Report Prepared by: Matt Livingston, Assistant Planner, Development Services Department
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SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Approving Final Map #5419 for Crossing at River Oaks Phase 4, Subdivision for 43 Lots at Coffee Street and Childs Avenue, and the Approval of the Subdivision Agreement for the Crossing at River Oaks Phase 4
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers adopting the Final Map #5419 for 43 lots, located between Coffee Street and Campus Parkway, south of Childs Avenue, and the Subdivision Agreement for the Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4 Subdivision.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Approving Resolution 2024-107, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, approving the Final Subdivision Map for the Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4 Subdivision (#5419); and,
B. Approving the Subdivision Agreement for the Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4 Subdivision; and,
C. Authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve the request as recommended by staff; or,
2. Deny the request; or,
3. Approve, subject to modifications as conditioned by Council; or
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (specific items to be addressed in City Council motion); or,
5. Continue to a future City Council meeting (date and time to be specified in City Council motion).
AUTHORITY
Chapter 24 of Title 18, Subdivisions, of the Merced Municipal Code (MMC) deals with final maps. Section 18.24.120 gives the City Council authority to approve the final map and agreements as long as it is consistent with the Tentative Map.
DISCUSSION
The proposed subdivision (Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4, is generally located in between Coffee Street and Campus Parkway, south of Childs Avenue, (Attachment 1). The Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4, Final Map #5419 would approve 43 single-family lots (Attachment 2). The Crossing at River Oaks tentative subdivision map approved 277 single-family lots, as well 3 lots for commercial, multi-family, and a school. (Attachment 3).
The owner/developer, Stonefield Home, Inc., has substantially complied with the approved tentative map for this site (Tentative Subdivision Map #1263), and has complied with the Conditions of Approval listed in Planning Commission Resolution #2792 (Attachment 4), adopted by the Planning Commission on December 8, 2004. The owner/developer has submitted an application for a final map approval in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and City Subdivision Ordinance. It is now appropriate to approve the Final Map (Attachment 5) and Subdivision Agreement (Attachment 6).
The subdivision was annexed into the Community Facilities District (CFD) for Services (CFD No. 2003-2) as part of Annexation No. 3.
City Council Action
The proposed Final Subdivision Map substantially complies with the approved Tentative Subdivision Map for this site (TSM #1263). Therefore, the City Council should adopt the Resolution found at Attachment 5 approving Final Map #5419 for the Crossing at River Oaks, Phase 4 Subdivision and approve the Subdivision Agreement (Attachment 6) for the subdivision.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Location Map
2. Final Subdivision Map #5419
3. Tentative Subdivision Map #1263
4. Planning Commission Resolution #2792
5. Draft Resolution 2024-107
6. Subdivision Agreement