REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 01/17/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION APPROVING A STREET NAME CHANGE WITHIN TRACT MAP 37644 LOCATED GENERALLY WEST OF BEDFORD CANYON ROAD AND NORTH OF HUDSON HOUSE DRIVE FROM SPRING LANE TO SPRING HAVEN LANE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve a street name change from Spring Lane to Spring Haven Lane within Tract Map 37644. Tract Map 37644 is located west of Bedford Canyon Road and north of Hudson House Drive in the new Bedford Community. Staff learned that Spring Lane already existed in the City prior to Tract Map 37644 and that the approval of the street name Spring Lane within Tract Map 37644 created two streets in the City with the same name. The purpose of the street name change is to prevent potential confusion and delay that could occur by emergency personnel when responding to calls for emergency service on Spring Lane.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-003 approving the street name change within Tract 37644 generally located west of Bedford Canyon Road and north of Hudson House Drive from Spring Lane to Spring Haven Lane.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Tract Map 37644 subdivided 51 acres into 45 lots to facilitate the development of 490 residential condominium units. The residential units are part of the Phase Two development within the new Bedford Community and are currently under construction with some houses currently occupied.
Tract Map 37644 was recorded at the County Recorder’s Office on March 11, 2020. However, in November 2023, City staff learned that the street name Spring Lane approved for Tract Map 37644 already existed in the city. After consultation with the City’s Police Dispatch Division, it was determined that the street name within Tract Map 37644 needed to be changed to prevent confusion and possible delay in responding to calls for emergency service on Spring Lane.
There are 78 residential units located on Spring Lane with 32 residential units occupied. City staff hand delivered and mailed notices of the street name change to the current 32 residents on Spring Lane. Staff also held a teleconference for the residents on January 10, 2024, to discuss the changes that will occur with the street name change. The assigned numbered address to the residential units will remain the same with only the name of the street changing from Spring Lane to Spring Haven Lane.
City staff will be contacting all utility providers, Waste Management, and the United States Postal Service on the change to the street name.
ANALYSIS:
City staff has determined that having two streets with the same name in the city poses a potential public health and safety concern because it could lead to a delay in providing emergency response to the properties on Spring Lane. Changing the street name is necessary at this time since the residents on Spring Lane within the Bedford Community are relatively new and not all the units on Spring Lane are occupied. The adoption of Resolution No. 2024-003 will allow the City to change the street name pursuant to Section 5026 of the California Streets & Highways Code.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Estimated processing costs associated with the street name in the amount of $5,000 will be funded by the Planning and Development Department’s operating budget in the General Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the commonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. There is no possibility that approving the street name change will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: MARIA MIRANDA, SENIOR ENGINEER
REVIEWED BY: JOANNE COLETTA, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Attachments:
1. Exhibit 1 - Resolution No. 2024-003