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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Appropriations <br />Agenda Date Requested: December 10, 2018 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br /> <br />Requested By: Ian Clowes, City Planner <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Account Number: N/A <br />Department: Planning and Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report: __ __Resolution: _____Ordinance: _X___ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibits: Ordinance <br /> <br /> Deed <br />Budgeted Item: N/A <br /> Appraisal Summary <br /> <br /> Area Map <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />The City has received and processed an application from Mr. Walter Johnson to vacate, abandon and close a <br />portion of the Crescent Dr. ROW, adjacent to the property located 1923 Crescent Shore Dr., legally <br />described as Lots 1 & 2, Block 2, Tract 13, Crescent Shores. Total area of the requested closure equals 2,776.5 <br />square feet. The applicant is seeking to purchase the ROW in order to add to his current lot square footage and <br />relieve the city of unnecessary ROW. that an existing sewer line <br />runs through the proposed closure. The applicant has agreed to allow the city to retain an easement for the <br />existing sewer line. If approved, the deed will not be finalized and money released from escrow until the <br />easement has been signed by both parties and recorded. Letters of no objection to the proposed ROW closure <br />have been received by all three franchised utility companies (Comcast, AT&T, and Centerpoint). <br />In accordance with Sections 62-he subject alley has been <br />obtained by the City in order to establish fair market value. The appraisal report has established a value of just <br />under $1.00 per square foot for the subject right-of-way. Closing fees in the amount of $2,700 have been paid by <br />the applicant and placed in escrow pending final consideration and action by Council. <br />Action Required by Council: <br />Consider approval of an ordinance or other action vacating, abandoning, and closing a portion of the Crescent Dr. <br />ROW, adjacent to Lots 1 & 2, Block 2, Tract 13, Crescent Shores, and authorize the City Manager to execute a <br />deed to the applicant for the subject ROW. <br />Approved for City Council Agenda <br />_______________________________ _______________________ <br />Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date <br /> <br />