File #: 16-572    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/29/2016 In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency
On agenda: 2/21/2017 Final action: 2/21/2017
Title: SUBJECT: Vacation #16-01 to Abandon a 2.18-Acre Storm Drain and 0.95-Acre Storm Drain Easement East of G Street and North of Yosemite Avenue. REPORT IN BRIEF The City Council will consider the abandonment of a 2.18-acre storm drain and 0.95-acre storm drain easement. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion approving Resolution 2017-07, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California ordering the vacation of a 2.18-acre storm drain basin and a 0.95-acre storm drain easement generally located east of G Street and approximately 390 feet north of Yosemite Avenue (Vacation #16-01).
Attachments: 1. Basin Location.pdf, 2. City Council Resolution 2017-05.pdf, 3. CC Res Ordering Vacation - 2-21-17.pdf

Report Prepared by: Julie Nelson, Associate Planner, Development Services Department

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SUBJECT: Vacation #16-01 to Abandon a 2.18-Acre Storm Drain and 0.95-Acre Storm Drain Easement East of G Street and North of Yosemite Avenue.

REPORT IN BRIEF
The City Council will consider the abandonment of a 2.18-acre storm drain and 0.95-acre storm drain easement.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving Resolution 2017-07, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California ordering the vacation of a 2.18-acre storm drain basin and a 0.95-acre storm drain easement generally located east of G Street and approximately 390 feet north of Yosemite Avenue (Vacation #16-01).

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Approve, subject to modifications as conditioned by Council; or,
3. Deny based on specific findings; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items as requested by Council; or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in Council motion).

AUTHORITY
Part 3, Chapter 3 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California authorizes the City Council to vacate a right-of-way or easement. The vacation shall be made by adoption of a resolution pursuant to Section 8335 of the Code, and shall be recorded pursuant to Section 8336. The City of Merced Administrative Policies and Procedures No. A-6 provides direction to staff for processing vacation requests, and City Resolution 86080 establishes a policy concerning costs associated with the vacation.

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Not applicable.

DISCUSSION
The proposed vacation of the storm drain basin and associated easements is being requested due to the relocation of the basin from the site along G Street, north of Yosemite Avenue, to a site south of Redwing Court, west of Mansionette Drive (Attachment 1). The basin was relocated in order to make way for a future commercial development at the northeast corner of G...

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