AGENDA ITEM F.            PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

6.            Rename existing streets in conjunction with the Enhanced 911 Street Naming and Addressing Project within the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Streets under consideration at this meeting are described as follows:

 

l.          Wendy Court within Hecksagon Subdivision (KN 79-43) and Ness 1985 Addition (KN 86-193), Section 25, T4N, R12W, S.M., AK; Location:  north of Kasilof Beach Road; ESN 302; Reason for change: duplicate name

 

STAFF REPORT                                            PC Meeting:  9/25/06

 

Applicant:            Kenai Peninsula Borough

 

Existing Right-of-way Name:       Wendy Court

 

Name Proposed by Staff:    Dilara Court

 

Reason for Change:             Duplicate Name

 

Background:  Two rights-of-way in ESN 302 are named Wendy:

 

Wendy Court

Wendy Lane

Wendy Court was first named and dedicated in March 1979.

Wendy Lane was first named and dedicated in June 1972.

7 adjoining parcels (6 owners)          

33 adjoining parcels (28 owners)      

4 residential; 3 vacant

25 residential; 1 accessory building; 7 vacant

Wendy Court is constructed.

Wendy Lane is constructed.

Addresses issued:  3 Wendy Court, 1 Alvin Ness Street

 

Addresses issued:  23 Wendy Lane, 1 Colsen Street, 1 Green Lane, 1 Scotch Run Street

No one uses Wendy Court for their mailing address.

9 owners use Wendy Lane for their mailing address.

 

Review and Comments:

 

No comments from agencies were received when the staff report was prepared.

 

Chris and Lawrence Miller suggested Dilara (translation from a language spoken in Turkey: ‘from the heart’) for their granddaughter, Deniz, Lichen, and Squirrel.   Dilara was approved.  Mrs. Miller provided additional information about Dilara:

 

Dilara is an old Persian name used during the Ottoman times. There exists today in Bakhchisarai, Ukraine in the Crimea region, a fountain built to honor the wife (Dilara Bikes) of a Sultan who was so well loved by the people and her husband that upon her very early death he paid homage to her with the fountain.  Apparently it was so well thought out and original for its time that the fountain design has been copied thereafter. There are even websites about it and even poets have written about this sorrowful, yet lovely place.  People come from all over to visit the palace and see the famed structure in honor to a famously beautiful and loved woman.

 

Staff Discussion:

 

Based on the number of adjoining parcels, number of owners, number of residential parcels, number of addresses issued, date of the recorded plat, and number of owners using Wendy Lane for their mailing address, staff is proposing to rename Wendy Court.

 

Public notice was published on September 15, 2006 in the Peninsula Clarion.  Public notice was also published on September 21 as part of the tentative agenda in the Peninsula Clarion, Homer News, and Seward Phoenix Log.

 

Notices were sent by regular mail to the property owners as shown on the KPB tax roll in accordance with Section 14.10.055 Borough Code of Ordinances.  Notices were sent to interested parties and agencies as well as local post offices and/or community libraries for posting on the public bulletin board.  Public notice was published on the Planning Department web site and on the bulletin board in the Borough Administration Building.

 

The following statements were included in the public notice to adjoining owners.  The first two statements were included in the ad published in the newspaper.  Staff believes this is sufficient notification that a name other than the name recommended by staff may be approved during the hearing.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The Planning Commission may approve a name suggested by landowners, interested parties, or the planning staff.  An entirely different name can also be suggested and approved by the Commission during the public hearing.

 

NOTE:  Upon adoption of a street name change resolution, no reapplication or petition concerning the name of the same street may be filed within one calendar year of the final adoption, except in the case where new evidence or circumstances exist that were not available, present or reasonably ascertainable when the original resolution was adopted (KPB 14.10.050).

 

Reapplications/petitions are submitted per KPB 14.10.050, which includes a $300 filing fee.

 

The name change will become official upon the adoption of a resolution by the Planning Commission at the next available meeting following the approval of the name change.

 

Staff’s policy is to recommend the first approved suggestion unless a majority of owners submits an approved suggestion.  Staff defers to the majority of adjoining property owners for the new street name SUBJECT TO the requested name being in compliance with KPB 14.10.

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:   Rename Wendy Court within Hecksagon Subdivision (KN 79-43) and Ness 1985 Addition (KN 86-193) to DILARA COURT.

 

END OF STAFF REPORT