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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2011-7 Street Name Change for 35th AvenueCITY OF PALM DESERT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF REPORT REQUEST: SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A STREET NAME CHANGE FOR THE PORTION OF 35T" AVENUE (AVENUE 35) WITHIN THE PALM DESERT CITY LIMITS SUBMITTED BY: Mark Greenwood, P.E., Director of Public Works DATE: February 10, 2011 CONTENTS: Resolution No. 2011-7 Letter from Mrs. Mary Helen Kelly Vicinity Map Recommendation Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 2011- 7 setting a public hearing to consider a street name change for 35t Avenue (Avenue 35) within the Palm Desert city limits. Background In a letter dated January 6, 2011, to John M. Wohlmuth, City Manager, Mrs. Mary Helen Kelly requested that the City of Palm Desert rename 35th Avenue to Dick Kelly Drive. The first step in this process is adoption of a resolution determining the need for a name change and setting a public hearing date. The attached Resolution sets a public hearing date for March 10, 2011, to consider a street name change for 35th Avenue within the city limits. Currently, the city lists no addresses on 35th Avenue. All property owners and businesses within a 300 foot radius will be notified of the public hearing. At that hearing, a staff report will be included delineating all relevant considerations and recommendations. Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution setting a public hearing date for March 10, 2011. Staff Report Street Name Change for 351h Avenue February 10, 2011 Page 2 of 2 Fiscal Analysis The initial fiscal impact to the City is anticipated to be $100 for notification, then $3,500 for changing street name signs. Also, there would be unknown costs to businesses that use the name "35th Avenue" in their directions. Prepared By: t Mar S. Dierck , P.E. Transportation Engineer .E Director of Public Works CITY COUNCILA.Ci?ON APPROVED DEN", RECEIVED OTHER n M. Wohlmuth, City Manager MEETING D iz --1C, AYES: Nlyihl AWOLZ NOES: ABSENT:.1� ? ...,,�..,. ABSTAIN: VERIFIED BY: Original on File with City 6WrWs Office Mary Helen Kelly 46100 Bumoweed Lane Palm Desert, CA 92260-5575 MHKEL1425@aaol.com January 6, 2011 John M. Wohimuth, City Manager City of Palm Desert 73510 Fred Waring Drive Palm Desert, CA 92260 Dear John, It is not my nature to ask for anything, but I am writing this to request something that is dear to me. I hope it will not be too much trouble or cost too much money. I know a lot of planning and work goes Into anything to do with streets and roads. As you know, my husband, Dick Kelly, worked very hard and It was his passion to make sure that Palm Desert had the best streets and roads in California so that the citizens and visitors could move about the city and enjoy living, working, visiting, shopping and just enjoying themselves In Palm Desert. He saw the grid lock in other developing and growing cities and did not want it to happen here. He worked tirelessly meeting with land owners, developers and city councils to get the TUMF fee passed which helps fund the transportation Infrastructure of our valley. He did the same, meeting with land owners and developers, to help fund those wonderful streets in our north sphere when It came time to open up the north sphere of our city. It would make me very happy to have a street in the north sphere named for Dick. I have looked and 350 is a street that doesn't have very much on it so wouldn't cost property owners and tenants much to change the street name on their documents. Someday It can be extended into the undeveloped area. It could just be called Dick Kelly Drive I do appreciate the bridge already having the plaque with his name on it and the bridge at Desert Willow. It would be a special honor to have a street in the north sphere named for him. Thank you In advance for giving your time to consider this. Sin rely Ma a Kelly Cc: r, Mayor tem and Council members RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A STREET NAME CHANGE FOR 35T" AVENUE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, finds it justifiable and desirable to consider a change in name for the portion of the public street within the city limits known as 35th Avenue (Avenue 35). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of the City Council in this case. 2. That the hour of 4:00 p.m. on the 10th day of March, 2011, in the City 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 street name change. 3. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed to publish and post notice of said hearing at least ten (10) days before the date of the public hearing. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City Council, held on this 10th day of February, 2011, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: JEAN M. BENSON, MAYOR ATTEST: RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA o,N9y S191pe O,Q 35TH AVENUE w w z 0 w 0 GERALD FORD DR © V 3` NORTH