75B - PH ABANDONMENT 06-04 GRAND AVE

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: TITLE: APPROVED ^ As Recommended PUBLIC HEARING - ABANDONMENT ^ As Amended NO. 06 - 04 : TO VACATE A PORTION OF ^ Ordinance on 1St Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading GRAND AVENUE AND FAIRHAVSN AVENUE ^ Implementing Resolution INTERSECTION ^ Set Public Hearing For_ /~ CONTINUED TO ~ / ~~~~- FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER ', i' RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Adopt a resolution vacating a portion of land at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement for the sale of the City's fee interest in a portion of the street to SCP Avondale, LLC for $1.00. DISCUSSION On September 17, 2007, the Council drafted a resolution declaring the city's intent to vacate a portion of land at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue. The applicant, The Bergman Companies, has received entitlements to construct a retail project on a vacant site at 2701 North Grand Avenue. The project involves the construction of a new 2,700 square foot building, including a 1,700 square foot Starbucks and a 1,000 square foot space for a future retail tenant. The City owns a 35-foot by 45-foot corner cutoff at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue (Exhibit 1). As a condition of the project, the City required the developer to process a street vacation for the portion of right of way in excess of a 25-foot by 25- foot corner cut-off, which is required by Santa Ana Municipal Code to ensure site visibility and safety. The right of way to be vacated is approximately 352 square feet in area, quadrilateral-shaped, and adjacent to the concrete access ramp landing at the subject corner. The right of way was acquired by Caltrans on April 30, 1964, relinquished by Caltrans, and became City right of way by annexation June 3, 1969, per Resolution 69-80. 75B-1