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L KS[i.7t; r; � A ., City Council Memorandum �, .1. 11111111 11111111 .1.1.1. 11111111 11111 11111111 1111111111 11111111 1111111111 .1.1. 11111111111 .1.1. 11111111 11111111 11111111 1111, 1111 .1.1. 1111111111 11111111 11111111 1111111111 1111 .1.1.1. 11111111 .1.1. 11111111 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 9, 2011 FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: 26 PLANNING DIVISION WARD: 6 SUBJECT: PLANNING CASES P07 -1387 AND P07 -1388 — FINAL APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION 115 (KARGER) AND MODIFICATION TO THE WARD 6 BOUNDARIES ISSUE To formally incorporate Annexation 115 (Karger) within City boundaries, the City Council must approve a resolution ordering the annexation of the property to the City of Riverside. The City Council must also approve an ordinance adding the annexation area to the Sixth Ward. These are the final steps in the annexation process. RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached Resolution ordering that Annexation 115 be incorporated into the City of Riverside; and 2. Introduce, and subsequently adopt, the attached Ordinance adding the area of Annexation 115 to the Sixth Ward. BACKGROUND On April 6, 2010, the City Council adopted a resolution directing City staff to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) of the County of Riverside for Annexation 115, an approximately 4.96 acre vacant property located southerly of Indiana Avenue, approximately 703 -feet easterly of Buchanan Street (APN — 135- 280 -041). At the same meeting, the City Council adopted a Pre - Zoning Ordinance placing the property in the R- 1-1/2 -Acre — Single Family Residential Zone, as well as a resolution modifying the General Plan land use designation from HR — Hillside Residential to VLDR — Very Low Density Residential. The annexation case was heard concurrently with Tract Map case P07 -1386, a proposal to divide the site into seven (7) lots for the future development of single family residences. 26 -1