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Home My WebLink About08/05/2008 12 Public Ownership of Private Streets in Woodwinds West Subdivision • . BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON • AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. X / 2 -- For Meeting of August 5, 2008 ITEM TITLE: A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept the private streets in the Woodwinds West Subdivision (Woodwinds Way, South 85 Place, South 86 Place and South 87 Place) into public ownership ' SUBMITTED BY: #,4 1 . 1. ook, Director of Community & Economic Development CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Brett H. Sheffield, P.E., Chief Engineer 576 -6797 SUMMARY EXPLANATION: In April of this year, the Woodwinds West Maintenance Association submitted an application to transfer ownership of their private streets to the City. Several staff members reviewed their application and looked at the condition of their streets and subdivision. The streets have been well- maintained, although not up to all of the current City street standards. The City's cost to change the signs (which would be necessary if accepted into public ownership) is estimated at $2,000. Their application was presented to the Council S Transportation Sub - Committee on July 16, 2008 and the sub - committee directed to bring the request to the whole Council with the recommendation of accepting the streets into public ownership. • • • Resolution XX Ordinance Contract Other (Specify) , Funding Source: APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: .�� 1 Ci "y Manager . STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the resolution BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the resolution accepting the streets into public ownership. COUNCIL ACTION: . • O. • • • • • _ RESOLUTION NO. R - 2008 - A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to accept the Woodwinds West Subdivision Streets (Woodwinds Way, South 85 Place, South 86 Place and South 87 Place) into public ownership. WHEREAS, the Woodwinds West Maintenance Association has requested that there streets be accepted into public ownership; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed their application as required in YMC Chapter 8.95 and found that their 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 and City Clerk of the City of Yakima are authorized and directed to accept the Woodwinds West Subdivision Streets into public ownership. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 5 day of August, 2008 David Edler, Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Minutes of • Yakima City Council Transportation and Transit Committee City of Yakima Council Chambers Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2 Street, Yakima, WA 98901 Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:00 — 5:30 p.m. City Council Members Staff Other Neil McClure, Chair Dick Zais, City Manager Johanna Russell Micah Cawley Dave Zabell, Asst. City Manager Lainie Anderson Rick Ensey Chris Waarvick, Dir. of Public Works Mary Mendenhall [Bill Lover (Alt)] Bill Cook, Dir. of CED Megan Welton Doug Mayo, Wastewater Christina Mendoza Ken Mehin, Transit Manager Candace Manfredi Karen Allen, Transit Program Admin. John Manfredi Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer Steve Stokke Bob Desgrosellier, Senior Engineer Donna Kupser Wayne Deason, Street Op. Supr. Rich Ausink Joan Davenport, Traffic Engineer Judy Ausink Laura Vallejo, Bilingual DA II Gayle Harthcock Kerry Harthcock Sally Mayo Councilmember Neil McClure called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. He opened the meeting ith the "23 Ave & Lincoln Ave pathway" issue, as a number of citizens were in attendance. Joan Davenport, Traffic Engineer, provided a summary of the background and history of the pathway, area plats and the procedures of a right -of -way vacation process that may address some of the control issues. Gayle Harthcock, (348 N 23 Ave) adjoining property owner, addressed the neighborhood concerns for safety since the path is over -grown and not well illuminated. Rich Ausink, (347 N 23 Ave) adjoining property owner, provided additional information about the history of vandalism and graffiti that have been related to this pathway that the neighborhood cannot observe. Councilmember Cawley asked about crime statistics. Chris Waarvick stated the Police Department has provided data. Donna Kupser stated she had lived on this street for many years, never had a break -in and frequently uses the pathway. She ' indicated surprise by the situation and was sympathetic to the concerns of her neighbors. Additional discussion from the Council included directing staff to clear all vegetation from the right -of -way immediately and bringing back options at the next meeting for fencing off the pathway and the possibility of a street light. The next item on the agenda was a report regarding the petition from residents of Woodwinds West to have their private streets accepted by the City of Yakima for maintenance. Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer, summarized a written report that outlined three areas where the private streets do not meet public street standards: sidewalks, street lighting and fire access. Councilmember McClure indicated the City of Yakima has many streets that do not meet all the standards. The Woodwinds West streets are generally in good shape and were built to the County standards at the time. The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend to the full ouncil the private streets in Woodwinds West be accepted for maintenance as City streets. 1 Mr. John Manfredi thanked both staff and the Committee for their time and consideration. The Committee recommended that the cost to replace the street signs should not be charged to the Homeowners Association. The third item on the Committee Agenda was a follow -up discussion from previous meetings of the parking lot and parking lot lighting issues around Franklin Park. Chris Waarvick summarized that new parking lot lights have been installed, but the recommendation of the Parks Commission and the Engineering Division report previously submitted to Council was that parking lot expansion was not cost- effective at this time. The cost estimate was around $63,000 for 19 spaces which would not provide sufficient relief during events. There are no un- allocated funds at this time for this project. Chris Waarvick suggested there may need to be future discussion regarding whether Franklin Park is the appropriate venue for the large -scale events such as Sunfair Race and Folk. -life Festival. Councilmember Cawley indicated he felt we may need more picnic shelters at the park. Bill Cook and Brett Sheffield provided an update of the Grade Separation project which is "on- hold" pending resolution of a right -of -way issue with BNSF. It has been estimated that delay is costing $30,000 a month, and we are entering our third month of delay. Staff and our consultant are evaluating alternatives. Bill Cook and Michael Morales presented a concept for reorganization in the Engineering Division to include the intent to hire Doug Mayo, current Wastewater Plant Superintendent, as City Engineer /Engineering Division Manager. The reason for this action is to improve communication and planning efforts between the Engineering division and the utilities, and to 1110 assist current Engineering staff in project management and customer service. Michael indicated this would be a budget policy issue. Transit items on the agenda were compressed since another meeting was scheduled to begin in Council Chambers at 5:30 p.m. It was noted that Transit and Transportation matters were both very important and the Committee may want to rotate topics on meeting agendas monthly. Chris Waarvick summarized that Union Gap bus service will terminate on November 12, 2008. This item will be brought back to this Committee for more discussion. The Fare Increase Policy Proposal was briefly discussed. A public hearing is required by Federal Transit guidelines when a rate increase is proposed. A public hearing will be held on August 26 the findings of the hearing will be reported and discussed by this Committee on September 17 the Yakima City Council will hold a final Public Hearing on October 7 If a rate increase is approved, new rates will take effect on January 1, 2009. Dick Zais noted that bus service hours could be extended for the public hearings. This would assure people that they could get to and from the meeting because it is after hours. The meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting is August 20, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. c Approved by: ' . . 4 / �J f ID 2