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Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention to vacate the westerly 613 feet of Sixty-Eighth Street west of Paramount Boulevard, authorize the acceptance of the dedication of additional street area for a cul-de-sac, and set a date for a public hearing on the vacation for Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at 5:00 P.M. (District 9)
DISCUSSION
The westerly 613 feet of Sixty-Eighth Street is bounded on the north and south by Bel-Art Waste Transfer Station owned by Consolidated Disposal Services (CDS), and terminates (dead-ends) at the boundary of the Union Pacific rail right-of-way. In 1998, CDS received approval for the improvement of their facility, and in February of 2007 they received permission to install a 20,000-galion liquefied natural gas tank to supply their fleet of 30 LNG-powered refuse collection vehicles.
As a condition of approval for development, CDS was given the choice of either widening Sixty-Eighth Street to current street standards or obtaining a vacation of that right-of-way.
In pursuance of the street vacation, CDS constructed a standard cul-de-sac at the proposed new terminus of Sixty-Eighth Street. As the westerly 613 feet of street is not needed for access to any other property and the cul-de-sac has been satisfactorily constructed, it is proposed that the westerly 613 feet of this street now be vacated, as shown on Exhibit A.
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. The Department of Public Works supports this action based on the following evidence, facts, conditions and findings, establishing that the dedicated right-of-way to be vacated is unnecessary for present or prospective public use:
1. On August 16, 1998, the City of Long Beach Planning Commiss...
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