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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 21, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-285 PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number:4.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Uchenna Udemezue <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Proposed Vacations of Portions of the Public Right-of-Way <br />and Retaining Public Utility Easements on Martinez Street Between West <br />Estudillo Avenue and Thornton Street; and West Estudillo Avenue Between <br />Alvarado Street and Martinez Street <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />A public hearing concerning the matter of the proposed vacation of portions of public <br />right-of-way and reserving public utility easements on Martinez Street between West Estudillo <br />Avenue and Thornton Street and West Estudillo Avenue between Martinez Street and <br />Alvarado Street is scheduled for the July 21, 2014 City Council meeting. <br />Staff recommends adoption of the ordinance ordering the vacation of portions of the public <br />right-of-way and reserving public utility easements on Martinez Street, between West Estudillo <br />Avenue and Thornton Street and West Estudillo Avenue between Martinez Street and <br />Alvarado Street. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Westlake Development Group, L.P (Westlake), on behalf of Chang Income Property <br />Partnership, LP. (Chang), the owner of 1333 Martinez Street, has requested that the City <br />vacate portions of the public right-of-way, as shown on Exhibit A, to accommodate the <br />construction of the proposed Downtown Tech Campus Project. The areas to be vacated are <br />Martinez Street, between Parrott Street and Thornton Street; the westerly half of Martinez <br />Street between West Estudillo Avenue and Parrott Street; and West Estudillo Avenue <br />between Martinez Street and Alvarado Street. Existing utility easements within the vacated <br />areas will be retained. Chang Income Property Partnership, LP currently owns 1333 Martinez <br />Street and has proposed to develop the site for the Downtown Tech Campus. <br />These sections of Martinez Street and West Estudillo Avenue are bounded by the Downtown <br />San Leandro BART Station on the east, Alvarado Street on the west, Davis Street on the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/15/2014