REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division
JASON A. CAMIT, PLS, Chief Surveyor
Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Right of Way Section
SUBJECT
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HEARING to consider the vacation of East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites (Council District 5)
1. ***RESOLUTION - Ordering the vacation of East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council conduct the required public hearing and at the close of the hearing, adopt the attached resolution ordering the vacation of East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fresno Pacific University is proposing to vacate East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying east of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites. The purpose of this vacation is to incorporate those areas into the University's daily use.
BACKGROUND
East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue, are all sixty foot wide public streets that were originally dedicated by Tract Number 1552 - map of Campus Homesites, recorded on August 1, 1956, in Volume 18 of Plats, at Page 76, Fresno County Records. The Fresno Pacific University (FPU) is requesting this proposed vacation of these public street easements to incorporate those areas into the University's use for daily activities, development, and supplemental parking. The purpose of the street vacation is to enhance FPU campus security by facilitating control of a...
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