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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 16, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING: ABANDONMENT NO. <br />06-02: TO VACATE PORTIONS OF <br />COLLEGE AVENUE, 15~` STREET AND <br />MARTHA LANE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1~' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution vacating portions of College Avenue, 15th Street and <br />Martha Lane. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Rancho Santiago Community College District is planning an expansion <br />of the Santa Ana College campus in accordance with their master plan. As <br />part of the expansion, the applicant is requesting that College Avenue <br />between Washington Avenue and 17th Street and portions of 15th Street and <br />Martha Lane) be vacated (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />The vacated streets will be incorporated into the expanded campus. Cul- <br />de-sacs will be built at the east ends of the remaining portions of <br />Martha Lane and 15th Street. <br />Utility companies, other government agencies and City departments were <br />advised of the street vacations. Easements for the City's water and <br />sewer facilities, traffic signal equipment as well as existing gas lines <br />and overhead utilities will be reserved in the resolution of vacation. <br />The proposed resolution will abandon the City's street easement at these <br />locations. City staff has been working with the Rancho Santiago <br />Community College District to expand the Santa Ana College campus and <br />recommends the vacation of the street to accommodate the expansion. <br />75A-1 <br />