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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br />ABANDONMENT NO. 06-04: TO VACATE <br />A PORTION OF GRAND AVENUE AND <br />FAIRHAVEN AVENUE INTERSECTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2rd 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 a portion of <br />land at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue. <br />2. Set a public hearing for October 15, 2007. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The applicant, The Bergman Companies, has received entitlements to <br />construct a retail project on a vacant site at 2701 North Grand Avenue. <br />The project involves the construction of a new 2,700 square foot <br />building, including a 1,700 square foot Starbucks and a 1,000 square foot <br />space for a future retail tenant. <br />The City owns a 35-foot by 45-foot corner cutoff at the northeast corner <br />of Grand Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue (Exhibit 1). As a condition of the <br />project, the City required the developer to process a street vacation for <br />the portion of right of way in excess of a 25-foot by 25-foot corner cut- <br />off, which is required by Santa Ana Municipal Code to ensure site <br />visibility and safety. <br />The right of way to be vacated is approximately 352 square feet in area, <br />quadrilateral-shaped, and adjacent to the concrete access ramp landing at <br />the subject corner. The right of way was acquired by Caltrans on April <br />30, 1964, relinquished by Caltrans, and became City right of way by <br />annexation June 3, 1969, per Resolution 69-80. A submitted preliminary <br />title report identified the City of Santa Ana as fee owner of the land. <br />12A-1 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />(~, <br />