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AGENDA BILL Agenda Item No. 5(E) Date: December 18, 2012 To: El Cerrito City Council From: Yvetteh Ortiz, Engineering Manager Jerry Bradshaw, Public Works Director/City Engineer Subject: Accept Offer of Dedication – Bates Avenue ACTION REQUESTED Adopt a resolution accepting the offer of dedication for the 25-foot widening of Bates Avenue as shown on Parcel Map MS 451-09, a four-lot subdivision of 801 Bates Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel No. 505-282-027). DISCUSSION The minor subdivision of 801 Bates Avenue, a four-lot subdivision located on the west side of Bates Avenue at its intersection with Roberta Drive, was approved by the El Cerrito Subdivision Committee by Resolution SC11-01 on January 10, 2011. The subdivision includes a 25-foot widening of the Bates Avenue right-of-way for a length of approximately 218 feet to provide access to all four lots. This will provide a street right-of-way of 50 feet to match the existing right-of-way just north of 801 Bates Avenue. The street cross-section will be 30 feet from curb-to-curb with 10 feet on each side to include landscaping and sidewalk areas. The street improvements generally consist of asphalt paving, sidewalk, curb, gutter and minor drainage modifications. The Engineer’s Estimate to construct these improvements is $123,578. The owner of the subdivision will be executing a Subdivision Improvement Agreement with the City and providing bonds in the amount of the Engineer’s Estimate to guarantee completion of the improvements. The City Attorney has reviewed and commented on the draft versions of the agreement and bonds. The final versions will be subject to the review of the City Attorney. These documents do not require City Council approval, but need to be provided to the City Clerk prior to filing the map with the Contra Costa County Recorder. The Parcel Map offers for dedication in fee to the City of El Cerrito the 25-foot widening of Bates Avenue. City staff requests that the City Council accept this offer of dedication. The Parcel Map also offers for dedication to the City storm drain easements on each of the four lots. These easements have been established for areas where stormwater treatment facilities are to be constructed when the subdivision is developed in order to comply with the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards’, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, C.3 requirements, which apply to developments that create or replace more than 10,000 square feet of impervious surface. ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. S(E) The dedication of these easements to the City will ensure that no improvements other than those approved by the City can be constructed in those areas. However, because the City is not assuming the obligation for operation or maintenance of the stormwater treatment facilities, the City will not accept or reject this dedication. Under the law, the dedication remains open for acceptance anytime in the future. I FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS The maintenance of the new sidewalk will be the responsibility of the fronting property owner for each lot. The City will be responsible for maintenance of new curb, gutter and asphalt paving. Given the small area of these improvements, which is less than 3,500 square feet and generally equates to an annual cost of less than $1,000, staff considers the additional maintenance costs for the Bates A venue widening to have a de minimus impact on the City's budget. Scott Hanin, City Manager Attachment: 1. Accompanying Resolution 2. Parcel Map Page2 ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(E) Attachment 1 RESOLUTION 2012–XX RESOLUTION OF THE EL CERRITO CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING AN OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR THE 25-FOOT WIDENING OF BATES AVENUE AS SHOWN ON PARCEL MAP MS 451-09, A FOUR-LOT SUBDIVISION OF 801 BATES AVENUE (ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 505-282-027) WHEREAS, the minor subdivision of 801 Bates Avenue, a four-lot subdivision, was approved by the El Cerrito Subdivision Committee by Resolution SC11-01 on January 10, 2011; and WHEREAS, the subdivision includes a 25-foot widening of the Bates Avenue right-of-way to provide access to all four lots; and WHEREAS, the widening will provide a street right-of-way of 50 feet to match the existing right-of- way north of 801 Bates Avenue; and WHEREAS, the Engineer’s Estimate to construct the street improvements is $123,578; and WHEREAS, the owner of the subdivision will be executing a Subdivision Improvement Agreement with the City and providing bonds in the amount of the Engineer’s Estimate to guarantee completion of the improvements prior to filing of the Parcel Map with the Contra Costa County Recorder. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of El Cerrito accepts the offer of dedication for the 25-foot widening of Bates Avenue as shown on Parcel Map MS 451-09. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of El Cerrito is not accepting or rejecting the offer of dedication for the storm drain easements shown on Parcel Map MS 451-09; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution shall be recorded with the Contra Costa County Recorder. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption. I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on December 18, 2012 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on December XX, 2012. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: Gregory B. Lyman, Mayor ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(E) Attachment 2 ---PAGE BREAK---