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1983-0609_A T & S F RAILWAY CO._J1b_Agenda ItemAGENDA ITEM June 9, 19$3 TO: Stephen B. Julian, City Manager FROM: Pamela Hallan Gibson, Senior Administrative Assistant SUBJECT: Presentation of Preliminary Landscape Plan (AT&SF Railway Right -of -Way) SITUATION: A preliminary landscape plan for the railroad right-of-way which the City proposes to lease is available for your review. The emphasis is on low maintenance plants which will be sustained by a drip irrigation system. The plants will be done primarily in railroad and public right-of-way, approximately six feet from the nearest in-service rails, from Mission Street to the end of Mission Village Center, and will include a large lot at the end of Los Rios Street. Some of this area has already been planted and those plants will remain under private control; for example, the area from Verdugo to the northerly end of the Depot patio, the area abutting the Marguerite Kennedy and Fred Sutherland property, and the area adjacent to the Junipero Serra Plaza will not require additional landscaping. A precise plan ready for bid is currently being prepared by a consultant and will be complete in three weeks. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The landscape and irrigation plan will cost approximately 60¢ per square foot for approximately 66,000 square feet of planting area, or $39,000.00. There are funds proposed in the Community Redevelopment Agency Capital Improvement Budget for this project, which could be approved if Council wishes to proceed. Maintenance costs have not been determined. ALTERNATE ACTIONS: 1. Approve the preliminary landscape plan and authorize staff to continue the preparation of the precise plans and specifications, to be brought to the Council for approval in July. 2. Request changes to the plans to decrease the scope of the project. 3. Defer preparation of a landscaping plan at this time. RECOMMENDATION: By motion, approve the preliminary landscape plan and authorize staff to continue the preparation of the precise plans and specifications, to be brought to the Council for approval in July. Respectfully submitted, Pamela Hallan Gibson w PHG: ch Attachment LANDSCAPE DESIGN CONCEPT The proposed landscape treatment for the corridor and the arrival to the Amtrak station is viewed as a collection of plant material that is native and reinforces San Juan Capistrano's landscape heritage. The intent is to create a landscape corridor using low maintenance and drought resistant native species that would provide for an appropriate and economic vegetation. The native plant palette would be supple- mented with wildflowers and annual color that would compliment the native material. The plant palette would consist of the following: manzanita, mahonias, lantana, buckwheat, California poppy, monkey flower, jacarandas, island ironwood, myrtle, coffee berry, ceanothus, island snapdragon, and buccharis. A schematic illustration indicating the above material will be on display at the Cots -nail` s June 9 meeting.