REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL February 4, 2021 FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director Public Works Department THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division BY: RANDY GUILL, Supervising Engineering Technician Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division SUBJECT ..Title Actions pertaining to Final Map of Tract No. 6243 RESOLUTION - Approving the Final Map of Tract No. 6243, phase 2 of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5493, and accepting dedicated public uses offered therein except for dedications offered subject to City acceptance of developer installed required improvements - east side of Bryan Avenue between Gettysburg Avenue and Shaw Avenue. (Council District 1) ..Body RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution approving the Final Map of Tract No. 6243 and accepting the dedicated public uses offered therein, to authorize the Public Works Director or his designee to execute the subdivision agreement on behalf of the City. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Subdivider, BMCH California, a Delaware LLC, (James W. Fletcher, Division President), has filed for approval, the Final Map of Tract No. 6243, phase 2 of Vesting Tentative Map No. 5493 for a 77-lot single-family residential subdivision with three outlots for open space, landscaping, and utility purposes, located on the east side of Bryan Avenue between Gettysburg Avenue and Shaw Avenue on 18.93 acres. BACKGROUND The Fresno City Planning Commission on August 31, 2005 adopted Resolution No. 12285 approving Vesting Tentative Map No. 5493 (Tentative Map) for a 216-lot single-family residential subdivision on 42.63 acres. Tentative Map No. 5493 was developed in two phases. Final Map No. 6243 is the second and final phase of Tentative No. 5493. The Tentative Map was approved consistent with the Fresno General Plan and the West Area Community Plan to comply with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. The Final Map is technically correct and conforms to the approved Tentative Map, the Subdivision Map Act and the Fresno Municipal Code. The provisions of Section 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act require that a final map that is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map to be approved by the City Council. The Subdivider has satisfied all other conditions of approval by executing the Subdivision Agreement for the first phase of Tentative Tract Map No. 5493. An additional subdivision agreement and bonds are not needed for Tract Map No. 6243, which is the second phase of Map 5493. The securities that were submitted with Final Map No. 5493 included an amount of $7,197,000 to guarantee the completion and acceptance of the public improvements and $3,598,500 for a payment security and has paid the miscellaneous and development impact fees due as a condition of approval for the Final Map in the amount of $295,956.15. Covenants have been executed to defer eligible development impact fees totaling $573,269.82 to the time of issuance of building permit and final occupancy of each unit, for annual CFD-11 assessment notification, acknowledging right-to-farm law, Landscape Maintenance and for relinquishing access rights for certain lots. The City Attorney's Office has approved all documents as to form and the Risk Management Division has approved all security bonds and insurance certificates. MAINTENANCE DISTRICT: A condition of approval of the Tentative Map is to maintain the concrete curbs and gutters, valley gutters, sidewalks and curb ramps, and street lighting associated with the Final Map in accordance with the adopted standards of the City. The Subdivider has satisfied the maintenance requirement by annexing the subdivision into the City's Community Facilities District 11 (CFD-11) on Nov. 29, 2018. The Subdivider has executed the covenant for Maintenance of Certain Improvements and as a condition of the Subdivision Agreement, is required to provide every prospective purchaser of each lot of the subdivision the "Notice of Special Tax", in accordance with the provision of Section 53341.5 of the California Government Code. The maximum annual assessment is $471.23 per lot with an annual 3% adjustment plus the increase, if any, in the construction cost index for the San Francisco Region. ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15268(b)(3), approval of final subdivision maps is a ministerial action and is exempt from the requirements of CEQA. LOCAL PREFERENCE Local preference was not considered because this resolution does not include a bid or award of a construction or services contract. FISCAL IMPACT The Final Map is located in Council District 1. There will be no impact to the City's General Fund. Approval by the Council will result in timely deliverance of the review and processing of the Final Map as is reasonably expected by the Subdivider. Prudent financial management is demonstrated by the expeditious completion of this Final Map inasmuch as the Subdivider has paid the City a fee for the processing of this Final Map and that fee is, in turn, funding the respective operations of the Public Works Department. Attachments: Resolution Final Map of Tract No. 6243