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W� • November 17,2011 KIER k WRIGHT lob No. A10566-4 Civil Engineers C Surveyors, Inc. Mr. Stephen Kirkpatrick City Engineer City of Pleasanton 200 Old Bernal Avenue Pleasanton.CA 94566-1181)2 RE: Cameron Avenue. Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick: I am writing you this letter to address the issues that we discussed in our telephone conversation earlier this week. It is my understanding that there seems to he some confusion and additional clarification needed by the parties on four issues related to this matter. In the hopes of providing some clarity I have broken this response into four sections. the first addressing the Cameron Avenue geometries contained in the September 16. 1987 deed from 7,otti to the City of Pleasanton, the second addressing the question of "flawed surveying", the third addressing the old "Canyon Avenue" private easement and the fourth being the issue of the proposed Ponderosa street dedication. I Roadway Geometries: The map of Tract 5445 which was filed on September II. 1986 in Book 163 of Maps at page 45- provides for an alignment of Cameron Avenue through lot 13 that curves to the southwest, near the westerly end of this lot, to meet what is shown as the future geometry of Courtney Avenue that is illustrated on this map as being fairly tight to the westerly line of Lot 13. On October 29. 1987 the map of Tract 5746 was tiled in Book 173 of Maps at page 20. On this second mop (Tract 5746) the actual geometry of the intersection of Courtney and Cameron Avenues is shifted slightly to the west of where it was illustrated on Tract 5445. The alignment for the both this intersection and the portion of Courtney Avenue through Lot 13 that is shown in the "Street Improvement Plans for Tract 5445" prepared by Bissell & Kan Civil Engineers follows a geometry that is consistent with the revisions to this area shown on the Map of Tract 5746. The as-built location of the roadway and intersection improvements is as shown on said plans. An examination of the geometry of the roadway alignment that is contained in the legal description that is attached to the deed dated September 16. 1987 from Kenneth Zotti and Tami Zotti to the City of Pleasanton reveals That this geometry follows the same alignment as shown In the Street Improvement plans and as constructed on the ground. 2) Surveying Methodology: There appears to be some contusion regarding how the information contained in the Novenher 3. 201 I summary letter that we provided to you was developed. One of the main questions addressed in Ihis report was to provide confirmation as to the present location of Cameron Avenue as it not only physically exists on the ground today, but as it has been documented in the public record. This was clearly defined in this letter in the sentence that stales: "the scope of work that we were tasked to complete on this .survey was to address a question that apparently been paced to the City regarding an alleged major discrepancy in the physical location of the .street improvements and survey montunemotion on the portion of C'unteron A renew that is located behreen Martin Avenue and Courtney Avenue. This mould include completing.suffic tea field and those san'eving Rork w provide a eompurison of the physical locutions of Ihe.ce monuments and improvements with the record locations as shown on the recorded Tract Maps and other pertinent documentation that created the individual residential pasts and roadways in this neighborhood. " 2850 Collier Canyon Road, Livermore, California 94551 (925) 245-8788 • FAX (925) 245-8796