Item 28 - Resolution rescinding Resolution No. 94-031

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Summary Vacation of Hesperian Street, Cubbon Street, and Public Alley Right of Way January 21, 2025 Page 3 4 7 2 9 conformity with the General Plan. On November 25, 2024, the City of Santa Ana Planning Division issued a finding that Abandonment 24-03 is in conformance with the City of Santa Ana 2022-2045 General Plan. City staff recommends the action because the excess area offers no present or prospective use to the City. This abandonment is being processed as a summary vacation pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 8331 because the streets and alleys have been impassable and the City has not expended money for maintenance for more than five years; and Section 3334 because the right of way is not required for street or highway purposes and lies within property under one ownership. There are no visible utilities which would be affected by the vacation; and City staff advised utility companies of the vacation, and received no objections to the vacation. To align City street right of way and SAUSD property with existing street improvements, staff is requesting City Council to adopt a resolution rescinding Resolution 94-031 and vacating portions of Cubbon Street, Hesperian Street, and an alley west of Bristol Street. SAUSD Street Easement to City of Santa Ana In accordance with requirements set forth by City in early 1990s to complete the King Elementary project, SAUSD will grant public street easement covering the street improvements constructed during that project. The public street easements will cover the Hesperian Street cul-de-sac bulb to the back of sidewalk, and the limits of the east- west alley. As detailed above, staff determined street and alley improvement limits by field survey and then described and mapped the limits of street easement (Exhibit 4). SAUSD Board of Education met on December 17, 2024 and adopted a resolution declaring its intention to grant the easement, and set a public hearing for January 14, 2025, after which the board may authorize execution of an easement agreement and deed. Based on SAUSD staff initial board briefings, it is anticipated that the SAUSD Board of Education will approve its intention to grant the easement. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed abandonment is exempt from further review per section 15305. Categorical Exemption will be filed for this abandonment. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with these actions. EXHIBIT(S) 1. Location Map 2. City Council Resolution 94-031` 3. Vacation Legal Description and Map