DATE: 05/07/2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
2025-182
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBJECT:
RELEASE OF THE IMPROVEMENT AND SURVEY MONUMENTAION SECURITIES POSTED BY LENNAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA INC. FOR TRACT MAPS 36541, 36541-1, AND 36541-2 LOCATED SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER ROAD AND SIERRA
BELLA DRIVE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to accept the public improvements and release the appropriate public improvement and survey monumentation securities associated with Tract Maps 36541, 36541-1 and 36541-2. The developer has completed the improvements and survey monumentation associated with the residential construction for the tract maps and is requesting the release of the posted improvement and survey monumentation securities.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council:
a. Accept the improvements associated with Tract Maps 36541, 36541-1, and 36541-
2. b. Retain twenty-five percent (25%) of the Faithful Performance Security for one year beyond the acceptance of the improvements as security for repair and replacement of any improvements that fail to meet City standards at the end of the one-year period. (Bond No. 30009182, 204675, and 204674)
c. Retain the Labor and Material Security for six months beyond the acceptance of the improvements and automatically release the security unless claims are filed. (Bond No. 30009182, 204675, and 204674)
d. Release the survey monumentation securities associated with Tract Map 36541, 36541-1, and 36541-2. (Bond No. 30009185, 30009184, and 30009186) BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Tentative Tract Map 36541 (TTM 36541) was recorded in three phases, Tract Map 36541- 1, Tract Map 36541-2 and Final Tract Map 36541, which subdivided approximately 311 acres into 237 single-family residential lots. The tract maps for all three phases were approved by the City Council on April 18, 2018. The project site is designated Low Density Residential 1 (LDR 1) of the Sierra Bella Specific Plan (SP04-0001) and Rural Residential II (RR II) of the General Plan.
The developer entered into several grading and public improvement agreements with the City to guarantee the construction of the precise grading and required public improvements associated with each phase of the tract map. Subsequently, as certain grading and public improvements were constructed by the developer, certain agreements were reduced by fifty percent.
ANALYSIS:
The improvements secured by these agreements have been completed and inspected to ensure conformity with City specifications.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Faithful Performance Security for the public improvements will be retained for a period of one year to guarantee repair or replacement of any improvements that fail prior to the end of the one-year period. Any written claims against the performance security must be made prior to the one-year guarantee period, which is set to expire on May 7, 2026. City Staff will release the Faithful Performance Security one year after acceptance of the improvements by the City Council, pursuant to California Government Code Section 66499.9 (c).
It is necessary to retain the Labor and Material Security for a period of six months, in accordance with the State Subdivision Map Act.
The survey monumentation was completed in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and all City standards. Therefore, it is appropriate to release the survey monumentation security posted by the developer.
The following is a summary of the securities:
Security
Security
No.
Faithful
Performance Security No. Labor & Material
Public Improvements –
Tract 36541-1 Booster
Station Retaining Wall
30009182 $64,000 30009182 $32,000
Public Improvements – OnSite Improvements – Tract
36541-2 (Phase 2)
0204675 $3,028,800 0204675 $1,514,400
Public Improvements – OnSite Improvements – Tract
36541 Final (Phase 3)
0204674 $4,376,000 0204674 $2,188,000
Survey Monumentation –
Phase 2 Tract 36541-2
30009185 $10,710 N/A N/A
Survey Monumentation –
Phase 1 Tract 36541-1
30009184 $12,920 N/A N/A
Survey Monumentation –
Phase 3 (Final) Tract
36541
30009186 $17,000 N/A N/A
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
All applicable fees have been paid by the developer.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the commonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action is to release improvement and survey monumentation securities posted for a previously approved project. This action will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: JESSICA KANG, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER
REVIEWED BY: JOANNE COLETTA, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ATTACHMENTS:
1. Exhibit 1 – Location Map