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Summary Abandonment of a portion of City Property - Request authorization to adopt Resolution No. 2025-61 ordering the summary vacation and abandonment of City owned excess property along the south side of the Mill Creek Trail between Demaree Street and Main Street.
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Prepared by:
Jason Huckleberry, Director of Eng & Building, jason.huckleberry@visalia.city , (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends that City Council authorize the adoption of Resolution No. 2025-61 ordering the summary vacation and abandonment of City owned excess property along Mill Creek trail between Demaree Street and Main Street.
Summary:
The owner of the properties along the south side of Mill Creek, between Demaree Street and Main Street, has requested the abandonment of a portion of City owned property that had previously been donated by them to the City for trail purposes.
The trail along Mill Creek, adjacent to this area, was constructed in 2006 and serves the public, however the adjacent property owners are experiencing a multitude of issues related to trespassing from the trail onto the commercial properties. This has resulted in a concern for safety as well as extensive cleaning up of trash and debris on the property. In order to prevent this from continuing, the owners desire to build a fence along the south side of the existing trail. The location of the fence is intended to be adjacent to the existing City trail, allowing for minimal opportunity for the collection of trash and debris between the fence and asphalt path in order to minimize maintenance by City staff. The proposed location of the fence is not on thee existing property line and would lie within the area previously donated by the adjacent property owners. The area between the proposed fence and existing property line is the area being proposed for abandonment at this time.
The fence location will offer no impedance to public use of the existing trail and will m...
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