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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12B - ABANDONMENT - SANTA ANA BLVD BETWEEN MINTER AND POINSETTAREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: AUGUST 1, 2011 TITLE: ABANDONMENT NO. 10 -01: INTENT TO VACATE PORTIONS OF SANTA ANA BOULEVARD BETWEEN MINTER AND POINSETTIA STREETS CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1 s` Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intent to vacate portions of Santa Ana Boulevard between Minter and Poinsettia Streets. 2. Set a public hearing for September 6, 2011 . PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Recommend that City Council adopt a resolution approving Abandonment No. 2010 -01. Approved by a vote of 5:0 (Turner absent, Gartner abstained) at the meeting of July 11, 2011. DISCUSSION The Related Companies of California (Related) is working with the City's Community Development Agency to develop courtyard housing as part of the Station District project. As part of the development, Related is requesting that portions of Santa Ana Boulevard at two locations be vacated. Those portions of right -of -way are unimproved strips of land situated behind the southerly sidewalk of Santa Ana Boulevard. Area 1 is between Minter Street and Lacy Street, and Area 2 is between Garfield Street and Poinsettia Street (Exhibit 1). Both locations are rectangular- shaped with Area 1 measuring 12 feet in width by 210 feet in length, and Area 2 measuring 12 feet in width by 50 in length. The right -of -way width for Santa Ana Boulevard between Poinsettia Street and Mortimer Street fluctuates between 80 feet and 92 feet. The variance is mostly due to 12- foot -wide dedications and reservations made along the south side of the street. The purpose of the accumulation of right -of- way was to provide for future widening of the street. However, the street has not experienced the anticipated additional traffic and is not expected to experience the traffic volumes to justify the widening. With the vacation, the street right -of -way width will measure 80 and will align with adjacent segments of the street. The street curbs will remain in place. Additionally, this segment of Santa Ana Boulevard is being studied as a potential route for the fixed guideway transit system. The right -of -way being vacated is not needed for the transit system. 12B -1 Abandonment No. 10 -01 Intent To Vacate Portions of Santa Ana Boulevard August 1, 2011 Page 2 The areas to be vacated will be incorporated into the adjacent Station District project. The additional land area reduces the site's constraints and improves overall site function, such as setbacks, building locations, and site accessibility. Utilities, other government agencies, and City departments have been advised of the street vacation. Easements for power, telephone, and cable lines will be reserved in the resolution of vacation. According to a recent Preliminary Title Report, the City of Santa Ana is identified as the fee owner of the land at both locations. The land will be conveyed to the Community Redevelopment Agency as owner of the adjacent development sites. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project is exempt from further review. Categorical Exemption ER No. 2010 -119 will be filed for this project. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Raul Godinez II Executive Director Public Works Agency RG:TH Exhibit: 1. Location Map Exhibit: 2 Resolution 12B -2 12B -4 Iss7/21/11 RESOLUTION NO. 2011- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO VACATE TWO PORTIONS OF SANTA ANA BOULEVARD BETWEEN MINTER STREET AND POINSETTIA STREET, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON, AND DIRECTING NOTICE THEREOF TO BE POSTED AND PUBLISHED (ABANDONMENT NO. 2010 -01) BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, this Council does hereby declare its intention to vacate portions of Santa Ana Boulevard between Minter Street and Poinsettia Street. The areas proposed for vacation are two unimproved strips of land situated behind the southerly sidewalk of Santa Ana Boulevard, identified as Areas 1 and 2 on the map labeled Exhibit 1, attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference. B. Notice is hereby given that immediately following the 5:00 P.M. closed session meeting, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard on September 6, 2011, in the Santa Ana City Council Chambers at 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, a public hearing will be held by this Council at which time any and all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed vacation hereinabove described may appear and be heard. C. The Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice, once in each of the two successive weeks prior to the above said hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. D. The Executive Director of the Public Works Agency is hereby directed to post conspicuously, in the manner prescribed by law, notice of the adoption of this Resolution, containing the statement of the day, hour and place of Resolution No. 2011 - Page 1 of 2 12B -5 hearing hereinabove set forth, and describing the portion of the right -of -way to be vacated at least two weeks before the date set for said hearing. ADOPTED this day of August 2011. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph Straka Interim City Attorney Laura Sheedy Assistant City Attorney AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: NOT PRESENT Councilmembers Councilmembers Councilmembers Councilmembers CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2011- to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana e' Resolution No. 2011 - Page 2 of 2