Consent Calendar Item 4l
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Calendar Agenda Item
DATE: February 22, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Liz Shorey, Deputy Director of Community Development THROUGH: Merritt Perry, City Manager
SUBJECT: Authorization to File the Final Subdivision Map for the Twin Creeks Subdivision, Accept the Dedications and Improvements, and Accept Off-Site Public Right-of-Way and Sanitary Sewer Easements, Resolution 2022-05 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the final map, accept the dedications and public improvements, and authorize City staff to record the map by adopting Resolution 2022-05.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council approved the Twin Creeks (Fitze) Planned Development Subdivision on July 15, 2019, for construction of 56 single-family residential units and a community center on 12.85 acres (APNS 202-082-005, 202-121-002), located on the south side of Redwood Way between Strongs Creek and Redwood Memorial Hospital. Development includes an interior private access road, utilities, and storm drainage facilities, as well as an off-site public road at the entrance to the development at Redwood Way (“Greenway Street”) and a sewer main connecting to Strongs Creek Drive to the southwest.
Final Map Authorization
Authorization to file the map and accept the dedications and improvements must come from the City’s legislative body, in accordance with Subdivision Map Act Section 66458.
The final map has been submitted for recordation, reviewed and signed by the City surveyor, engineer, planner, and city clerk, and is ready for recordation. All of the conditions of Resolutions 2019-14 have been completed, and all required fees have been paid. The developer has completed all public and private improvements and underground utilities for the project, which have been inspected by the city engineer for conformance with City standards, record drawings have been signed and submitted by the developer’s engineer, and approved by the city engineer. Following the Council’s acceptance of the improvements, the City Engineer and City Clerk will sign the Certificate of Acceptance and a one-year maintenance agreement will be signed by the City Manager.
Off-Site Easements
Acceptance of off-site easements created by deed must be approved by the City Council before the deeds can be recorded. Easements include those for the public road (Greenway Street) entry into the site from Redwood Way and the sanitary sewer main to Strongs Creek Road. The City Engineer Consent Calendar Item 4l
reviewed plans and inspected construction of the road and sewer main. The deeds were reviewed by the City surveyor, and found to accurately reflect the improvement location and conform to surveying codes.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the City General Fund as a result of the approval of the final map and acceptance of improvements and easements. The City will be responsible for maintenance of the public improvements after release of the one-year warranty bond. Additional maintenance costs resulting from long-term maintenance of the improvements will be allocated as appropriate to the City’s road maintenance funds. Because the internal roadway and sidewalks are owned and maintained by a Homeowners Association, there will be no City cost for the internal improvements except for the utilities. The public road section (Greenway Street) is relatively short, and City road maintenance cost can be absorbed into the City’s road maintenance fund with no significant impact.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
Authorize the City Clerk to file the final map for the Twin Creeks Subdivision, accept the dedications and improvements, and accept off-site public right-of-way and sanitary sewer easements. Consent Agenda vote.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Final Map
2. Greenway Street Map
3. Sanitary Sewer Map
4. Final Map and Easements Acceptance, Resolution 2022-05, authorizing recordation of the final map for the Twin Creeks Subdivision, accepting the dedications and improvements, and accepting off-site public right-of-way and sanitary sewer easements Consent Calendar Item 4l
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORTUNA AUTHORIZING
RECORDATION OF THE FINAL MAP FOR THE TWIN CREEKS SUBDIVISION,
ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND ACCEPTING OFF-SITE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SANITARY SEWER EASEMENTS
WHEREAS, on July 15, 2019, the Fortuna City Council adopted Resolution 2019-14 approving a planned development tentative map for Dennis Fitze; and WHEREAS, the Final Map for the Twin Creeks Subdivision has been submitted to the City for approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer, City Planner, and City Surveyor have reviewed the Twin Creeks Final Map for its conformity with the tentative map and the conditions of approval and have determined that the final map substantially conforms with all requirements of the tentative map and the California Subdivision Map Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has approved the Improvement Plans, inspected construction, received and approved record drawings, and found them to be in conformance with the conditions of approval and the City’s Improvement Standards and Specifications, and recommends issuance of a certificate of compliance for the required public improvements and is ready to have the City Clerk sign the Certificate of Compliance and the City Manager to enter into a one-year Maintenance Agreement; and WHEREAS, off-site right-of-way and sanitary sewer easement dedications are necessary to serve the Twin Creeks development;
WHEREAS, the City Surveyor has reviewed the off-site right-of-way and sanitary sewer easement deeds and found that they accurately depict the necessary easement boundaries and that they conform to requirements of the California Land Surveyor’s Act;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fortuna as follows:
1. Accepts the public dedications on the Final Map and authorizes the City Clerk to sign and record the map on behalf of the City Council;
2. Accepts the public improvements for the subdivision, and authorizes the City Clerk to sign the Certificate of Acceptance and the City Manager to enter into a one-year Maintenance Agreement with the developer;
3. Accepts the off-site right-of-way and sanitary sewer easements as shown in Exhibit A and authorizes the City Clerk to sign and record the deeds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 22nd day of February 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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ATTEST: Sue Long, Mayor
City of Fortuna
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Siana L. Emmons, City Clerk
City of Fortuna