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 hearing date to consider the Conditional Vacation (V-364) of an easement for public street purposes along with a portion of excess right-of-way, extending six inches along Cordova Street between Olive Avenue and Warner Boulevard, and reserving approximately 73.48 feet by six inches of Cordova Street for a public utility easement.

BACKGROUND:

The applicant, Warner Bros., is requesting to vacate a portion of a street easement six inches in width along Cordova Street to allow an encroachment of existing footings for a security wall that has been installed.  The wall was constructed on their property, however, the footings inadvertently encroached into the City�s right-of-way.  This vacation will not impact the width of the City street or sidewalk.  The vacation of the easement for public street purposes would affect lots 1,2,22 & 23 of Tract 9523, all of which are owned by Warner Bros (Exhibit A).

ANALYSIS:

The purpose of the Resolution of Intention is to set the public hearing date for February 1, 2005 for the proposed conditional vacation.  All appropriate City departments and all outside utility companies have reviewed the proposed vacation, including Pacific Bell, Charter Cable, The Gas Company and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.

The proposed vacation has been conditioned by one outside utility company (Exhibit B).  The Gas Company is requesting a permanent easement be reserved to permit their continued use and operation of their facilities within the six inch strip and in their present location.  The present utility easement is located in that portion of the already vacated Warner Boulevard and The Gas Company is requesting to reserve a utility easement within the six inch strip adjacent to the vacated portion of Warner Boulevard as shown on the Exhibit A.

The Burbank Water and Power Department (BWP) has a eight inch water main (soon to be replaced and upgraded to a twelve inch water main) located in the vacated portion of Warner Boulevard.  The City of Burbank requests to reserve a utility easement the width of the already vacated Warner Boulevard and within the additional six inch strip adjacent to Cordova Street that is to be vacated.

There are no other comments or conditions to the proposed vacation.  The applicant is aware of all the conditions and has agreed to accept them.  The comments from the City departments and the outside public utility companies are attached as Exhibit C.  Further  detailed discussion will be included in the staff report for the proposed public hearing scheduled for February 1, 2005.

Once the vacation hearing date is set by adoption of the proposed Resolution of Intention, the hearing will be noticed by: 1) a mailed notification to all property owners within 1000 foot radius of the area to be vacated; 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.  The mailed notice must be mailed at least ten days prior to the public hearing on the vacation.

The following is a summary of comments received:

Building Division � No Objections

Public Works Department � No Objections

Police Department � No Objections

Fire Department - No Objections

BWP Electrical � No Objections

BWP Water � Request an easement be reserved for their eight inch water main, soon to be upgraded to a twelve inch water line, within the proposed vacated area that crosses  the already vacated Warner Boulevard.

Park, Recreation and Community Services � No Objection

OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES

Southern California Gas Company � Request a permanent easement be reserved to permit their continued use and operation of their facilities located in the proposed vacated area.  

Charter Communication �No Objections

County of Los Angeles Public Works � No Objections

SBC Communications � No Objections

All procedures for routing the application for comment, notification mailing, publication  of public hearing notice, and posting at the proposed areas of vacation will be performed in accordance with the Burbank Municipal Code and the State Streets and Highways Code.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The adoption of the Resolution of Intention setting the public hearing date will have no fiscal impact on the City.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed resolution.

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A          Map V-364

Exhibit B          Conditions of Approval

Exhibit C          Comments from City of Burbank Departments and outside public utilities

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