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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 19, 2019 TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO VACATE A PORTION OF BRISTOL STREET AT 815 NORTH BRISTOL STREET, ABANDONMENT NO. 19-03 {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2) /s/ Kristine Ridge CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: 05:• ll ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on V Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate a portion of Bristol Street at 815 North Bristol Street. 2. Set a public hearing for December 17, 2019. DISCUSSION On November 21, 2017, the City Council approved the purchase and sale agreement with In-N-Out Burgers, a California Corporation, for the sale of property located at 827, 829, and 907 North Bristol Street. That transaction was advantageous to the City because those remnant parcels, which had been acquired by the City to widen and improve Bristol Street, became available upon completion of the Bristol Improvements at market value. The reconfiguration of the project accommodates the restaurant's expansion, while also resolving traffic and safety concerns from the drive -through traffic spill -over. Moreover, the City will benefit by retaining a valued business, while also recovering grant funding which was expended to acquire the parcels for the Bristol Improvements. The negotiation of the sale of the properties and the requested street vacation of approximately 2,021 square feet (Exhibit 1) was contingent on a redesign of the restaurant's site plan and mitigating the spill -over traffic issue. On May 28, 2019, the Planning Commission approved the project site plan, which includes tripling the drive -through stacking capacity, meeting the site vehicular demands. Due to the restaurant's popularity, over the last several years spill -over traffic regularly backs up on Bristol Street far enough to block adjacent business driveways and pedestrian crosswalks, and interferes with regular traffic flow. As a result, the City has been dealing with many complaints from adjacent businesses, residents, and neighborhoods, including threats of legal action that could result in an involuntary solution.