00-0801_STROSCHER ENTERPRISE_Agenda Report_D8 12/19/2006
AGENDA REPORT
D8
TO: Dave Adams, City Manager
FROM: Douglas D. Dumhart, Economic Development Manager
SUBJECT: Consideration of Second Amendment to License Agreement for Temporary
Public Parking on the Former Walnut Grove Restaurant Property-(Stroscher
G3, LLC, APN 124-170-12)
RECOMMENDATION:
By motion, approve the Second Amendment to License Agreement to add temporary
public parking on the former Walnut Grove Restaurant property.
SUMMARY:
On August 1, 2000, the City approved a License Agreement with Stroscher Enterprise,
LLC, a family partnership, to place a temporary public parking lot on the northeast
corner of EI Camino Real and Ortega Highway, site of the former Arco fueling station.
The temporary public parking lot was put in place to accomplish several goals. They
were:
a. To eliminate a blighted nuisance created in the heart of the Downtown when the
gas station was razed in 1999.
b. To create additional public parking to meet the increasing demand in the
Downtown.
c. To place a desirable temporary use on the property until a future redevelopment
project could be fostered with the family partnership and remaining business
interest.
Immediately adjacent to this temporary parking lot was the former Walnut Grove
restaurant. The Walnut Grove restaurant was closed in 2004 and its leasehold interest
extinguished. The building was razed in September of 2005. The family partnership
which owns these properties was reorganized this year. The City has been approached
by the current Licensor Stroscher G3, LLC, the successor in interest from Stroscher
Enterprise, LLC, about adding the former Walnut Grove Restaurant property to the
temporary public parking area. A concept plan has been prepared and is provided an
attachment to this report.
In exchange for making the Walnut Grove property available to the City at no additional
cost, the City would make the necessary temporary improvements, such as paving and
striping, and assume responsibility for the parking area. Staff is recommending the City
Council consider the Second Amendment to the License Agreement with Stroscher G3,
LLC, to provide for additional temporary public parking spaces.