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RESOLUTION NO. 24-______
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE OFFER OF DEDICATION OF
EMBERBROOK DRIVE, AUTHORIZING THE STREET NAME CHANGE
FROM EMBERBROOK DRIVE TO DOCKWEILER DRIVE, AND MAKING
FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH PURSUANT TO CEQA
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita (the “City”) proposes to undertake the extension of Dockweiler Drive (the “Dockweiler Extension Project”). The proposed Dockweiler Extension Project is a multi-phased capital improvement project being coordinated by the City and The Master’s University to improve circulation and access to the Placerita Canyon and Newhall communities in the City. The proposed Dockweiler Extension Project would extend Dockweiler Drive from the existing terminus to Railroad Avenue at 13th Street; and WHEREAS, a portion of the land area to be acquired for the Dockweiler Drive Extension Project is within the land area that has either been already acquired by the County of Los Angeles (“County”) for Emberbrook Drive or within land areas subject to offers of dedication for Emberbrook Drive that have not previously been accepted by the County; and WHEREAS, in connection with the Dockweiler Extension Project, the City has concurrently with the adoption of this Resolution, approved an “Agreement of Real Property Transfer” with the County by which the City is acquiring the County’s interest in certain properties, including: (i) the property which the County currently uses as a roadway maintenance yard and which is generally located at 22234 Placerita Canyon Road, including a strip of land between the maintenance yard and the southerly side of Placerita Canyon Road; (ii) Emberbrook Drive from its intersection with Placerita Canyon Road through the County’s maintenance yard until its southeasterly terminus (the “County Property”); and WHEREAS, the County’s interests in Emberbrook Drive that the City is acquiring from the County include, but are not limited to: (i) ownership in fee of certain portions of Emberbrook Drive acquired by deeds and recorded as Document Numbers 110 and 342 both of which were recorded on May 25, 1960, in Book D856 on pages 887 and 977, which portions were set aside for public road purposes in accordance with Section 941 of the Streets and Highways Code pursuant to Resolution 3414, adopted by the County Board of Supervisors on June 8, 1971, and recorded on June 11, 1971; and (ii) certain offers to dedicate other planned portions of Emberbrook Drive that were shown on Parcel Map 3602 recorded on September 4, 1974, and which offers were separately recorded as Document Nos. 3181, 3182 and 3183 on September 4, 1974; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 66477.2 provides that if an offer of dedication is rejected at the time a final map is approved that offer remains open, then the offer of dedication may be accepted at a later date, and without further action by the subdivider, by resolution of the legislative body; and
WHEREAS, upon the City’s acquisition of the County’s interests in Emberbrook Drive, the City intends to accept the outstanding offers of dedication for road purposes for Emberbrook Drive, change the name of Emberbrook Drive to Dockweiler Drive, construct the Dockweiler
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Drive Extension Project, and then accept the extension of Dockweiler Dive into the City’s road system; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2018, the City Council certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) for the Dockweiler Extension Project by way of City Council Resolution No. 18-10, and approved the Extension Project by way of City Council Resolution 18-11; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed this Resolution with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) (“CEQA”). City staff has determined that an Addendum to the City’s previously certified EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2013082016) for the Dockweiler Extension Project is appropriate to accept the outstanding offers of dedication for road purposes that were provided by Emberbrook Drive and for the renaming of those segments to be part of Dockweiler Drive; and WHEREAS, by prior action at the same meeting at which this Resolution is considered, the City Council has approved the City’s Addendum to the City’s previously certified EIR for the Dockweiler Extension Project and also considered a separate County prepared Addendum to the same EIR which evaluated the impacts of the Agreement of Real Property Transfer between the City and the County. The findings contained in the agenda report for this agenda item, with respect to the approval of both Addendums and the information, content, and analysis contained in those two Addendums, are incorporated herein by this reference as the evidence to support the City Council’s determinations that the actions taken by this Resolution are within the scope of the EIR for the Dockweiler Extension Project, and that pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, only minor changes to the EIR were required and that none of the conditions described in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 have occurred; and WHEREAS, the City Council also finds that there is a need to change the street name of Emberbrook Drive to Dockweiler Drive because the land area to be included within Dockweiler Drive includes the land within Emberbrook Drive and there is a need to provide continuity in the name of the roadway through the entirety of the length under the Dockweiler Extension Project; and
WHEREAS, no properties, residents or businesses currently have an assigned address of Emberbrook Drive and thus no property owner, resident of business will be impacted by the change in the street name; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have no objection with such a street name change; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 34091.1 permits the City Council of a City, by resolution, to change the name of streets within its jurisdiction when the City Council find that such existing street name should be changed.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Upon the date specified in Section 5 of this Resolution, the City of Santa Clarita hereby accepts the offer of dedication of Emberbrook Drive that was provided on Parcel
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Map 3602, recorded on September 4, 1974, and which such offers of dedication were separately recorded as Document Nos. 3181, 3182 and 3183 on September 4, 1974.
SECTION 2. Upon the date specified in Section 5 of this Resolution, and pursuant to Government Code Section 34091.1, the City Council hereby changes the name of Emberbrook Drive for its entire length, including the portion from Placerita Canyon Road on the north to its southerly terminus, to Dockweiler Drive and the former Emberbrook Drive shall thereafter become a portion of Dockweiler Drive.
SECTION 3. City staff is hereby directed to install the necessary signs and make official notification to effect this Resolution, when effective, and when such signs and notifications become necessary and appropriate.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect on the date of recordation of the deeds by which the City acquires the property from the County pursuant to the “Agreement of Real Property Transfer” between the City and the County and by which the City acquires all right, title and interest of the County in Emberbrook Drive.
SECTION 6. The City Council directs the City Clerk to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to be recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/Recorder, within thirty (30) days of the recordation of the deeds by which the City acquires the property from the County pursuant to the “Agreement of Real Property Transfer” between the City and the County and by which the City acquires all right, title and interest of the County in Emberbrook Drive.
SECTION 7. Upon the effective date of this Resolution as provided in Section 5, and pursuant to Government Code Section 34092, the City Clerk shall promptly forward a copy of this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this _____ day of __________, 2024. _____________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
DATE:_______________________
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 24-_____ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the ____ day of ____________, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK