Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2023
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: ERIC J. LEVITT, CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY: STEPHEN BISE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
SUNAYANA THOMAS, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
DAVID GRANTHAM, ACTING CITY ENGINEER
CHRIS SCHAEFER, PLANNING MANAGER
JUAN ZAVALA, PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER
SUBJECT: FINAL MAP FOR TRACT NO. 19275 – WEST COYOTE HILLS (2701 ROSECRANS AVENUE)
SUMMARY
This action would approve the Final Map for Tract No. 19275 (2701 Rosecrans Avenue).
RECOMMENDATION
Find that Final Map for Tract No. 19275 conforms to all applicable requirements.
Approve Final Map for Tract No. 19275.
Accept easements for street and public utility purposes along Euclid Street and Gilbert Street, as dedicated.
Authorize Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a Subdivision Implementation Agreement with subdivider, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Authorize City Manager to approve future amendments to Subdivision Implementation Agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
Recommend approval of Final Tract Map.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statement:
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item generates no fiscal impact to the City General Fund. The property owner, Chevron / Pacific Coast Homes (Chevron / PCH), maintains open space dedication areas until dedication and City acceptance of said area(s), pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 2015-62. Furthermore, property owner is obligated to fund the support endowment for operation and maintenance of trails and other public amenities within all open space dedication areas up to a defined amount.
DISCUSSION
The Vesting Tentative Tract Map (VTTM) No. 17609 authorized Chevron / PCH to subdivide 510-acre of West Coyote Hills project site for open space, residential and commercial purposes, including options for public acquisition of portions of the property or the entire project site with a purpose to protect the open space and habitat in West Coyote Hills (Attachment 1).
The Planning Commission approved VTTM No. 17609, Addendum No.1 to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the West Coyote Hills Specific Plan and Robert E Ward Nature Preserve Project on October 22, 2015 and recommended City Council approve abandonment of public easements no longer needed for public purposes.
City Council upheld the Planning Commission approval on November 17, 2015 by denying two appeals of Planning Commission decisions and adopted Resolutions No. 2015-61 through No. 2015-63 (Attachment 2).
The City pursued the purchase of Neighborhoods 1 and 3 from Chevron / PCH since approval of VTTM 17609. City Council approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement on December 17, 2019 for acquisition of 24.1 acres of open space on the east side of West Coyote Hills known as Neighborhoods 1 and 3 of VTTM 17609 (Attachment 3).
The acquisition of Neighborhoods 1 and 3 and elimination of Neighborhood 2 resulted in no residential development / associated public improvements occurring east of Gilbert Street (Attachment 4).
The Final Map for Tract No. 19275 is the first final map of four phased final maps for the VTTM 17609. The map territory is located east of Gilbert Street creating Lot 1 for future open space dedication area (Attachment 5).
Final Map for Tract No. 19275 proposes easement dedications for additional street right-of-way and public utility purposes along Euclid Street and Gilbert Street.
City Council Resolution No. 2015-63 (Attachment 2) declared its intention to abandon unneeded easements at the time of final map(s) approval. The City will abandon the unneeded slope easement dedicated to the City in 1961 (Book 5898, page 856 of Official Record) and not used for intended purposes on Final Map for Tract No. 19275.
The subdivider, Chevron / PCH, has submitted a Subdivision Implementation Agreement (Attachment 6) and all required cash fees. This Agreement will be amended to provide additional terms contemplated by the conditions of approval of VTTM 17609 prior to approval of the next final map to be filed under VTTM 17609. Future amendments to this Agreement will carry forward the timing and phasing of public benefits and improvements, support endowments, procurement of bonds and other obligations of the Conditions of Approval triggered by development or grading activities or approvals. The by City Attorney reviewed the Subdivision Implementation Agreement and found it acceptable.
Staff has reviewed and approved the Final Map for Tract No. 19275 for technical correctness and found it be in conformance with approved VTTM 17609, the Subdivision Map Act and Fullerton Municipal Code Title 16.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – VTTM No. 17609
Attachment 2 – City Council Resolution Nos. 2015-61 through 2015-63 Attachment 3 – Purchase and Sale Agreement for Neighborhoods 1 and 3 Attachment 4 – Open Space Area Exhibit
Attachment 5 – Final Map for Tract No. 19275
Attachment 6 – Subdivision Implementation Agreement
cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
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