Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Right-of-Way Abandonment of an Unnamed Alley Located South of First Street and North of Pearson Avenue, Approximately 130 Feet East of Waddill Street, Being Part of the College Addition, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: May 16, 2023
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 south of First Street and north of Pearson Avenue, approximately 130 feet east of Waddill Street.
• The right-of-way consists of an area 15 feet wide extending from First Street to 343 feet south and containing approximately 0.167 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 May 3, 2023, 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 November 25, 2022.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A