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.