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Home My WebLink AboutOB 2 SAN JUAN VACATION 08-01-88OLD BUSINESS ..... ~ NO. 2 . 8- 1- 88 DATE: JULY 27, 1988 ~ ! TO: WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION SUBJECT: PROPOSED SAN JUAN STREET VACATION (FILE #2422) - RECOMMENDATION'· Pleasure of the City Council. BACKGROUND: At the last two. City Council meetings, the Council discussed the possibility of vacating a portion of San Juan Street adjacent ~to both Tustin High School and Lambert Elementary School. Copies of the two previous Staff reports are attached for reference. The City Council continued this item to the August 1, 1988 City Council meeting, so that a joint meeting with the Tustin Unified School District could be held to discuss the long term use of the ~urrent school sites. It is my understanding that the date for this joint meeting has not yet been established. DISCUSSION: There are two directions which may' be pursued by the City Council on the proposed street vacation as follows: 1. Table the issue until such time the City Council has had the opportunity to have a joint meeting with the Tustin Unified School District Board Members. This direction would probably impact Caltran's time table for right-of-way certification on the I-5 widening project. 2. Direct Staff to commence the street vacation proceedings through the public hearing phase. Final determination/action by the City Council could then be delayed until after the joint CityJ District meeting. The timetable for this direction would most likely be Schedule Three outlined in the attached July 12, 1988 Staff memo, except for the final determination date. This direction would minimize the impacts to the Caltran's schedule if the street is ultimately vacated. Bob Ledendecker Director Public Works/City Engineer _ AGENDA= } oo Inter- Com TO: WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY M~AGER FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION SUBJEGT: PROPOSED SAN JUAN STREET VACATION - FILE #2422 RECOM~NDATION: ~' Pleasure of the City Council. · , BACKGROUND= At their meeting of July 5, 1988, the ~ity Council reviewed the staff report of June 28, 1988 (copy attached) and requested Staff to provide additional information as follows: 1. Establishment of a Caltrans timetable for acquisition of certain properties related to the I-5 widening. 2. Information on the improvements for E1 Camino Real between Red Hill and Orange Street. 3. Use of a.reversionary clause in the street Vacation proceedings to ensure that the San Juan Street right-of-way and its improvements would revert back to the City ih the event the land within the Street right-of-way is not utilized to maintain Tustin High School and Lambert School as one contiguous site for school use purposes. DISCUSSION: Item ! - ~ Timetable Caltrans has indicated they need to certify right-of-way no later than April 1989 so that their I-5 widening construction schedule can be maintained. It was indicated that they will most likely commence eminent domain proceedings in the very near future if they cannot reach agreement with the school district or the San Juan Street vacation proceedings cannot be completed. The eminent domain proceedings can be withdrawn at any time prior to finalization. Following is a tentative schedule provided by Caltrans for the work related to E1 Camino Real: Bid advertisement ........................... February 1989 Right-of-way acquisition complete ........... April 1989 Right-of-way cleared of structures .......... July 1989 Commencement of E1 Camino Real realignment -- September 1989 Completion of E1 Camino Real realignment .... February /PROPOSED SAN JUAN S~, ~T VACATION July 12, 1988 Page 2 Item ~ - E1 ~amino Real Improvements Caltrans has confirmed that they will improve E1 Camino Real between Red Hill Avenue and Orange Street to full secondary highway standards (80 feet of right-of-way and 64 feet between curbs). This work would be accomplished as one of the first phases of the construction segment of the I-5 widening. o Item ! - Use of Reversionary. Clause The City Attorney's office has determined that the street may be vacated under the regulations of the street and ~highway code with the reservation of an ~mproved easement per Section 8340(b) of said code to allow the City to exercise its right to reopen the street as a street easement if it deemed necessary in the future. As an'added measure of protection, it is suggested that the City require a two-party agreement between the City and School District wherein the District would be responsible to provide street easement and a fully improved street to the City in the event the area to be vacated is not utilized for school related purposes and to combine the Lambert School and Tu~tin High School parcels together as a contiguous parcel. This · agreement should be integrated as Exhibit "A" into the resolution ordering the vacation of said street. As previously outlined, the follpwing are potential schedules for'the street vacation proceedings: Schedule Schedule Schedule .One Two Three Planning Com_mission Action for conformance to the Tustin General Plan 7-25-88 8-8-88 8-22-88 City Council adoption of Resolution of Intention. to Vacate Street and Setting Public Hearing 8-1-88 8-15-88 9-6-88 City Council holds public hearing for said street vacation 9-6-88 9-19-88 10-3-88 City Council makes determination on said street vacation 9-19-88 10-3-88 10-17-88 Bob Ledendecker Director of Public Works/City Engineer Inter- Com 0UNE 28, L988 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTHENT/ENGINEERZNG DIVZSZON ';'"' ~I~UECT: PROPOSED SAN OUAN STREET VACATZON, FZLE #2422 '" ',Fieasure of the City Council, · ~ September 1987 the City Council authorized Staff to proceed with a ~.,affic analysis to investigate the feasibility of vacating a portion of · a~' Juan' Street adjacent to .Tustin High School and Lamber~ Elementary SchoOl. This authorization came as a result of Caltrans' request to the Sty to consider the vacation of San Juan Street. The firm of ~cin-Foust Associates was the City's ~selection to complete the a~alysis of this potential street closure. --~trans, request for street vacation came after their initial contacts with the Tustin Unified School District had surfaced the District's macerns over losing approximately 3 acres of land along the E1 Camino ~ frontage of Tustin High School. This 3 acre loss would reduce an a~eady substandard size high. school site to approximately 24acres. ~e vacation of a portion of San ~uan Street would allow the residual Ti~cin High School site to be physically joined .with the Lambe~c ~Ze~entary School site which is approximately 10 acres in size. ~SCUSSION; The firm of Austin-Foust Associates, Inc. has completed the ~ Juan Street Closure Traffic Analysis (copy previously furnished) which a general' summary is as follows: The study area is bounded by E1 Camino Real on the South, Red Hill Avenue on the East, Bryan Avenue on the North and Newport Avenue on the West.. Ten primary intersections surrounding San Juan Street were also evaluated. Traffic generated by the residences and schools on and around San Juan Street was estimated, with through traffic on San Juan Street being estimated by means of a license plate matching study. Levels of service on the key intersections were tabulated on exist- ing traffic counts. . Levels of service at key intersections were then tabulated on a long range time frame and ~he impacts of the street closure assessed. SAN JUAN STREET VA June 28, 1988 Page 2 ~.ON 'Section II of the analysis outlines the following areas: · Existing average daily traffic (ADT) volumes on the key streets within the study area. * Existing peak hour (A.M., Noon and P.M. )turning movements ~- at key intersections. · ThroUgh traffic study by use of a license plata matching study. Through traffic on San Juan Street ranges from 26% in the A.M. to 37% in the P.M. Section III 'of the analysis summarizes the amount of traffic diversion whichwould occur with the street closure and the impacts of that diversion: * The ~hrough traffic diversions generally have minimal impact on the key intersections with the exception of E1 Camino Real and Red Hill Avenue. The Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) rate increases 4% from 1.29 to 1.33, or Level F. This level of service is based on a two-lane facility on E1 Camino Real in lieu of the ultimate four-lane facility, .. * All other key intersections show either no changg, only a change of one percent in the .ICU level. Some local traffic using San Juan Street to access Newpor~ or Red Hill Avenue will be forced to use Utt Drive, Lance Drive and Walnut Street. The long range impacts (Past 2010) were tabulated for the two critical intersections of E1 Camino.Real at Newpor~ Avenue and E1 ~.amino Real'at Red H£11 Avenue based upon a four-lane roadway on E1 Camino Real. These intersections continue to operate at less than desirable levels, but the impacts increase only from. 0% to 2%. In the event the City Council elects to proceed with the San Juan S~reet vacation proceedings, the following is a suggested procedure: * Refer to Planning Commission for their finding that 'the vacation of San Juan Street will be in conformance with the General Plan. * Return to City Council for adoption of Resolution of Intention for the street vacation. ~une .28~ 1988 Page 3' . . . .. £ON · '"'. * Hold public hearing on ~he street vacation and make ""' .'~ ;',.!;:'. final de~ermina~ion. · . · . It is esti~ated~hat~he street vacation proceedings would span a ..period o£ 8-X2 weeks. Bob Ledendecker Director of Public Works/City Engineer