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AGENDA BILL NO. 3421 - Supplement #4
DATE: - A"9"st 2> 1977
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
Subject:
ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS - CT 75-4 (La Costa Estates
. North)
Statement of the Matter
The subdivider, La Costa Land Company, has requested the acceptance of public
improvements for subject subdivision. A final inspection was conducted and the
improvements are found to be acceptable for maintenance. As-built drawings are
on file in the Engineering Department, and final accounting is complete.
In order to conform with Condition No. 9 of Resolution No. 3709, stating that
"El Fuerte shall have a separate bikeway," an 8 ft. wide asphalt concrete bike
path contiguous with the curb was built on the southeast side of El Fuerte at
a 15% slope. Because the subdivider is required to move several utility
facilities that are obstructing a bikeway prior to our acceptance, they feel
that this is very expensive or impractical. La Costa Land Company is requesting
that we eliminate Condition No. 9 of Resolution No. 3709 (see letter) due to the
following reasons:
" 1. The street is too steep to become a regularly used bicycle corridor. The
few cyclists that would go up that street would be pushing their bikes. The
few that go down that street, I am sure would use the street.
" 2. The bicycle path is not part of a network of paths. It begins and ends
with the subdivision. A field review of this project would clearly show the
impracticality and perhaps the absurdity of the path requirement."
The above request was reviewed by Engineering, Planning, and Parks and Recreation
Departments and all agree that a 15% grade bike path is not practical nor usable.
EXHIBITS:
1. Final Accounting
2. Letter from La Costa Land Company ^ated fay 19, 1977
RECOMMENDATION:
A. That the City Council find that the asphalt paving along the east parkway area of
El Fuerte is an acceptable public improvement in that it is in substantial con-
formance with Condition No. 9 of Resolution No. 3709, and any additional expense
to relocate utility facilities out of said parkway is not warranted because the
steepness of the street grade minimizes the functional acceptability of this
asphalt paving as a bike path.
B. That the City Council accept the public improvements as completed, direct the
Utilities/Maintenance Director to commence their maintenance, the Finance
Director to release deposits in the amount of $210.88, and the City Clerk to
record the Notice of Completion and release the applicable bonds.
AGENDA BILL NO. 3421 - Supplement #4
8-2-77 The Council accepted staff recommendation
CT 75-4 (LA COSTA ESTATES NORTH)
Account No. 65-740-0110
(formerly 65-16-137)
ITEM
Reversion Map Fee
Final Map Check Fee
Improvement Plan Check Fee
Inspection Fee
18 month Street Light Energy
Deposit
Street Name Sign Deposit
Duplicate Tracing Deposit
TOTALS
BONDS POSTED:
Faithful Performance
Labor and Materials
Monumentation
DEPOSIT
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May 19, 1977
Mr. Paul D. Bussey
City Manager
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Carlsbad, Ca. 92008
Subject; Estates North - Bicycle Paths
Dear Paul:
One of the tentative map conditions for Estates North is the installation of a
bicycle path on the southeast side of El Fuerte Street, from the top of the project
to the bottom of the project. The "bicycle path" has been build exactly as indi-
cated on the improvement plans. However, a look at the path in the field shov/s
a large number of public facilities located in the path, which, in simple terms,
creates an obstacle-course-like situation. The City Engineer has indicated that in
order to make this a usable path, that it would be necessary to move several of
the utility facilities. Some of the changes that would be required would not only
be expensive, but really quite impractical.
This letter is a specific request that you take whatever steps are necessary to elimi-
nate the tentative map condition for a bike path in this project. The reason for the
request is as follows:
1. The street is too steep to become a regularly used bicycle corridor. The few
cyclists that would go up that street, would be pushing their bikes. The few that
go down that street, I am sure would use the street.
2. The bicycle path is not part of a network of paths. It begins and ends with the
subidivision. A field review to this project would clearly show the impracticality and
perhaps the absurdity of the path requirement.
Since we are trying to close this project, I would appreciate your early attention to
this matter.
Sincerely,
LA COSTA LAND COMPANY
Fred J. Morey
Vice President
COSTA DEL MAR ROAD • CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92OO8 • AREA CODE 714 • TELEPHONE
cc: Mr. Tim Flanagan