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Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention to vacate a portion of Roble Way between Solana Court and Pacific Avenue and a portion of the east side of Pacific Avenue between 3rd Street and 4th Street;
Set the date of September 1, 2020, for the public hearing on the vacation;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement deed for alley widening purposes, a Vehicular Access Easement and to execute agreements satisfying the conditions placed on the vacation; and
Accept Notice of Determination State Clearinghouse Number 2009071006. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
Ensemble Real Estate Investments, owner of the property at 131 West 3rd Street, requests the vacation of a portion of Roble Way between Solana Court and Pacific Avenue and a portion of the east side of Pacific Avenue between 3rd Street and 4th Street (Attachment A). This portion of Roble Way separates the lots of Block 81 of the Townsite of Long Beach Tract. Vacating this portion of Roble Way would allow the applicant to merge these lots and construct the Planning Commission-approved 3rd and Pacific Project. The applicant proposes to build a project consisting of 345 residential units in one mixed-use tower (23 stories in height with above grade and subterranean parking) and one mid-rise, mixed-use building (8 stories-in height with above grade and subterranean parking). On September 19, 2019, the Planning Commission determined that the proposed vacation of the approximately 3,553-square-foot area was in conformance with the adopted goals of the City’s General Plan (Attachment B).
Proceedings for this vacation are being conducted in accordance with Chapter 3, General Vacation Procedure, of the Public Streets, Highways, and Service Easements Vacation Law of the California Streets and Highways Code. Findings must establish that the subject right-of-way is unnecessary for present or prospective public use. In addition, Streets and Highway Code Section 8324(b) provides that the City Cou...
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