City Council
MEETING DATE: 11/16/2015
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Public Hearing to Vacate Certain Streets, Alleys, Public Highway Easements and Utility Easements - Vacation No. 2015-02
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt the Resolution, conditionally vacating all or portions of Lot "V" ("B" Street), Lot "W"("A" Street), and Lot "X"(alley lot), 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 132 and 133, as shown on said map of Cathedral City, all located within the East half of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 5 East, San Bernardino Meridian, at the Southeast quadrant of East Palm Canyon Drive and Van Fleet Avenue; and approve the sale or disposal of certain surplus public property parcels resulting from the above vacations, to the abutting parcel owners, at a price or other consideration as approved by the City Manager; and approve the use of the sample Resolution attached as Exhibit "C" 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 south of East Palm Canyon Drive and east of Van Fleet Avenue, in order to remove blight and to consolidate land for future mixed use development.
In 2006, the majority of these lots were consolidated into a single parcel by the Redevelopment Agency by the recordation of Parcel Map No. 32932, for a planned hotel development. That project did not proceed.
In January, 2008, this parcel was conveyed to the City Urban Revitalization Corporation (CURC), and in March of 2015, CURC en...
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