July 18, 2022
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CITY OF POMONA
COUNCIL REPORT
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: James Makshanoff, City Manager Submitted By: Rene Guerrero, Public Works Director SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF SUMMARY VACATION VU2-2022 OF THE CITY’S UNUSED STREET EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN PARCEL 1 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 72657, PM 379/18-23, ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 8344-024-040, RELATED TO THE HILTON GARDEN INN PROJECT AT 2027 RANCHO VALLEY DRIVE, POMONA, CA, AND APPROVAL OF QUITCLAIM DEED FOR THE VACATED EASEMENT (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2) SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
Adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-141 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE SUMMARY VACATION VU2-2022 OF THE CITY’S UNUSED STREET EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN PARCEL 1 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 72657, PM 379/18-23, ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 8344-024-040, AND APPROVING QUITCLAIM DEED FOR THE VACATED EASEMENT; and Authorize the City Manager to execute the quitclaim deed on behalf of the City.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-141 (Attachment No. 1) will approve: (i) the summary vacation of the existing public street easement that is unused and unnecessary for the proposed Hilton Garden Inn development located at 2027 Rancho Valley Drive, and (ii) the Quitclaim Deed (EXHIBIT 1 attached to the Resolution) requested by the landowner for the vacated easement.
FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact at this time.
PREVIOUS RELATED ACTION: On July 7, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2014-82 (Attachment No. 2) approving Parcel Map No. 72657 (Attachment No. 3) and accepting on behalf of the City all streets, highways, and other public ways shown on said map.
On April 12, 2017, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 17-009 (Attachment No. 4) approving Conditional Use Permit CUP 5490-2016 for the development of a five-story, 149-room hotel (Hilton Garden Inn) on the Rancho Valley Drive property associated with APN 8344-024-040.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: None.
DISCUSSION: Greg Cooke, with DRC Engineering, Inc., the applicant on behalf of GHG Rio Rancho, LLC, owner of the property located at 2027 Rancho Valley Drive, has submitted a request to the Public Works Department for the summary vacation of the unused street easement dedicated on Parcel 1 of Parcel Map PM 72657. The easement was intended to provide a continuous pedestrian path of travel across the Rancho Valley Drive approach for the hotel, in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requirements. Said driveway apron was removed and reconstructed near the end of Rancho Valley Drive cul-de-sac.
In accordance with the approved project site plan (Attachment No. 5), which depicts both the final location of the hotel driveway approach as well at the boundaries of the street easement proposed for vacation, and in compliance with the CUP 5490-2016 condition of approval number 56 included in the Planning Commission Resolution No. 17-009, the property owner is requesting (i) the summary vacation of the City street easement (Attachment Nos. 6 and 7), as being no longer needed, and (ii) the approval of the Quitclaim Deed associated with the vacated easement.
The street easement proposed for vacation is legally described in EXHIBIT “A” and depicted on EXHIBIT “B” attached to the Resolution.
The approval and adoption of the Resolution and the approval of the street easement Quitclaim Deed will facilitate the completion of the project and the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
Prepared by:
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Carmen Barsu
Associate Civil Engineer
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment No. 1 - Proposed Resolution No. 2022-141 with VU2-2022 Quitclaim Deed as EXHIBIT 1, Legal Description as EXHIBIT “A” and Map as EXHIBIT “B” Attachment No. 2 – City Council Resolution No. 2014-82
Attachment No. 3 – Recorded Parcel Map No. 72657
Attachment No. 4 – Planning Commission Resolution 17-009 Attachment No. 5 – Hilton Garden Inn Site Plan
Attachment No. 6 - Vicinity Map
Attachment No. 7 - Aerial Map
Resolution Ordering the Summary Vacation VU2-2022 of the City’s Unused Street Easement Within the Property Located at 2027 Rancho Valley Drive (Council District 2) July 18, 2022
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