L A 10510 0
New L. A. Avenue: Street Name Change
October 19, 2005
Page 2
C. Transportation and Streets Committee
The Transportation and Streets Committee (Mayor Pro Tem Harper
and Councilmember Millhouse) considered this matter at their
regularly scheduled meeting of October 3, 2005. A notice was
mailed to all affected property owners, advising them that the
Committee would be discussing this possible action and
inviting them to comment on the matter and /or come to the
meeting. There was no response to the notice and no one came
to the public meeting. The Committee recommended that the
matter be forwarded to the City Council with a recommendation
that the street name be changed as proposed herein.
D. Authority
Section 34091.1 of the Government Code of the State of
California provides that the name of any street within a City
may be changed by adoption of a City Council Resolution.
E. Public Notice
A public hearing is not required in order for the City Council
to change the name of a street. However, consistent with past
practices, it is recommended that a letter be sent to all
affected property owners and public agencies, advising them of
City's intended action.
F. Fiscal Impact
It is estimated that the cost of changing the street name
signs, including the large signs on the freeway, will be
approximately $50,000. It will be necessary to amend the
budget, at some point, to fund these costs.
G. Post Office
In discussions with Post Office officials, staff was advised
that, in the event of a changed street name, mail addressed to
the prior street name will be delivered to the new address in
the same manner as "forwarded mail". Also, if the name of the
street is changed, the address numbers will remain unchanged.
It should also be noted that address numbering increases in a
logically manner as one moves west to east from a point west
of Spring Road to a point east of Spring Road, and there will
be no need to change any address numbers as a result of the
proposed action.
Name—New L A _1_0510 000002
New L. A. Avenue: Street Name Change
October 19, 2005
Page 3
H. Caltrans Permit
It will be necessary for staff to obtain a Caltrans
Encroachment Permit to change all affected freeway signs.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Direct staff to mail a notice to all affected property owners,
residents, emergency response agencies and utilities, advising
them of a public meeting to be held on November 16, 2005, to
consider changing the name of New Los Angeles Avenue to Los
Angeles Avenue.
Name—New L A _1_0510 000003