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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResearch Summary by Don StimsonI+A:L HA w N U L-a � p. � • � Our family appreciates your efforts to confirm the accurate placement of the Slack Street City Limit Boundary eastward from GRAND avenue prolongated through our homesite and beyond to the N.E. corner of the City Limits. The 1948 City Annexation Ordinance No. 304 (new series) page 2, is correct, yet easily mis-understood! History gives us the facts. it's up to us to respect the truth. In 1887 (before the California Map -Act Statute of 1893) the center line of Slack Street was the northern boundary of the Phillips Addition Subdivision (Maps A/162) as shown and delineated (plan and boundaries chart) from station #16 to #17 with the course bearing: N.89degrees 56 minutes W. That very same center line is also described as the southern boundary in the 1944 Garcia grant deed (137/252)to the State of California (Cal Poly): "thence south. . .29.39 chains to the center line of Slack Street as said centerline existed on December 6, 1892." The center line of the original Slack Street is still (and now) the common boundary between the City of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly within the County of San Luis Obispo, suggesting the very logical and legal City Limits Line! Surveys exist supporting the correct conditions involving Slack Street. The 1974 Ridgway (L.S. 20/59) is a high standard of accuracy with valid references to .."N'ly line of Slack St." and "S'ly line per 369-219or". Also confirmed is the correct 35' width of Slack Street East of Grand, noting the offset "center line" with INTX corner markers. Occasionally a survey does need correction. The 2007 RRM/ Ellison'(L,S.97/93) is crisp and tidy, yet flagrantly misleading and does not get my support! Of course I'm not a survey cop, but I do respect truth and accuracy... Respectfully submitted 624 Z� z4 z6 z5 Stimson family lotob,%G�' 2100 Slack Street San Luis Obispo, California (805) 544-9618 NOV 2 8 2016 CITY OF SAN LUIS OSISPO - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 29. 3q C c nib s 1939.7 Pr. I��L 1 h16AT10�1 I I�t v 1 caT'fcos-, 'tom O%Ae7" robrri j or -A 1!7©1'2-i7CR 0R2 Fjdu Pt VA er Pt was w e-" 6cKocam' -try cues, r E'r`1GJE-e65 raj; OS2/1 1 ) 052/12 O62-Z71. (( 14c C-UPJr p) 1-kow c Y044 .. . Mayor Dave Romero City of San Luis Obispo 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 STUDIO / WORKSHOP (905) 544-9619 2100 SLACK STREET SAN Luis OBISPO CALIFORrMA 93405 RESEARCH SUBJECT: San Luis Obispo City limits line at Slack Street eastward from Grand Avenue through our homesite and into the Miossi Ranch. In 1902 Slack Street was 35 feet wide (Phillips Addition map A/ page 162). In 1920, with the prospect of the California Park sub -division to the west, a wider street was needed. From Grand Avenue westward the area north of Slack Street was undeveloped and owned by the Ferini family. The County of San Luis Obispo purchased from the Ferinis (DEEDS 137/252) a 25 feet wide strip of property adjacent to Slack Street running the full length westward from Grand Avenue to the California Park east boundary, increasing the width of Slack Street to 60 feet (west of Grand Avenue only! East of Grand Avenue Slack Street remained 35 feet wide, as it is today), In 1927 the Garcia family purchased the land north of Slack Street and in 1930 a petroleum pipeline was installed five feet north of the full length of the 35 feet wide Slack Street. It still exists there to this day (O.R. 078/272). In 1944 the Garcia family conveyed their ranch property to the State of California (Cal Poly) and retained a part for their homesite (O.R. 369/219). The survey (RS 3/29- Beck) clearly delineates the southern boundary coinciding with the northern boundary of the Phillips Addition. The 1948 City of San Luis Obispo annexation Ordinance #304 (New Section) defines city limits and references it to Phillips Addition (map A/162) with the northern boundary of Slack Street prolongated eastward from Grand Avenue, noting the northerly offset (25 feet) as the city limit line continues westward from Grand Avenue. The City of San Luis Obispo accepted Slack Street to the east of Grand Avenue at the width of 35 feet and has never included any right-of-way north of that boundary line. In 1956 The City secured an easement to place a water storage tank and pipeline on our property east of the easterly end of Slack Street. Survey by Porter (R.S.8/8)- Slack Street is still only 35 feet wide! 1966- (R.S. 15/83) The Taylor survey is clear and concise. The monuments identified and still in place at the Slack Street intersections with Grand Avenue, Graves Avenue, and Henderson Avenue are 20 feet north of the Phillips Addition north property lines and 15 feet south of the Cal Poly southern boundary, a total road width of 35 feet. PAGE TWO 1974- (L.S. 20/59) The Ridgeway survey confirms the Taylor findings (correcting the width of Slack Street west of Grand Avenue) and delineates 35 feet as the width of Slack Street east of Grand Avenue. Detail "B" clarifies the intersection at Slack Street and Grand Avenue. 1980- (L.S. 37/89)Baumberger identifies the east end of Slack Street as 35 feet wide and confirms the recorded distance from the corner point of•four sections (23/24/25/26) to the north line of Slack Street (caution: one missing arrowhead). 2007- (L.S. 97/93) RRM/Ellison. This curious document, at the request of the City of San Luis Obispo, addresses Slack Street on both sides of Grand Avenue. The survey notes suggest a possible inaccurate deed interpretation! The confusion exists due to the mixed uses of the phrases "center line" and "northerly boundary line" (north line) at the dates involved. 2009- (L.S. 102/55) Cannon/Hutchinson. Surveys the entire Cal Poly perimiter, including the Slack Street boundary. This was an ambitious project requiring six pages. Sheet #6 found the monuments at the west end of Slack Street and also at the Grand Street intersection as set by RRM/Ellison and indicated them as recorded. It A s often said by civil engineers that faulty surveys can beget future faulty surveys! OBSERVATION: It is unlikely that Cal Poly or the City of San Luis Obispo would take action on the findings of the RRM or Cannon surveys without additional study. An overlay of these surveys placed upon scaled aerial photos of the area indicate an obvious misalignment of the features at Slack Street. It is reasonable to suggest that the bold outline of the Cal Poly boundary at Slack Street more accurately belongs 35 feet to the south on page 6 of the Cannon survey. The Garcia deed tells us so by distance, 29.39 chains (1939.74 feet), and location, the "center line of Slack Street as said center line existed on December 6, 1892" (prior to the filing of the Phillips Addition map yet with credibility from the Harris map template of 1874, map B/90, before the sub -division map act). The S.E.4 of Sec. 23, T 30S, R12E MDBM has had'a mild history since the original patent in 1870, issued by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The area south of Slack Street became residential neighborhoods and an elementary school. North of Slack Street remained rangeland and a dairy site before the 1944 acquisition by Cal Poly. The division line is Slack Street! Assessors maps include survey disclaimers, metes and bounds do occasionally change slightly, and we also know that a Record of Survey does not create or convey property title. Additional documents exist which support the acceptance of Slack Street as 35 feet in width eastward from Grand Avenue (E.G. City Utility maps, PG&E right of way, City General Plan and roadway maps, Cal Poly maps, Gas Company surveys, vintage Assessors maps, aerial photo maps, and many amusing and historic road maps, etc.). PAGE THREE CONCLUSION: Slack Street from Grand Avenue eastward remains 35 feet wide. The northern boundary of Slack Street is also the southern boundary of Cal Poly within section twenty three, Township 30 south, Range 12 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian. [the said northern boundary of Slack Street has also been called "center line" with reference to the 1874 Harris template map and the Garcia deeds.] The northern boundary of Slack Street is the City of San Luis Obispo CITY LIMIT LINE occuring 666.7+ feet north of the corner point junction of sections 23/24/25/26 (at -center line of McCollum Street) and is located 15 feet north of the official survey pin monuments within Slack Street at the intersections with Grand Avenue (City Horizontal Control Network #8003), Graves Avenue, and Henderson Avenue. The eastern prolongation of this City Limit Line crosses our homesite for one quarter of a mile and continues into the Miossi Ranch to the East. Respectfully submitted, (W'7 6^1 Don Stimson (805) 544-9618 02/26/10 The documents referenced (here in) are all available for your review. Please phone me for additional details. C. c. Katie Lichtig Christine Dietrick Jay Walter John Mandeville Barbara Lynch David Yun Robert Horch