To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Jeff Freitas, Property Manager
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Summary Abandonment of Excess Right of Way at 316 Hickory Street With the Reservation of a Public Utility Easement
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the summary abandonment of excess right of way of a street or highway not required for street or highway purposes affecting property located at 316 Hickory Street (APN 004-241-009) with the reservation of a Public Utility Easement, and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
In 2009, Brandon and Lorri Sax ("Applicant"), owners of the properties located at 308 and 316 Hickory Street, submitted an application for a project to construct two duplexes, one on each property (the "Project"). The properties are located on the east side of Hickory Street at its northern terminus.
The subject portion of Hickory Street was dedicated on the Map of Hoffman's Subdivision of Part of Lots 1 and 2 of Block H of the Odd Fellows College and Home Tract, filed December 10, 1909 in book 2 of Record Maps at page 18, Napa County Official records. As originally mapped, it appears that Hickory Street was intended to extend further north at some point, but residential development north of the end of Hickory Street now prevents any northerly extension of that street.
Given that Hickory Street cannot be extended, the Applicant was conditioned as part of their Project to construct cul-de-sac improvements along their frontage to complete the easterly side of the cul-de-sac and provide for a full-width turn-around at the end of Hickory Street. Since the cul-de-sac was intended to be a public street, the Applicant was required to dedicate additional right of way to the City for the newly constructed street improvements, which they did in 2010.
It was understood at the time that, in exchange...
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