Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Right-of-Way Abandonment of a Portion of an Unnamed Alley Located South of Louisiana Street and North of Cloyd Street, Approximately 100 Feet East of Chestnut Street, being Part of the Wilcox Subdivision, and Accompanying Ordinance (22-0002RW)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: December 6, 2022
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 an unnamed alley located on the south of Louisiana Street and north of Cloyd Street, approximately 100 feet east of Chestnut Street.
• The right-of-way consists of an area 20 feet wide extending from Louisiana Street to 97 feet south, and containing approximately 0.0444 acres.
• A variable width Access, Utility, & Drainage Easement is retained by the City of McKinney over the entirety of the vacated right-of-way.
• Public hearing notices were sent to all property owners within 200 feet of the requested abandonment, and a legal notice was published in the McKinney Courier-Gazette. As of November 16, 2022, staff has received no comments in support of or opposition to this request.
• All owners adjacent to the right-of-way have signed a petition supporting the requested abandonment.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• An application and supporting documentation for the requested abandonment were submitted on January 20, 2022.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A