Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Right-of-Way Abandonment of a Portion of Rockhill Road and Graves Street, Located East of Graves Street and South of Lee Street, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: May 15, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
CONTACT: Matt Richardson, P.E., Development Engineering Manager
Gary Graham, P.E., Director of Engineering
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Staff recommends approval of the proposed right-of-way abandonment.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• Staff received a request to abandon a portion of Rockhill Road and Graves Street located east of Graves Street and south of Lee Street.
• The right-of-way consists of a triangular shaped right-of-way containing approximately 0.294 acres.
• The right-of-way contains drainage and overhead utility facilities.
• A roadway formerly existed within the right-of-way but was relocated to a new alignment with the construction of the adjacent Vintage Place subdivision.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• An application and supporting documentation for the requested abandonment were submitted on January 18, 2018.
• The requested abandonment was heard by City Council on April 19, 2018. It was tabled at that meeting to allow time for additional property owners to participate in the abandonment.
• Additional documentation was received on April 27, 2018. This included a signed petition from an additional property owner and new surveys describing an increased abandonment area.
• All owners adjacent to the right-of-way have signed a petition requesting the abandonment.
• Public hearing notices were sent to all property owners within 200 feet of the requested abandonment.
• Surface drainage facilities and overhead utilities operate within the right-of-way; a drainage and utility easement is proposed to be retained over the entirety of the abandoned right-of-way.
• Exhibits for each tract to be claimed by the adjoining property owners are included with this agenda item for informational purposes. Quitclaim deeds waiving the City’s claim to each tract will be executed and filed with the County Clerk following approval of this item.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A