Resolution No. 890480
RESOLUTION NO. 890
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
RELATIVE TO URBAN PLANNING ASSISTANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress desires to provide for a planning study
contributing to an over-all program for future community development, the
preservation of community values, the prevention of conditions tending
to cause urban blight, and the promotion of the general health, safety,
and welfare of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, the.. State Department of Finance, under authority of Chapter
1641, Statutes of 1959, may provide planning assistance for such a program
and receive financial assistance from the Urban Renewal Administration, as
authorized by Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (Public
Laws, 83rd Congress); now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cypress hereby requests
the State Department of Finance to provide planning assistance under
authority of Chapter 1641, Statutes of 1959, with such financial assistance
as may be provided by the Urban Renewal Administration, underauthority
of Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (Public Laws 860,
83rd Congress). That such planning assistance is more particularly described
in a project description that is attached hereto and made a pagt of this
resolution as if fully set forth herein.
THAT, the City Council of the City of Cypress, subject to approval of
such planning assistance by the State and Federal authorities, hereby
authorizes:
payment to the State Department of Finance of a sum not to
exceed $ 4,371 and,
use of personnel of the City of Cypress fortechnical
assistance in this project, which assistance'has an esti-
mated value of $5,600.
THAT, the total estimated cost of the. City of Cypress' project as
planned is $30,000. - -
THAT THE Mayor of the City of Cypress be, and he hereby is, authorized
and empowered to execute in the -name of'the City all'necessary' applications,
contracts, and agreements to 'implement and carry out the purposes specified
in this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress this
22nd day of July, 1968.
ATTEST:
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CI ERK F THE CI OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
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MAYOR 0'
THE CITY OF. CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO 'HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular .meeting of the said
City Council held on the 22nd day of July, 1968, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Harvey, Kanel, Kanode, Noe, and Bowen
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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City of Cypress General Plan
Application for Urban Planning Assistance
Work Program
Community Design Plan Element
F. SCOPE OF PROGRAM
I. Purpose
A. To develop a Community Design Plan as an Element of the
General Plan for the City of Cypress in order to:
1. Give character, identity, and continuity to the
entire City.
2. Guide the design of public works, especially street
improvements, and private development toward a distinctive,
high quality community identity and appearance.
B. To recommend priorities and implementation measures to establish
the City's image in an orderly way.
C. To develop a detailed plan for a portion of Lincoln Avenue which
is the City's gateway, its busiest arterial, an example of
obsolescent highway strip development, whose future is of
critical economic and visual importance to the City and region.
D. To provide information for the citizen Physical Environmental
Committee, which will lead to a Goals Study for updating of the
General Plan.
II. Work Program Elements
A. Mapping.. Aerial photographs at 200' scale to be used as base
maps for visual survey and general aid to planning.
B. Socio-economic survey. An interview -type sample survey to
obtain basic socio-economic data (family size, ages,
educational level, income, place and type of employment,
shopping habits) plus community attitudes and desires, to be
used for present needs and coming review and updating of
General Plan.
C. Research and Analysis
1. City will furnish and Consultant will review and analyze
the following data:
a. General Plan and related documents.
b. Land use and proposed developments in City and
adjacent areas.
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c. Circulation plans and inventory of streets,
parking, street furniture, signing, signalization,
lighting, and related standards, practices, and
programs.
d. Public facilities plans and inventory, including park,
recreation, fire station, school and other facilities --
location, size, use, attendance areas.
e. Utilities: Water, electricity, gas, telephone"
distribution and easements; fire protection and
hydrant location; sewers, police and fire
communications needs.
f. Drainage and flood control plans and inventory.
g. Ordinances: Zoning, subdivision, sign, etc.
h. Socio-economic data.
i. List of community organizations.
j. Lincoln Avenue Project data: Assessed values,
detailed land use, ownership, related data.
2. Visual Survey. Consultants will conduct a'detailed
visual survey of the community to catalog assets,
liabilities, and opportunities. This survey will
encompass all neighborhoods and will give particular
attention to the following major elements, plus such
others as may become apparent: Civic Center, Cypress
Junior College, tank farm, Los Alamitos Race Track
and Golf Course, flood control facilities and retarding
basin, highways and streets, railroads, schools, parks,
cemetery, for utilization in Community Design Plan.
3. Site Analysis. Consultant will gather and analyze data
on topography, climate, soils conditions, etc.
D. Community Design Plan Formulation
1. Consultants will develop in schematic form alternate
concepts which will establish community character and
integrate major elements.
2. Consultants will develop in schematic form community
focal points within above concepts.
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3. Consultants will develop basic landscape design vocabulary
to accent focal points and provide continuity. Specific
recommendations will be provided for plant materials, street
furniture, paving materials, lighting, graphics, architectural
form and materials, etc.
4. Consultants will develop basic design standards to be used
in implementation of Community Design Plan and to serve as
framework for application of landscape design vocabulary.
Standards may include size and massing of buildings; open
space utilization; treatment of street rights-of-way; treatment
of utilities in open spaces, rights-of-way, or easements;
signing and graphic display; maintenance standards.
5. Proposals will be discussed and coordinated with City
departments and other appropriate agencies and with
citizen groups.
E. Lincoln Avenue Project.
1. Detailed plans will be developed for a portion of Lincoln
Avenue (portion to be determined in consultation with
Planning Director) to demonstrate what public agencies
can do in highway right-of-way and what private developers
can do to complement public efforts. Plans shall utilize
design standards and vocabulary developed in Community
Design Plan.
2. Plans shall be coordinated with appropriate agencies.,.
P. Implementation Recommendations
1. Consultants shall, in association with public officials
and citizens' group, explore relevant means of implementing
Community Design Plan and policies: legal, administrative,
fiscal, capital improvement programming, coordinating public
improvements, and other activities and programs—public
and private -- which will help develop community identity.
2. Consultants will recommend priorities for capital
improvement projects relating to Community Design Plan.
3. Consultants will recommend ways in which community groups
and individuals can participate in implementation. and may
suggest activities and programs to build and enhance
community identity.
G. Report and Exhibits
1. A final report will be prepared incorporating the research
and analysis and presenting the Community Design Plan,
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Lincoln Avenue Project, and implementation proposals.
The report shall consist of text, drawings, and maps.
2. Exhibit panels and a slide presentation will be prepared
to supplement the report and facilitate public understanding
of the Plan.
H. Meetings. Consultant will be available for a maximum of ten
meetings and presentations with community groups and
governmental bodies, in addition to coordination meetings as
necessary with Planning Director and other public officials.
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G. MAPS AND REPORTS TO BE PREPARED
Research and Analysis:
1. Schematic map, black and white, reproducible, 800' scale,
showing existing major elements, general neighborhood
character, neighborhood boundaries.
2. Schematic map, black and white, reproducible, 400' scale,
showing circulation, focal pointe, other points of interest,
problem areas.
Plan:
3. Schematic maps and drawings, B/W, reproducible, at
appropriate scales, showing alternate concepts, proposed
focal points, open space systems, highway treatment, etc.
Lincoln Avenue:
4. Schematic and detailed maps and drawings, B/W, reproducible,
400' and 200' scale as needed.
S. Final Report. Offset. Fifty copies. Approximately 60 pages,
plus maps, drawings, photographs, etc.
6. Exhibit panels, four to six, B/W and color illustrations.
7. Slides.