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Home My WebLink About7656RESOLUTION NO. 7656 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE EAST -WEST ALLEY BETWEEN 117-129 EAST HUNTINGTON DRIVE AND 124-134WHEELER AVENUE, SETTINGA PUBLIC HEARING DATE RELATIVE THERETO, TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND RESERVE A PUBLIC ACCESS AND AIR SPACE EASEMENT OVER IT; AND APPROVING A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ("CEQA") THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. On August 18, 2020, the City Council of the City of Arcadia approved Resolution No. 7331, approving Minor use Permit No. MUP 20-04, Major Administrative Modification No. AM 20-11, Architectural Design Review No. ADR 18- 05, Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. TTM 19-01 (82734) and a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the mixed -use development known as "Huntington Plaza" which includes two separate buildings that encompasses two areas comprising of ten (10) lots: one fronting 1 17-129 East Huntington Drive and the other at 124-134 Wheeler Avenue. The development includes 139 residential units, approximately 10,200 square feet of ground -floor commercial space, and both surface and subterranean parking, and a condition of approval to request a vacation of a portion of the public alley, as more specifically described and shown in Exhibits "A" and "B" attached hereto. 1 SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Arcadia does hereby determine that the proposed right-of-way vacation of a portion of the alley, as described and shown in said Exhibits, is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Local CEQA Guidelines Section 15305(a), which exempts minor alterations in land use limitations, including minor street and alley vacations that do not result in any changes in land use or density. SECTION 3. As part of the "Huntington Plaza" Development, the Developer was required to relocate the sewer line out of the portion of the alley to be vacated, that serves the existing Office Buildings at 117 and 129 East Huntington Drive, as described and shown on said Exhibits. A new sewer line has now been installed in a new location to replace the old sewer line, and the old sewer has now been abandoned within the said alley to be vacated. SECTION 4. Also, as part of the "Huntington Plaza" Development, the Developer was required to coordinate with the Utility Companies to relocate all the public utilities out of the portion of the alley to be vacated, as described and shown in said Exhibits. All utilities have now been relocated out of the said alley to be vacated. SECTION 5. Pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code, all utility companies were contacted on September 9, 2025, and given 30 days to respond if they have 2 facilities within the portion of the alley to be vacated or require any reservations or exceptions of easements to be retained. SECTION 6. Pursuant to and in accordance with provisions of Chapters 3 and 5 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California (Streets and Highways Code Section 8300, et seq.), the City Council of the City of Arcadia does hereby declare its intention to vacate and abandon a portion of the alley as described and shown in said Exhibits. SECTION 7. Pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code Section 8340 and 8341, the City Council of the City of Arcadia finds that the public convenience and necessity require the reservation and exception of a public access and air -space easement from the vacation over the entire alley as described and shown in said Exhibits. SECTION 8. Notice is hereby given that at the hours of 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, on the 18th day of November, 2025, in the Council Chambers of Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, a public hearing will be held by the City Council, at which time any and all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed vacation and abandonment may appear and be heard. SECTION 9. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a copy of this Resolution to be posted in accordance with Resolution No. 7483, and to post the notice of public 3 hearing stating the date, hour, and place of hearing for at least two successive weeks prior to the hearing. SECTION 10. The City Clerk is also hereby directed to file said Exhibits in the City Clerk's office where the same may be examined by any and all persons desiring to do so. SECTION 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Passed, approved and adopted this 7th day of October, 2025. Mayor of the City of Arcadia ATTEST: ( la� City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Michael J. Maurer City Attorney M STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, LINDA RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 7656 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 7th day of October, 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Cao, Cheng, Fu, Wang, and Kwan NOES: None ABSENT: None City Clerk of the C of Arcadia EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALLEY VACATION & RESERVING A SURFACE & AIR SPACE EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS PURPOSES THAT PORTION OF ALLEY, IN BLOCK 75 OF MAP OF PART OF ARCADIA SANTA ANITA TRACT, IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 15, PAGES 89 AND 90, OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 5, BLOCK 75 OF SAID MAP, THENCE; S89059'29"E 190.20 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EASTERLY 10.00 FEET OF LOT 8 OF SAID BLOCK, THENCE; NORTHERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY PROLONGATION OF SAID EASTERLY 10.00 FEET N00008'45"E 20.00 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID ALLEY, THENCE; WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID ALLEY N89059'29"W 190.15 TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID ALLEY AND THE LINE OF NORTHERLY PROLONGATION OF WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 5 OF SAID BLOCK 75, THENCE; SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID PROLONGATION LINE S00004'28"W 20.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 3,804 SQUARE FEET. SCALE: DATE: NA 08/13/2 DRAWN 8Y: kvl SCRIVENER: kvl PLAT PREPARED BY: PREPARED BY ME OR UNDER MY DIRECTION ON: AUGUST 18. 2025 _ 6 ---------------- YOON LAI PLS 8886 JN: 2025-2509 CaliLand Enaineerina, Inc. Civil Engineers + Land Surveyors + Land Planners 228 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, ARCADIA CA 91006 Phone: (626)281-2288 Fax: (626)281-2088 Visit us at: www.CaliLand.net apt LA NND s GvGi� O0 N � 4 GAL a PLS 8886 ;:0 s�gTF �� 113-129 HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA, CA 91006 PAGE 1 OF 1 EXHIBIT B PLAT MAP ALLEY VACATION & RESERVING A SURFACE & AIR SPACE EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS PURPOSES I \ WHEELER N89'59'50'W _ �— FORMERLY WlLLNLIT MEET 465.10''ti 72.37' 1 I N89'59'50'1Y /—N'LY LINE OF LOTS 25-30 AND 33, Rt I 440 73' L 145.14 6.05' .05' A5' S0.05 56. 4' -- 45. 3k J�Sg 30' c }y a W nol o w 6.7 �1B\" c� Z I$ o 0 0 c o o N I ml n n o 9 I,� g o z y I 1< 19 o� s 8 8 8 � g Io N89'59'29'W i = zz d V 30' 145.22' 46.2L11L 190.15' CAIN89'59'29V - PUBLIC ALLEY asss �� — p — sD.oT ff _ _ ALL VACATION BY THIS DOCUMENT 80.23' — _ — PUBLIC ALLEY 95-11F30' 190.20' C.L. OF ALLEY iv N89'59'29'W NE'LY COR. OF LOT 4 & + $I NW'LY COR. OF LOT 5, R1 ml e 'I v1 g o o a ; � wa rri ue � WI lap id n W IW W glNI gl c $ c �~ a $ o c N89'59'OB'W 190.28' I$ $ gl SE'LY COR. OF LOT 4 & zI Z NORTH LINE OF D2. $ 'z SW'LY COR. OF LOT 3, R1 �50.00' 4L50_OD �5_00' 0 FI �'�— n2 195.00' _ 50.30. � 50.00' 50.00' ki N89'59'081V o STY LINE OF LOTS 1. 4 THROUGH 16. R1 c HUNTINGTON n DRIVE 950.22' N89'59 08 5° i — — — — — — —rt _ — — — . LANp �'p*N sG BASIS OF BEARINGS PREPARED BY ME ��i 13014 [q �L THE BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON ARE BASED ON THE OR UNDER MY DIRECTION O BEARING N89'59'53"W OF THE CENTERLINE OF SANTA CLARA STREET AS SHOWN ON PARCEL MAP NO. 10724, ON: _ AUC_13, 2025 -- cl- PLS 8886 ;:a RECORDED IN BOOK 111, PAGES 13-14 OF MAPS, # RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. REFERENCES: ---------------- F OF CAIL.\1 R1: BLOCK 75 OF MAP OF PART OF ARCADIA YOON LAI PLS 8886 SANTA ANITA TRACT M.R. 15/89-90 SCALE: DATE: PLAT PREPARED BY: JN: 2025-2509 1 "=80' 08/13/25 ALLEY VACATION DRAWN BY: CaliLand Engineering, Inc. kvd 113-129 HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA, CA 91006 Civil Engineers + Land Surveyors + Land Planners SCRIVENER: kvl 228 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, ARCADIA CA 91006 Phone: (626)281-2288 Fax: (626)281-2088 - Visit us at: www.CaliLand.net PAGE 1 OF 1