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Resolution No. 2022-34 Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-34 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DETERMINING GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FOR THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF EDENDALE COURT BEHIND 1222 AND 1226 SOUTH BIRCH STREET WHEREAS, California Streets and Highways Code Section 8300 et seq. authorizes the City of Santa Ana to vacate all or any portion of any street or highway within its boundaries and under its jurisdiction to terminate the public’s right to use such street; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 65042(a), street vacations must first be submitted to and reported upon by the Planning Commission for conformance with the General Plan; and WHEREAS, Edendale Court was dedicated to the City in 1924 on Tract Map No. 648 as a 30-foot by 210-foot long street easement; and WHEREAS, this easement is currently separated into three different states of improvement conditions: (1) the most westerly section is 120 feet long and provides vehicular access to 1221 South Ross Street and 1225 South Ross Street; (2) the middle section is 45 feet long and unimproved and fenced in with an accessible gate; and (3) the easterly 45-foot section of Edendale Court behind 1222 and 1226 South Birch Street; and WHEREAS, the City desires to vacate its interest in the easterly 45-foot foot section of Edendale Court behind 1222 and 1226 South Birch Street, as shown on Exhibit A (“Vacation Area”); and WHEREAS, the Vacation Area is the easterly 45-foot dead-end portion of Edendale Court, located immediately adjacent to property 1226 South Birch Street, which is owned by Fredericka Older; and WHEREAS, the Vacation Area is also located immediately adjacent to property 1222 South Birch Street, which is owned by Bonyen Thomas; and WHEREAS, the dead-end portion of Edendale Court has not been improved as a roadway for more than 50 years; and WHEREAS, the Vacation Area has been fenced in and maintained by the property owners of 1222 and 1226 South Birch Street; and WHEREAS, Fredericka Older has requested that the City vacate the dead-end portion of Edendale Court because of the long-term nature of maintaining the area; and WHEREAS, the Vacation Area is unnecessary for present or prospective public use, as determined by the City’s Public Works Agency; and