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AGENDA STATEMENT
City Council Meeting Date' February 13, 1989
SUBJECT'
Public Hearing' Abandonment of Westerly Terminus of
Betlen Drive
(Report by Public Works Director Lee Thompson)
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
Location Map
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Open public hearing
Receive Staff presentation and public testimony
Question Staff and the public
Leave public hearing open and continue the matter
to the regular meeting of February 27, 1989
FINANCIAL STATEME~";T: None
DESCRIPTION: At the meeting of December 12, 1988, the City Council
adopted a resolution of intention to abandon the stub end of Betlen Drive at
its westernmost end.
l~en the right-of-way of Betlen Drive was originally dedicated, the
street ended at the boundary of Tract 2534 (adjoining Valley Christian
Center), as shown on Exhibit 3 attached. ~Cnen Tract 5777, the Pulte Homes
development (Hacienda Heights), developed, the westerly end of Betlen Drive
was constructed as a knuckle cul-de-sac at its junction with Las Palmas Way.
This configuration leaves the remainder of the end of Betlen Drive as excess
right-of-way. The area to be abandoned is approximately 0.16 acres.
If the abandonment is approved, this excess right-of-way will revert to
the owners of the adjacent properties from the cen~erline south to Pulte
Homes and from the centerline north to DSRSD. Pulte has stated that they are
not interested in utilizing the property as part of the Hacienda Heights
Development and plan to quitclaim the property to DSRSD.
DSRSD is interested in using this area as a parking area to service
their water reservoir. The area would not be used to store vehicles or
equipment and would be screened by a six-foot fence and landscaping along the
street frontage. It is anticipated that this use would not have a negative
visual impact on the neighboring properties.
Since this stub end of Betlen Drive cannot physically be constructed
through the Vailev Christian Center and has been closed off by providing a
knuckle cul-de-sac into the Hacienda Heights deYe!opment (Pulte Homes, Trac~
5777). In addition, Betlen Drive is not indicated as a through s~reet on the
City's General Plan.
Section 65402 of the Government Code states that if a General Plan has
been adopted, no real property shall be vacated or abandoned until the
location, purpose, and extent of the street vacation or abandonment have been
submitted to and reported upon by the Planning Agency as to conformity with
the General Plan. Failure of the Planning Agency to submit its report to the
City Council ~ithin 40 days shall be conclusively deemed a finding of
conformity. If the Planning Agency disappro~'es the abandonment, its decision
may be oYerruled bv the City Council.
The Planning Commission considered this ite~u at their meeting of
February 6. 1989, and c~.tip~ed the matter until tl~{,-~eeting of F~braarv
21st, as they had questions regarding the use of the property by DSRSD. The
City Council may not, therefore, make a decision at the February 13th meeting.
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and
continue the ~atter to the regular City Council meeting of February 27, 1950.
ITE~I NO.~ COPIES TO' DSRSD
Pulte Homes
VALLEY
CHRISTIAN
CENTER
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