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File #: 18-1591    Name: Vacation of Wilson Avenue Public Road Right-of-Way
In control: Public Works & Planning
On agenda: 4/9/2019 Final action: 4/9/2019
Enactment date: Enactment #: Resolution No. 19-134
Title: 1. Review submission of vacation of public road right-of-way of Wilson Avenue and adopt report of Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning regarding Vacation Application No. V17-05's conformity with the County General Plan as required by Government Code, section 65402, subdivision (a); 2. Initiate a proceeding under Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code, and adopt Resolution of Intention and Notice of Hearing for May 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. for the vacation of Wilson Avenue public road right-of-way, Vacation Application No. V17-05; 3. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to set a hearing by fixing the date, hour, and place of the hearing and cause the posting, publishing, and mailing of notice(s), as required by Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code; and 4. Direct the Department of Public Works and Planning to post notices on site as required by Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code.
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item, 2. Vicinity Map, 3. Exhibit A, 4. Resolution No. 19-134, 5. Additional Information
DATE: April 9, 2019

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning

SUBJECT: Vacation of Wilson Avenue Public Road Right-of-Way
(Vacation Application No. V17-05)(Applicant: Haneborg)

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Review submission of vacation of public road right-of-way of Wilson Avenue and adopt report of Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning regarding Vacation Application No. V17-05's conformity with the County General Plan as required by Government Code, section 65402, subdivision (a);

2. Initiate a proceeding under Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code, and adopt Resolution of Intention and Notice of Hearing for May 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. for the vacation of Wilson Avenue public road right-of-way, Vacation Application No. V17-05;

3. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to set a hearing by fixing the date, hour, and place of the hearing and cause the posting, publishing, and mailing of notice(s), as required by Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code; and

4. Direct the Department of Public Works and Planning to post notices on site as required by Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 9, of the Streets and Highways Code.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will schedule the hearing to consider vacation. The Department of Public Works and Planning has received an application to vacate the public road right-of-way (ROW) of Wilson Avenue from 161.74 feet south of Lansing Way southerly to the end of the maintained road. The subject ROW was dedicated as part of the Forkner Giffen Fig Gardens Subdivision No. 2 in 1919. The applicant owns the parcel that surrounds the east and west side of the road. The Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning reviewed Vacation Application No. V17-05 (Report), compared it to the General Plan, and determined the proposed vacation is consistent and in conformity with the General P...

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