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GPC24-001; Consideration of a General Plan Conformity Finding concerning the vacation of City-owned Eden Road, Assessor's Parcel Number 42-4530-5-2
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
On March 18, 2024, the City Council authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the sale and transfer of a portion of City-owned Eden Road to an adjacent landowner, KK Eden Properties LLC, which included a paving and a long-term maintenance program to ensure future public access and cost-savings for the City. The MOU was subsequently executed and became effective on March 19, 2024.
Prior to transferring ownership of Eden Road, the City must complete the process for a Street Vacation outlined under California Streets and Highways Code (SHC) Section 8300 to abandon the City's interest in the right-of-way. As part of that process, the Planning Commission is responsible for reviewing the proposal and reporting to the City Council as to its conformity with the General Plan. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution finding that the proposed Street Vacation is in conformity with the General Plan.
BACKGROUND
Eden Road is an existing unimproved roadway located at the western edge of San Leandro which connects to Doolittle Drive. The City's Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), Alco Iron & Metals (a metal recycling company located on the property owned by KK Eden Properties LLC) and an auto wrecking yard currently take access from Eden Road.
According to available records, Eden Road was plotted via a parcel map approximately 70 years ago. When it was created, Eden Road was a privately-owned unimproved access road. The City of San Leandro acquired title to Eden Road approximately 20 years ago, with the intent of incorporating it into the City's road network and paving it using funds from the City of San Leandro Redevelopment Agency that existed at the time. Following the statewide dissolution of Redevelopment agencies in 2012, the funding source...
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