City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/22/2015
TITLE:
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Resolution of Intention to Vacate Certain Streets, Alleys, Public Highways and Utility Easements - Vacation No. 2015-01
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a Resolution declaring its intention to vacate all or portions of Lot "C" (Grove Street), Lot "D"(Grove Street), Lot "E" (Dawes Street), Lot "F"(Dawes Street), Lot "G" (Allen Avenue), Lot "H"(alley lot), and Lot "X" (Grove Street), as shown on the map of Cathedral City, filed in Book 13, at Pages 24 through 26, inclusive, of Maps, Records of Riverside County, California, together with the vacation of public highway and/or public utility uses on portions of Lots 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 82, 95, 101, 102, 103, 104 and Lot "H" (alley lot) as shown on said map of Cathedral City, all located within the east half of the east half of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 5 East, San Bernardino Meridian, at the northwest quadrant of East Palm Canyon Drive and Date Palm Drive
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BACKGROUND:
The former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Cathedral City acquired a number of properties in the "Eastside" area, located north of Palm Canyon Drive and west of Date Palm. These parcels were acquired and cleared in order to remove blight and to consolidate land for future mixed use development. The biggest obstacle to redevelopment of this key area had been the small size and multiple ownership of individual parcels, fragmentation of the developable land mass caused by street and alley configuration, and the need for infrastructure improvements.
In 2012, when the State eliminated all redevelopment agencies, the City as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency was required to develop a Long Range Property Management Plan ("LRPMP"). The LRPMP was developed in a way where "blocks" of parcels were packaged as a planned sale and included p...
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