HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 05-85 - Public Hearing - Closure of Alaska Ave. @ Fred WaringCITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Adopt Resolution No. 05-85, Setting a Public Hearing to Consider
the Closure of Alaska Avenue at Fred Waring Drive
SUBMITTED BY: Mark Greenwood, P.E., City Engineer
DATE: October 13, 2005
CONTENTS: Resolution
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Recommendation:
Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 05-85 , setting the time
and place of a public hearing to consider the proposed closure of Alaska
Avenue at Fred Waring Drive.
Discussion:
The widening of Fred Waring Drive from Deep Canyon Drive to Washington Street
requires the construction of a sound wall on the north side of Fred Waring Drive from
California Avenue to Elkhorn Trail. The construction of the sound wall will create an
unsafe sight distance condition for drivers turning west onto Fred Waring Drive from
Alaska Avenue. Staff has extensively reviewed possible solutions to this problem, all of
which include the closure of Alaska Avenue at Fred Waring Drive. Staff is now
prepared to hold a Public Hearing on this issue. Staff will notify all affected property
owners and a legal notice will be published in the local newspaper.
Therefore, staff recommends that City Council waive further reading and adopt
Resolution No. 05-85 setting the time and place of a public hearing to consider the
closure of Alaska Avenue at Fred Waring Drive.
Submittd,By•
Mark Greenwood, P.E.
City Engineer
Approval:
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Department Head:
Michael Errante, P.E.
Director of Public Works
Carlos Ortega
City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 05-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE CLOSURE OF ALASKA AVENUE AT FRED
WARING DRIVE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, finds it justifiable and
desirable to consider closure of Alaska Avenue at Fred Waring Drive
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the hour of 4:00 p.m. on the 10th day of November, 2005 in the
Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California, is
hereby fixed as the time and place of hearing all persons interested in or
objecting to the proposed closure of Alaska Avenue along Fred Waring
Drive, shown on "Exhibit A" and
2. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed to publish notice of said hearing in
the Desert Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the City
of Palm Desert, California two (2) weeks before the date of the hearing,
and the City officials of the City of Palm Desert are hereby instructed to
post notice of such closure, as required by law, at least two (2) weeks
before the day set for the hearing.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
City Council, held on this 13th day of October, 2005, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
BUFORD A. CRITES, Mayor
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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