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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Actions pertaining to Resolution of Intention No. 1144-D to vacate 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. Adopt Initial Study and a Negative Declaration finding per staff determination, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines ?15070
2. Adopt Resolution of Intention No. 1144-D to vacate East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a finding of Negative Declaration per staff determination, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines ?15070 and adopt Resolution of Intention No. 1144-D for the proposed vacation of East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue, lying west of South Winery Avenue in Tract Number 1552 - Campus Homesites, and set the required hearing at 10:00 a.m. on January 13, 2022.
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 Re...
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