STAFF REPORT - CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY

At the November 5, 2020 City Council Meeting Councilman Adkisson had asked the City Council to consider renaming the 100 Block of W. Durian Ave (between Fifth and Sixth streets) to Lander Lane based on Mayor Lander's service and dedication to the City of Coalinga. At that meeting the City Council directed staff to post the public hearing notices as prescribed in the municipal code and mail notices to affected businesses within the 100 Block of W. Durian Ave. Staff prepared the appropriate public notices and mailed and posted as directed on Thursday November 19, 2020. 

The City Council opened the public hearing at their regularly scheduled meetings on December 3, 2020 and continued the public hearing to January 7, 2020. 

Article 4 of Chapter 14 of the Coalinga Municipal Code identifies a process and procedure for the City Council to rename or name a City street and it requires following particular guidelines and procedures  below when considering a name change:

• Unusual spellings and difficult pronunciations shall be avoided where possible;
• A street name shall not duplicate or be similar in sound or spelling to another street name;
• Street names shall follow existing street alignments, including jogs of not more than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet on either side of the principal or existing street alignment, including extensions of alignments into new subdivisions. The street name shall not follow a ninety (90) degree or more turn unless the turn is a simple jog followed by a return to the original alignment;
• A cul-de-sac having a length, exclusive of the turn around, of less than fifty (50) feet shall be given the same name as the main street.
• Each street name shall be consistent with the common theme for the zone or area in which the street is located. The City Manager or his designee shall establish, and may modify from time to time, a written policy for setting such zones or areas and common themes for street name sin each such zone or area. The policy and any modifications shall be subject to Council approval. Themes for subdivisions or similar defined development areas will be recommended to the City Council at the time a Tentative Map for a subdivision, or the first development entitlement for other defined development area, is accepted for processing by the City.

Direction/Potential Action: The Council shall conduct the hearing and consider the proposed. Any person may address the Council for the purpose of giving additional comments on the naming or renaming of the City street under consideration, including submittal of a name or names other than the proposed name. The Council may approve the name proposed, refer an alternate name back to the City Manager or his designee for consideration, or decide to not name or rename the City street.

If the Council chooses to adopt resolution No. 3993 the City Manager shall notify the Police Department, the Fire Department, the United States Postal Service, the Fresno County Assessor's Office and all other affected governmental agencies and City departments and the City Clerk shall promptly send a certified copy of the resolution to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Once complete the Public Works Director shall procure and install new street signs on the named or renamed City street.