City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/26/2015
TITLE:
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Public Hearing to Vacate Certain Streets, Alleys, Public Highway Easements and Utility Easements - Vacation No. 2015-01
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that upon the close of the Public Hearing, the City Council make the findings contained in the Resolution of Vacation for VAC 2015-01, and:
(a) adopt the Resolution, conditionally vacating all or portions of Lot "C", Lot "D", Lot "E", Lot "F", Lot "G", Lot "H", and Lot "X", 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 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;
(b) approve the disposal of certain surplus public property parcels resulting from the above vacations, to the abutting parcel owners; and
(c) approve the use of the sample Resolution attached as Exhibit "B" to the Vacation Resolution, as outlined herein, for the vacation of the above streets, alley and easements in portions or segments, as the conditions of their vacation are met.
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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 la...
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