PURPOSE:

The purpose of this report is to provide information to the City Council to consider adoption of a Resolution of Intention to set the public hearing date of December 7, 2004, to consider the conditional vacation of Avon Street and adjacent alleys between Olive Avenue and Alameda Avenue, Map V-339 for the PW, LLC (aka: The Platt Companies) project.

BACKGROUND:

PW, LLC (aka Platt Companies) is requesting as part of their project to vacate Avon Street bounded by Alameda Avenue and Olive Avenue, the adjacent alley bounded by Lima Street and Avon Street, and the alley bounded by Cordova Street and Avon Street.  The property is located within the Media District Specific Plan (MDSP) area and is a portion of the area identified as Media Center North.  This area is intended for commercial mixed use development. The street and alley vacation hearing is to be held in conjunction with City Council consideration of the Planned Development (PD 2003-1 with Development Review No. 2003-36).

ANALYSIS:

The purpose of the Resolution of Intention is to set the public hearing date for December 7, 2004 for the proposed conditional vacations. The vacation of these rights-of-way is necessary for Platt to be able to assemble the development parcel.  The Redevelopment Agency also has fee ownership that affects portions of the area to be vacated.

All appropriate City departments and all outside utility companies have reviewed the proposed vacations, including Pacific Bell, Charter Cable, The Gas Company, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and the Metropolitan Water District.  The proposed vacations will be conditioned in accordance with their responses. The proposed vacation has been conditioned by five outside utility companies and three City Departments as listed below:  

The Gas Company requests that a permanent easement be reserved to maintain and operate their present gas piping facilities within the area of the proposed street vacation, or relocated at the applicant�s expense.

Metropolitan Water District requests a 40 foot wide permanent easement within Avon Street as they have a 43 inch inside diameter Santa Monica Feeder pipeline, or relocated at the applicant�s expense.

Charter Communications has aerial facilities that need to be protected, or relocated at the applicant�s expense.

County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works requests that a blanket easement over the northwesterly 50 feet of Avon Street be reserved to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for a covered storm drain, appurtenant structures and ingress and egress.  Alternatively, the facilities may be relocated at applicant�s expense.

Burbank Water & Power, Electrical Division will require relocation of existing underground lines at applicant�s expense.

Burbank Water & Power, Water Division will require relocation of existing underground facilities at applicant�s expense.

Pacific Bell maintains existing communication facilities within the subject area that would require relocation at applicant�s expense.

City of Burbank Public Works Department will require abandonment in place of an eight inch sewer main in Avon Street.

In addition, staff will propose an additional condition that the vacations do not occur until such time as all of the properties on the project site are owned by the applicant and the project is readied for development.

The proposed Resolution of Intention will set the hearing date for December 7, 2004.  Once the vacation hearing date is set by the adoption of the proposed Resolution of Intention, the hearing will be noticed in accordance with the Streets and Highways Code and the Burbank Municipal Code including: 1) a mailed notification to all property owners within a 1000 foot radius of the area to be vacated at least 10 days prior to the public hearing on the vacation; 2) posting a notice at several locations in the area to be vacated; 3) a published notice in the Burbank Leader. The published notice will appear two times within the fourteen days preceding the hearing.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There will be no fiscal impact to the City by adoption of the proposed Resolution of Intention.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed resolution.

EXHIBIT:

Exhibit A          Map of the area to be vacated

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