1968-0418_DARMI, INC_Agreement. • )
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DARMI INC.
34000 Via de Agua
San Juan Capistrano, California
MARINA VIEW HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.
34000 Via de Agua
San Juan Capistrano, California
The Honorable City Council
City of San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, California
Gentlemen:
April 18, 1968
Reference is made to that certain agreement by and between the
Department of Public Works Division of Highways and the City
of San Juan Capistrano, a copy of which is attached hereto and
made a part hereof. Said copy of the agreement was initialled
by the undersigned for identification.
The undersigned represents the owners of the land adjacent to
that portion of the freeway as shown which is subject to improve-
ment for the interchange connection of Camino Las Ramblas which
is part of said agreement.
The undersigned has the right and power to obligate the owners
to the following commitment:
Whereas, the undersigned is planning and has made
physical improvements on the property of major
proportions for a major shopping center and very
high residential development which will be benefited
by the construction of said Camino Las Ramblas inter-
change; and
Whereas, the City of San Juan Capistrano is willing to
help expedite the soonest construction of said inter-
change connection; and
Whereas, said connection will require the City of
San Juan Capistrano to purchase right of way and to
construct a certain portion of pavement in accordance
with the normal practice for such agreements; and
Whereas, the City and the undersigned mutually agree
that in consideration of the above benefits, the under-
signed will reimburse the City of San Juan Capistrano
for any right of way relative to said Camino Las
Ramblas interchange that the City may have to pay for
to the Department of Public Works, and to construct
any pavement required from the City in connection
with said agreement.
Because the actual cost and extent of the property to be acquired
is not now known, and the cost of the pavement to be done is
also unknown, and because it is necessary for the City to execute
its agreement with the Department of Public Works in order to
expedite this project; and because the undersigned has complete
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faith in the ability and integrity of the City Council, the
undersigned hereby promises to pay to the City an amount equal
to an amount that the City will have paid the State Division of
Highways for that right of way required by the City for said
interchange connection of Camino Las Ramblas, and to pave or
reimburse the City for that portion of the work required of
the City in the prolongation of that portion of any roadway to
make said connection complete.
Very truly yours,
DCA��A INC;
Morris Misbin
President
MARINA VIEW HEIGHTS
DEVELOPMENT CO.,
�INC
Morris
Misb in
President
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July 7, 1966
Mr. A. W. Hoy, Deputy District Engineer
State Division of Highways, District 7
P. 0. Box 2304, Terminal Annex
Los Angeles 54, California
Dear Sir:
Re: Interchange - Interstate Route 5, State Route 1,
Orange County Primary Camino Las Ramblas.
The undersigned guides the activities of Christiansen and Associ-
ates, engineering consultants for Darmi Inc. and Marina View
Heights Development Co., Inc. These firms are engaged in the
development of 2,300 acres of land in the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California.
The purpose of this letter is to direct your attention to the
fact that arg eat demand for access to the San Diego Freeway,
the Pacific Coast Highway, and other inter -regional routes will
develop in the very near future. The location of traffic con-
centration and access desire will be at the proposed interchange
between the San Diego Freeway; Camino Las Ramblas, a primary high-
way that will connect the Pacific Coast Highway to Ortega Highway;
and the Pacific Coast Freeway.
Another purpose of this letter is to furnish a partial population
projection so that you may verify and update your design highway
traffic volumes.
The population projections are based on studies made by several
economic research firms, including the Stanford Research Institute,
Orange State College Foundation (for Capistrano Beach Union High
School District) Architects Rule, Dietz and Concle, Architects
Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall, and the Economic Research
Associates. The studies show that 280 persons daily have moved
into Orange County on a sustained basis for several years, a
growth trend expected to accelerate in the future. The pop-
ulation trend will be toward the South Coast, along the San Diego
Freeway, to take advantage of the Coastal breezes, Dana Point Harbor,
and other extraordinary features of the area.
Mr. A. W. Hoy
State Division of Highways
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July 7, 1966
It is expected that the area bisected by Camino Las Ramblas will
be developed as a semi-independent community containing single
family residences, several types of multiple residences, regional
commercial areas, neighborhood commercial centers, schools, parks,
and other features. There are plans for adjacent lands to be
developed into golf courses and other uses to complement and
complete the community.
The timetable of development will be as follows:
During 1966, single family residences will be started
on 92 lots now finished.
During 1967, an additional 135 lots will be developed.
These lots are currently being graded, using the first
of a series of Prudential Insurance Company investments.
The program is then expected to accelerate, aided by the
start of the Alto Capistrano Project described later. A
conservative estimate for single family residential
occupancy is as follows:
Year Acreage Units Population Total
Growth Population
1967 75 227 (above) 681 681
1968 60 193 579 1,260
1969 75 240 840 2,100
1970 94 300 1,050 3,150
1971 117 375 1,312 4,462
1972 147 470 1,645 6,107
1973 185 592 2,072 8,179
1974 231 739 2,586 10,765
1975 290 928 3,248 14,013,
1976 360 1,152 4,032 18,045
1977 450 1,440 5,040 23,085
1978 216 691 2,418 25,503
2,300 7,347 25,503
Enclosed is an architects' plan for a separate 85 acre development,
known as "Alto Capistrano," immediately adjacent to the interchange.
A portion of the freeway interchange, as depicted on your Route
Planning Section study 1-L, is shown. A substantial amount of the
grading for this project is finished and the remainder is now
being programmed. The project will consist of about 2,600 apart-
ments of various sizes, plus a hilltop hotel, restaurants, and
recreational facilities.
The plan also shows a 44 acre shopping and professional center,
now graded, which will serve the entire development as well as
Mr. A. W. Hoy
State Division of Highways
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July 7, 1966
traffic from the Freeway System. It is also expected that the
Alto Capistrano apartment and commercial complex will serve a
substantial number of the owners and users of the nearby Dana
Point Marina now under construction. At approximately one and
one-half cars per residential unit, plus tourist and resort traffic,
this development alone will create a demand for Freeway access
and service. A graph entitled "Schedule of Windowhill Develop-
ment" (Alto Capistrano) is attached.
The above data concerns only one land holding. Other areas,
both developed and undeveloped, such as San Clemente, Capistrano
Beach Palisades (Hadley Cherry Corp.), Dana Point, Capistrano
Beach townsite, South Laguna, and San Juan Capistrano valley will
also contribute heavy traffic to the interchange.
Yesterday, at a conference in your office, we discussed the general
concept of a partial Route 1 Freeway adoption for the purpose of
constructing certain vital interchange bridges under the Interstate
5 widening contracts. In careful consideration of the facts and
premises presented, I must express my belief that such a plan of
action is fully justified -- and that a thorough review of the
data contained herein and all other facts will substantiate the
plan presented.
Please contact me for further information if you feel that I can
contribute toward the cause.
Very truly yours,
Elmer L—Christiansen
R.C.E. 10609
Christiansen and Associates
34000 Via de Agua
San Juan Capistrano, California
c.c. City of San Juan Capistrano
i A. S. Koch, Orange County Road Commissioner