Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 23-134 “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING OFFER OF DEDICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE, LTD. TO THE CITY FOR PUBLIC STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES” (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City of Carson is working with Los Angeles County on the completion of the traffic signal synchronization project along Avalon Blvd from south city limit to north city limit. LA County is taking the lead on the design of this project. The City of Carson requested the property owner, Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. to dedicate an approximately 15-foot-wide segment of property along the west side of Avalon Boulevard, just north of Victoria Avenue in the City of Carson that has been used as a public right of way since 1978. The 15-foot-wide dedication will allow the County of Los Angeles to install the proposed improvements to complete the project. A resolution has been completed and staff is requesting the adoption of the resolution by the City Council.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 23-134 “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING OFFER OF DEDICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE, LTD. TO THE CITY FOR PUBLIC STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES”.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DO NOT ADOPT the Resolution. However, the 15-foot wide segment of property will remain property of Carson Harbor Village, Ltd., and LA County will not be able to complete the project.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
Around 1978, Avalon Boulevard was widened, and while the right of way was expanded per specifications for most of Avalon Boulevard, there is a particular approximately 15-foot wide segment along the west side of the street just north of Victoria Avenue in the City of Carson where a proper dedication to the City of Carson (“City”) from then property owner was not obtained, likely inadvertently, even though such segment (“Subject Property”) has been used as a public right of way since 1978. Now the current owner of the Subject Property, Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. (“Grantor”), and the City, seek to rectify the omission of not having the Subject Property dedicated to the City in 1978, by Grantor dedicating to City an easement to construct, maintain, operate, and repair a public right of way and utilities over, across, and under the Subject Property, in accordance with the Right of Way Dedication for Street and Utility Purposes (“Offer of Dedication”), an executed copy of which is included as an attachment to Resolution No. 23-134 (Exhibit No. 1).
Section 319 of the City Charter provides that any real property which is sold, dedicated, or transferred to City must be accepted by resolution of the City Council. Under Section 7050 of the Government Code, any acceptance by City of any offer of dedication of real property for any public purpose, including, but not limited to, streets, highways, paths, alleys, including access rights and abutter's rights, drainage, open space, public utility or other public easements, parks, or other public places, must be accepted by the City Council. Accepting the roadway dedication offered by the current property owner will allow the County of Los Angeles to complete the design and construction of the Traffic Signal Synchronization project. A resolution has been completed and staff is requesting the adoption of the Resolution by the City Council. V. FISCAL IMPACT
No expenditures of City funds are required as a result of this action.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. Resolution No. 23-134 (pgs. 3-11)
Prepared by: Gilbert Marquez, P.E., City Engineer & Ian Holst, P.E., Associate Civil Engineer