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Home My WebLink AboutH-4a - Realignment of Northerly Portion of Back Bay Drive4 COI��OIt: VILE: TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SUBJECT: REALIGNMENT .OF NORTHERLY PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE FOR THE REALIGNED PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE. Z. ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE REALIGNED PORTION COUNCIL: blPPOSI- ION: OF THE DE-D I CAT ION t.1- AGREEMENT PROVIDING OF BACK BAY DRIVE. ATTACHED IS A MAP SHOWING THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE PROPOSED TO BE REALIGNED. THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE AT SEVERAL MEETINGS IN MAY AND JUNE OF 1963. 01, JUNE 10, 1963, THE FOLLOWING MINUTE ACTION WAS APPROVED "THE PROPOSAL FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF A PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE, AS SUBMITTED BY THE IRVINE COMPANY, WAS APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE AND THE STAFF WAS INSTRUCTED TO. PREPARE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT THE PROPER TIME." THE PROPOSAL NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS THE SAME AS APPROVED AT THAT TIME. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1963, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FINAL MAP OF TRACT 5018 WHICH IS THE MOST NORTHERLY SUBDIVISION OF THE 4 THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. A PORTION OF EASTBLUFF DRIVE WHICH WAS DEDICATED ON TRACT 5018 OVERLAPS PART OF WHICH IS PRESENTLY BACK BAY DRIVE. AFTER THC COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 1O, 1963, THE DEVELOPERS REQUESTED PERMISSION TO' PROCEED WITH THE GRADING OF THE NORTHERLY AREA WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE BLOCKING OF A PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE. THEY WERE ADVISED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT THIS COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. CONSE- QUENTLY, THE DEVELOPERS EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO THE COUNCIL AT THEIR STUDY SESSION ON JUNE 24, 1963 AND REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE GRADING. ALTHOUGH NO FORMALIACTION WAS TAKEN, IT WAS THE STAFF 1S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AGREEABLE TO THE MATTER .BEING HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.: AS A RESULT A LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON JULY 17, 1963 TO MACCO-' LUSK STATING THAT "PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY BACK BAY DRIVE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR SUBDIVISIONS IN THE ADJACENT AREA." IT WAS FURTHER STIPULA- TED IN THE LETTER THAT 11 SHOULD THE PROPOSED VACATION OF BACK BAY DRIVE NOT BE APPROVED, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO RESTORE THE STREET TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION AFTER CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED." To: CITY COUNCIL SUBJ: REALIGNMENT OF NTHLY PORTION OF BACK BAY DRIVE 2. THE AGREEMENT NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL STIPULATES THAT BACK BAY DRIVE AS REALIGNED IS TO BE GRADED AND PAVED AND OPEN TO TRAFFIC WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER APPROVAL. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE AGREEMENT DOTES NOT IN EFFECT VACATE THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF BACK BAY 'DRIVE, BUT STIPULATES THAT THE COUNCIL WILL COM- MENCE VACATION PROCEEDINGS WITHIN 90 DAYS. PREPARED BY: DONALD C. SIMPSON PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ATT. RC: DCS:vs 12/5/63 OBERT COOP CITY MANGER • • Sc y0 C� RT/ Al 7 -O ,BE r M,vh e .4k► F R ei gs y� D�Iy6 � f der �r �f,► - r►rll�r� d . N EDGE OF 8 L u o, ik NEW CONNECT/ON Tip BE DED/CAT�O CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DRAWN AIM. DATE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED A fQ4C",4 "AD PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR R.E. NO. BACK . B.4 y aR/ VE. WC.4770AI DRAWING NO. /VJ_ Jrp1B fL • f r EA P-j City Council of Newport Beach City Hall Newport Beach, California Dear Council Memberst December 4, 1963 I reed in the paper tiA t there might be some more realigning of the road on the east side of the bluff up on the back bay. I would like to go on record against any ouch realignment or abandonment of this road. I have discussed this back bay road with many people and they are .all against any changes in the route. We also would like to see the road kept in better repair. In reading about the transfer of our tidelands, I am sure you are going to insist on an explanation of valuese It is difficult to understand how the Irvine Company explains the #l.b million greater value of the land they are offering in exchange for public tidelands worth many millions of dollars. Yours truly, Ralph Blackburn 207 Emerald Avenue � Balboa :Island, California COUNCIL: 1Z - 9- 4-3 RECEIVED CITY CLERK g DEC 4 - i953 PP CRY OF IIEWPORI BEAM, CAUF �i V.. 0 December 3, 1965 Newport Beach City Council City Hall Newport Beach, California Dear Sire= At least three months ago our public back bay road was closed off to make a change in the routing of the upper end. We should like to know when this work is to be completed and the road opened to the public again. I believe there must be a ruling on how long a public, dedicated road can be closed. Surely three months is the limit. Also, this road has been neglected long enough - it is in need of repairs. We have driven pest the barricades many times just to enjoy again the beauty of this scenic drive. It is a road with an uncomparable view, and many people of the area enjoy it. Even with the barricades up, many people drive this .road. We saw a group of boys (cub scouts, I believe) with their scout masters stopped along the road, and the boys were looking for shells, or Indian artifacts. A little further along a mother was waiting in her car while two young boys were sitting on the rocks fishing. Many other care were just driving slowly along - enjoying the view and the serene, scenic beauty of the drive, even though they must turn back at -the upper end. We hope, for all of us, that this road will never be a;bandonedor realigned up on top of the hill. It should remain just as it is, winding along the wa.ter's edge. Please don't allow it to be changed by degrees to the top, or back from the water. Let it be kept just as it is for the enjoyment of every- one as a release from driving the freeways and crowded highways, and for our children and grandchildren to enjoy, too, fishing, wading, shell -hunting and all. Yours very truly, Mrs. Se H. Caldvell N, ! 223 Evening Canyon Road Corona del Mar, California AS� Az- 9-�3 Gam{ CR4( DISPOSITION: [', - 1963 CiTf flF BVOORT BEAM CALIF. ��T CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION December 5, 1963 City Council City of Newport Beach Dear Members of the Council: At the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission meeting of December 3rd, the following recommendation was made:: 'Back Bay Drive, as it presently courses through the back -bay area, offers inter- esting possibilities of public property access, as well as scenic drive potential. "We respectfully request that you deny any further requests for re -alignment of Back Bay Drive, pending the approval of an acceptable Back -Bay Development Plan." Very truly yours., EDGAR F. HIRTH, CHAIRMAN EFH:CCS:h ---- �t�113-iCiL: C�7tJi7;iL: /z- Id 3 DIS: ':u',: CISF�51T.U4:� FILE. wiaaf-�` � FILE: [�>�i�c�l�t �fbI4W/ - rJer sit a,�c.