Item 28 - Resolution rescinding Resolution No. 94-031

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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/pw Item # 28 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report January 21, 2025 TOPIC: Summary Vacation of Hesperian Street, Cubbon Street, and Public Alley Right of Way AGENDA TITLE Summarily Vacate Portions of Hesperian Street, Cubbon Street, and Public Alley Right of Way - Abandonment 24-03 RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a Resolution rescinding City Council Resolution 94-031, and Summarily Vacate Portions of Hesperian Street, Cubbon Street, and Public Alley Right of Way - Abandonment 24-03 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 94-031, AND VACATING PORTIONS OF CUBBON STREET, HESPERIAN STREET, AND A PUBLIC ALLEY WITHIN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 1001 GRAHAM LANE, (ABANDONMENT NO. 2024-03) GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION The Public Works Agency (PWA) oversees all street vacation and abandonments throughout City boundaries. Public Works Agency staff, in conjunction with Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), is requesting vacation of portions of former street right of way within Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School (King Elementary). SAUSD will concurrently grant easements to the City for existing public street improvements. Adoption of the resolution will rescind, correct, and complete right of way actions undertaken by the City and SAUSD in the 1990s, and provide the City right of way needed to construct the Bristol-Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project (Project). Background In the 1990s, SAUSD built King Elementary. The school construction project included acquisition of residential lots within the Central City Neighborhood and the intended vacation of portions of Cubbon Street, Hesperian Street, and an alley west of Bristol Street. To accommodate the street vacations and allow for continued circulation, a cul