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File #: ID18-1167    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/27/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/11/2018 Final action: 10/11/2018
Title: Actions pertaining to the dedication of a portion of City-owned property for the purpose of providing a public street easement to accommodate existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street. (Council District 3) 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 (existing facility) of the CEQA Guidelines 2. ***RESOLUTION - Dedicating a portion of City-owned property for the purpose of providing a public street easement to accommodate existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
Sponsors: Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 18-1167 KERN-MONO DEDICATION_VICINITY.pdf, 2. 18-1167 EA P18-02694.pdf, 3. 18-1167 Kern-Mono Dedication_RES.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


October 11, 2018


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 - Chief Surveyor Section

Title
Actions pertaining to the dedication of a portion of City-owned property for the purpose of providing a public street easement to accommodate existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street. (Council District 3)
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 (existing facility) of the CEQA Guidelines
2. ***RESOLUTION - Dedicating a portion of City-owned property for the purpose of providing a public street easement to accommodate existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)

Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council adopt the attached resolution dedicating a portion of City-owned property for the purpose of providing a public street easement to accommodate existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The project will perfect the current prescriptive public street right-of-way into a recorded dedication for public street purposes for the existing public streets on Kern Street and Mono Street between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and "H" Street.

BACKGROUND
Kern Street and Mono Street have been in public use for decades over the Railroad Reservation on the Official Map of the Town of Fresno, filed in Volume 1 of Plats, at Pages 1, 2, and 3, Fresno County Records. These two railroad crossings have existed for the public as a prescriptive right for public street purposes. The Union Pacific Railroad over the years have sold portions of...

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