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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 3, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />ABANDONMENT NO. 10 -02: INTENT TO <br />VACATE A PORTION OF CYPRESS AVENUE <br />SOUTH OF MCFADDEN AVENUE <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate a portion of Cypress Avenue south of <br />McFadden Avenue. <br />2. Set a public hearing for November 7, 2011. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />On September 12, 2011, the Planning Commission recommended that City Council adopt a <br />resolution approving Abandonment No. 2010 -02 by a vote of 7:0. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2001, the City completed the McFadden Avenue Realignment Project between Main Street and <br />Maple Street. Prior to the project, McFadden Avenue was offset by about 400 feet east and west <br />of Main Street. The project involved the realignment of McFadden Avenue to connect the offset <br />segments and the creation of new cul -de -sacs at Cypress Avenue. The right -of -way limits of <br />Cypress Avenue were modified with the construction of a cul -de -sac, which resulted in excess <br />public right -of -way. Prior to the realignment project, the right -of -way proposed to be vacated was <br />improved with asphalt pavement, curbs and sidewalk, but is now unimproved (Exhibit 1). <br />The City's Community Redevelopment Agency, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, is <br />proposing the development of two single - family residences on remnants of four lots acquired for <br />the realignment project. The lots are vacant and, once combined with the area being abandoned, <br />will be reconfigured to create two parcels (Exhibit 2). <br />12A -1 <br />