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I" CITY OF F- IVEF,SII)E City Council Memorandum City QfArts &,Innovation TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 4, 2011 FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: 23 PLANNING DIVISION WARD: 3 SUBJECT: PLANNING CASE P11 -0351 — PROPOSAL TO SUMMARILY VACATE AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE -FOOT BY 132 -FOOT PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY BETWEEN 6362 AND 6368 SAN DIEGO AVENUE ISSUE: This proposal is a request by the City of Riverside Public Works Department to summarily vacate an approximately five -foot wide by 132 -foot long pedestrian walkway. The pedestrian walkway is located between 6362 and 6368 San Diego Avenue, on the easterly side of the street between Central Avenue and Nelson Street. RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council: Approve Planning Case P11 -0351 to summarily vacate the approximately 660 square feet of excess public right -of -way (currently improved as a pedestrian walkway) and authorize the preparation of a Certificate of Compliance to incorporate the vacated area into the property at 6362 San Diego Avenue; 2. Adopt the attached Summary Vacation Resolution (Exhibit 5); and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute quitclaim deeds as necessary. BACKGROUND This proposal is a request to summarily vacate an approximately five -foot wide by 132 -foot long pedestrian walkway. The summary vacation is needed given that the pedestrian walkway extends only to the rear property line of the subject lots at 6362 and 6368 San Diego Avenue, and is technically a dead -end walkway that does not serve as a connection to any other right - of -way areas. This situation exists because the lots immediately to the east of the area to be vacated, addressed 6359 and 6363 Coby Court, do not include an extension of this walkway along their shared interior property lines. Instead, a drainage ditch within a five -foot wide utility easement exists between the two properties on Coby Court (Exhibit 4). Currently, residents of the area use both the existing walkway and the unimproved storm drain easement to walk between San Diego Avenue and Coby Court as a shortcut to access commercial uses in close proximity to the neighborhood. Residents of the area have reported that loitering and other suspicious activities occur in the subject area. As an example, the residents have had to 23 -1