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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 4, 2019 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: TITLE: APPROVED PUBLIC HEARING: ABANDONMENT ❑ As Recommended NO. 19-02 TO VACATE A PORTION OF El El ElOOrrdinance on 1n' Reading MAIN PLACE DRIVE ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading (STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 3, 2; 5,3) ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER CITY MANA-13ER RECOMMENED ACTION Adopt a resolution vacating a portion of Main Place Drive. DISCUSSION On May 7, 2019, Council adopted a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate a portion of Main Place Drive. The portion of Main Place Drive to be vacated is situated within the northerly section of the Main Place Mall, and lies between Main Street and Bedford Road (Exhibit 1). The segment of Main Place Drive adjacent to the westerly and southerly section of mall, between Bedford Road and Broadway, would remain a public street. The owners of the Main Place Mall, MainPlace Shoppingtown, LLC, are improving the mall site and have applied to vacate a portion of Main Place Drive in conjunction with a Specific Plan to transform the site with additional commercial, office, mixed -use residential, and hotel uses. The approval of the Specific Plan and related actions is scheduled to be considered separately. According�to the Specific Plan, the vacated area ordered by Resolution (Exhibit 2) will be incorporated into the private property and much of it will be redeveloped with mixed -use buildings. The area requested to be vacated reduces the site's constraints and improves overall site function, such as setbacks, building location, and site accessibility. Access to the mixed -use buildings and nearby future parcels will be provided via a private drive aisle. The drive aisle would continue to connect to Bedford Road and Main Street, but would not provide through public access, and will be maintained by the owner. According to a title report provided by the applicant and City records, the City owns a street easement over the land and, if vacated, would revert to MainPlace Shoppingtown, LLC. The segment to be vacated is curvilinear, generally 64' wide, and about 700' in length. The City's street easement rights exclude airspace lying above an elevation of 169.8 feet, or approximately 17' above the roadway surface, meaning the mall property owners could potentially have been permitted to build private improvements above that height. 75E-1