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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 <br />TITLE <br />ABANDONMENT NO. 06-02: TO VACATE <br />PORTIONS OF COLLEGE AVENUE, 15Tx <br />STREET AND MARTHA LANE <br />CIT MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15f Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate portions of <br />College Avenue, 15th Street and Martha Lane. <br />2. Set a public hearing for October 16, 2006. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Rancho Santiago Community College District is planning an expansion <br />of the Santa Ana College campus in accordance with their master plan. As <br />part of the expansion, the applicant is requesting that College Avenue <br />between Washington Avenue and 17th Street, and portions of 15th Street <br />and Martha Lane be vacated (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />The vacated streets will be incorporated into the expanded campus. Cul- <br />de-sacs will be built at the east ends of the remaining portions of <br />Martha Lane and 15th Street. Easements for the City's water and sewer <br />facilities as well as for existing gas lines and overhead utilities will <br />be reserved in the resolution of vacation. <br />The proposed resolution will declare the City's intent to abandon its <br />easement at this location. In addition, the resolution will set a <br />public hearing for October 16, 2006. City staff has been working with <br />the Rancho Santiago Community College District to expand the Santa Ana <br />College campus and fully support the vacation of the street to <br />accommodate the expansion. <br />12A-1 <br />