SR - RES-10814 - VACATION MEATS AVENUEAGENDA ITEM
. September 9, 2014
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1. SUBJECT
Resolution No. 10814 — A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange Summarily
Vacating a Portion of Meats Avenue, Southwest of Longridge Drive as Excess Right of Way
That is No Longer Needed By The Public For Street Purposes and Ordering The Vacation
Thereof and Reserving All Public Utility Easements.
2. SUMMARY
Adoption of Resolution No. 10814 will remove a portion of Meats Avenue from the City Street
System.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Resolution No. 10814.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Minimal savings to the City by not having to maintain this parcel anymore.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
1 d. Provide for a safe community — Assure the development of the City occurs in a fashion that
maximizes public safety.
2d. Be a fiscally healthy community — Effectively manage and develop City assets.
6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Infrastructure Elements Goal 3.0 Ensure adequate maintenance of public rights -of -way to
enhance public safety and improve circulation.
ITEM W° 1 9/9/14
Policy 3.1: Continue to maintain and repair sidewalks and pavement surfaces on public rights -
of -way.
7. BACKGROUND and DISCUSSION
This portion of Meats Avenue was dedicated as Lot A, of Tract 5671, recorded in 1976. At that
time it was thought that this parcel was necessary to connect Meats Avenue with Featherhill
Drive in the adjacent tract to the southeast. However, when that tract was built, Featherhill Drive
was constructed as a cul -de -sac and not a through street. Thus, Lot A, of Tract 5671 was never
needed and never built as a street. It has been a dirt lot since its formation and maintained by the
City.
Upon the vacation of the street easement, the City will have no interest in the parcel and will not
be responsible for the maintenance. The underlying fee interest in the parcel will revert to the
adjacent parcel property owner.
The City is authorized to summarily vacate property (i.e., notice is not required) which has been
dedicated to it if the property is no longer needed and has not been used in the last five years.
Since this parcel is not needed for present or prospective road projects, staff recommends the
vacation of any street easement that the City may have claim to on this parcel.
8. ATTACHMENTS
• Resolution No. 10814
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RESOLUTION NO. 10814
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE SUMMARILY VACATING A
PORTION OF MEATS AVENUE, SOUTHWEST OF
LONGRIDGE DRIVE AS EXCESS RIGHT OF WAY
THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE PUBLIC
FOR STREET PURPOSES AND ORDERING THE
VACATION THEREOF AND RESERVING ALL
PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Sections 8300 et seq., the City
may summarily vacate a street easement if the street easement is not needed for public street
purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange hereby finds and determines that
that portion of Meats Avenue generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit B and
more particularly described on Exhibit A is not being used for the purpose for which it was
dedicated in 1976 and is not needed for any prospective public street purposes; and
WHEREAS, the vacation of the street easement will not cut off access to any person's
property which, prior to the adoption of this Resolution, had such access; and
WHEREAS, all existing public utility easements shall be reserved; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines, based upon the existing uses of the
subject real property, that the proposed vacation of the subject real property will not result in a
direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not,
therefore, subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Section
15060 of the State CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 65402 of the California Government Code, the City
Council finds and determines that the location, purpose and extent of the proposed vacation of
the subject real property has been reported on by the Director of the Community Development
Department of the City of Orange and that said proposed vacation of the subject real property
conforms to the City's adopted general plan.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council resolves, on the basis of the facts set forth in the
agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was
considered, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Pursuant to Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 4 of the Streets and Highways
Code (commencing at Section 8330), that portion of Meats Avenue generally depicted on the
map attached hereto as Exhibit B and more particularly described on Exhibit A , is hereby