DATE: March 1, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Bernard Jimenez, Interim Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider Dissolving Zone CA of County Service Area No. 35 and Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider Vacating W. Melrose Avenue Public Road Right-of-Way (Vacation Application No. V14-01)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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1. Accept certified voter count on file with the Clerk to the Board, dated January 25, 2016, provided by the Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters, showing that there are zero registered voters residing in Zone CA of County Service Area No. 35.
2. Conduct public protest hearing to consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed dissolution of Zone CA of County Service Area No. 35.
3. Close the public protest hearing and direct the Clerk to the Board to tabulate timely-submitted written objections to the dissolution of Zone CA of County Service Area No. 35; and, depending on the circumstances, approve action item A or B:
A. If more than 50 percent of the property owners who own more than 50 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in Zone CA have filed written objections to the dissolution, abandon these dissolution proceedings, as well as the vacation proceeding.
B. If no majority protest exists as described in action 3A, adopt Resolution approving dissolution of Zone CA and terminating assessments on real property for road maintenance.
4. If there is no majority protest in the dissolution hearing, adopt required findings and a Resolution approving the vacation of public road Right-of-Way of W. Melrose Avenue from Cornelia Avenue westerly approximately 1020 feet to the end of the cul-de-sac. The Board finds that:
A. The vacation is determined to meet the criteria for general vacation, pursuant to Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 3 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
B. The right-of-way is not useful as a non-mo...
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