Vacations - Easements, Reserves, Streets, Walkways - 1979-1981 pt1

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CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT ON VACATION OF WEST ESTUDILLO AVENUE AND WEST JOAQUIN AVENUE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AVENUE AND HAYS STREET, AND A PORTION OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AT EAST FOURTEENTH STREET To: City Council 1. The following plat and description are incorporated as part of this report: Drawing 299, Case 1601 Description No. LD 80-8 2. The affected streets, West Estudillo Ave., West Joaquin Ave. and Washington Ave., are shown on the map of the Town of San Leandro, filed February 27, 1855, in Book 2 of Maps, at page 43, and Recorded by Order of the Board of Supervisors on June 14, 1870, in Book 1 of Maps, at page 19, Alameda County Records. 3. These vacations are proposed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro as part of its plan for redevelopment of Blocks B, C and D as shown on the attached plat. 4. Background a. On Feb. 7, 1966, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 66-10 estab- lishing Official Plan Lines for widening of Callan Ave. -Huff Ave.- Estudillo Ave. The purpose of this widening was to provide a connection between Estudillo Ave. and Callan Ave. that would tend to divert traffic from the Estudillo Ave./West Estudillo Ave. corri- dor to the Callan Ave./Davis St. corridor. The connection would also allow the elimination of the "dog leg" traffic movement on East 14th St. between Estudillo Ave. and Davis St. b. In May, 1971 the General Plan was amended to show the Callan-Huff- Estudillo connection, and the General Plan does not designate the subject segments of West Estudillo, West Joaquin, or Washington Avenues as Major Streets. c. The first proposal to vacate the subject streets came before the City's Redevelopment Agency in November, 1974. d. The extensive "Traffic Study, Plaza I, Redevelopment Project," dated June 20, 1975, (revised July 11, 1975) analyzed the effects of the closure of the subject streets and the traffic projections and improvement recommendations contained in the 1967 Wilbur Smith Report. The conclusion of this study was that the increase in traffic capacity from the proposed redevelopment project street improve- ments would adequately compensate for both the closure of the subject streets and the increase in traffic generated from the project.