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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: MAY 7, 2007 TITLE: ABANDONMENT NO. 06-06: TO VACATE A PORTION OF SYCAMORE STREET BETWEEN 10m STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE APPROVED o As Recommended o As Amended o Ordinance on 1" Reading o Ordinance on 2" Reading o Implementing Resolution o Set Public Hearing For d (jj);c2. ./ / CITY MANAGER ; (J RECOMMENDED ACTION CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate a portion of Sycamore Street between Washington Avenue and 10th Street. 2. Set a public hearing for June 4, 2007. DISCUSSION On August 2, 2004 Council approved various entitlements for the proposed One Broadway Plaza office tower project. As part of the project, Caribou Industries is requesting that Sycamore Street from Washington Avenue to about 137 feet north of 10th Street be vacated and incorporated into the project boundary (Exhibit 1). The City has a street easement over the vacation area and reversionary rights to the land are held by the adjacent landowners, including Caribou Industries, according to the title report supplied by the applicant. The adjacent landowners have indicated their concurrence with the proposed street vacation by signature on the application. The driveway access to the parking structure serving 1200 North Main Street will be within the vacated portion of Sycamore Street. A reciprocal access agreement between the One Broadway project and 1200 North Main Street will be recorded prior to adoption of the resolution to vacate. The driveway leading to the Orange County High School of the Arts lies within the portion of Sycamore Street which will remain public right of way. 12A-1