HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2014-117 Private Street Acceptance into Public Ownership: Maui Place and Kona Lane RESOLUTION NO. R- 2014 -117
A RESOLUTION authorizing the acceptance of two private streets, Maui Place and
Kona Lane, into public ownership.
WHEREAS, Lee Wilson, representing the property owners, has requested that
Maui Place and Kona Lane be accepted into public ownership; and
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the application as required in Chapter 8 95 of
the Yakima Municipal Code and found that the streets have been well maintained; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the
City to accept these private streets into public ownership; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to accept Maui Place and
Kona Lane into public ownership.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16 day of September, 2014
Micah Cawley Mayor
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AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 10.
For Meeting of September 16, 2014
ITEM TITLE: Resolution authorizing the acceptance of two private streets,
Maui Place and Kona Lane, into public ownership
SUBMITTED BY: Debbie Cook, PE, Director of Utilities and Engineering
Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer - (509) 576 -6797
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Lee Wilson, representing his parents, Don and Sylvia Wilson, submitted an application to
transfer ownership of Maui Place and Kona Lane to the City Several staff members reviewed
their application and looked at the condition of the streets. The streets have been well
maintained, although not up to all of the current City standards. The City's cost to change the
street signs (which would be necessary if accepted into public ownership) is estimated at
$200.00. The application was presented to the Council Built Environment Committee on August
21, 2014, and the Committee directed us to bring the request to the full Council
Should Council desire to accept Maui Place and Kona Lane into public ownership, a resolution
to that effect has been prepared and is included as part of this item.
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Board /Commission /Committee Recommendation The Built Environment Committee did not
make a recommendation.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
Resolution accepting Maui Place and Kona Lane 9/8/2014 Cover Memo
into public ownership
0 Maui Place and Kona Lane application evaluation 9/8/2014 Cover Memo
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 30, 2014
To: Built Environment Subcommittee Members
From: Brett Sheffield, PE, Chief Engineer
Re: Application of Property Owners Living on Maui Place and Kona Lane to
Transfer Ownership of their Private Streets to the City
In November of 2013, Lee Wilson submitted an application to transfer ownership of two
private streets, Maui Place and Kona Lane to the City On January 14, I met with the
following members of City staff to review the application
• Mark Kunkler, Senior Assistant City Attorney
• Joe Rosenlund, Streets and Traffic Operations Manager
• Mark Soptich, Deputy Fire Marshall
• Randy Meloy, Surface Water Engineer
• Jeff Peters, Assistant Planner
Maui Place is approximately 210 feet long with a "hammer head" at the west end of the
street and Kona Lane is approximately 160 feet long with a cul -de -sac at its east end.
The streets are in decent condition, however, they do not meet the City's standards in the
following areas
1 The existing pavement width is 24 feet. City standards require the pavement
width to be 32 feet.
2 The area dedicated for street right of way is 40 feet wide City standards require
the public right of way for residential streets to be 50 feet wide
3 There are five -foot sidewalks on one side of the road. City standards require five -
foot sidewalks on both sides of the road.
4 There is no cul -de -sac on Maui Place City standards require a minimum of a 65-
foot diameter cul -de -sac at all dead ends The ability to turn around is made
possible by a "hammer head." Although constructing a "hammer head" does not
meet city standards, the International Fire Code (IFC) allows the use of "hammer
heads" on dead end streets for the turning of emergency vehicles The existing
"hammer head" at the end of Maui Place, however, does not meet the following
minimum requirements of the IFC the length of the "hammer head" is 100 feet
long, the IFC requires a length of 120 feet; the radii in the "hammer head" are
only 15 feet, the IFC requires a minimum radius of 28 feet; and, there is no
existing signage prohibiting parking in the "hammer head" Currently, cars are
parked within the "hammer head" area often.
5 There are two drywell manholes on Maui Place that are covered by lawn. One of
them should be located just north of the catch basin located west of 53 Avenue
The other one is located just north of the catch basin located in the northwest
corner of the "hammer head" These need to be raised to the existing ground level
so they are easily accessible for maintenance
Although Maui Place and Kona Lane are in pretty good shape, it is our recommendation
that, in order to be consistent with what the City requires from new developments, we
recommend that Maui Place and Kona Lane be required to make the improvements
necessary to meet the City Standards prior to being accepted into public ownership This
would require wider rights of way, wider pavements, raising two existing drywell
manholes and the installation of "No Parking" signs in the "hammer head"