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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept an easement deed from CJDT Development Group, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, property owner at 628 East Anaheim Street, for alley widening purposes; and
Accept Categorical Exemption No. CE-17-190. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
CJDT Development Group, LLC, the owner of the property at 628 East Anaheim Street, is performing a renovation to the basic inside and outer building envelope of an existing 7,732 square-foot, two-story commercial building and changing the use from retail and hotel to restaurants and office. When a new development is proposed, the public rights-of-way adjacent to the site are reviewed for sufficiency to accommodate the new development. To accommodate these improvements, it is necessary that a dedication be granted to the City of Long Beach (City) to allow for right-of-way alley widening purposes (Attachment A). The Department of Public Works is asking the City Council to authorize the acceptance of an easement deed to accomplish these purposes.
City staff conducted a review of the affected agencies and there were no objections to the proposed easement. In conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Categorical Exemption No. CE-17-190 was issued June 2016. The Department of Public Works is asking the City Council to accept CEQA, CE-17-190 (Attachment B).
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Vanessa S. Ibarra on September 15, 2022 and by Budget Management Officer Nader Kaamoush on September 16, 2022
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is not time critical.
FISCAL IMPACT
An easement processing fee in the amount of $3,313 was deposited in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities. There is no local job impact associated with this recommend...
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