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Committee recommends Council approve conveyance of remnant Hope Drive right‑of‑way to Ward Plaza developer with easements and green‑space deed restriction
Summary
The committee recommended City Council approve vacating and conveying a 0.22‑acre remnant of Hope Drive to the Ward Plaza redevelopment developer, subject to retained public utility easements, minor subdivision and a deed restriction preserving the land as green space. The parcel contains existing underground utilities and will relieve the c
The committee recommended that City Council approve vacating and conveying an approximately 0.22‑acre remnant of Hope Drive to the Ward Plaza redevelopment project, subject to retaining necessary public utility easements, administrative subdivision and a deed restriction preserving the land as green space.
Planning staff described the remnant as excess right‑of‑way left after Hope Drive was realigned; it lies along the north side of Hope Drive between Valor Drive and Valley Avenue. The parcel contains multiple buried utilities (sanitary sewer, water and buried SVEC electrical lines), so staff said the conveyance would be conditioned on retaining easements and administrative approval of the required minor subdivision/consolidation plan.
A developer‑provided site plan shows the land as a potential green‑space amenity contiguous with the townhome portion of the Ward Plaza redevelopment. Wells Fargo, an adjacent property owner, had previously indicated no interest in acquiring the small remnant. Committee members asked whether the deed conveying the land could include explicit language preserving it as green space; staff and the city attorney's office are preparing deed language to that effect. The committee voted to forward the ordinance to Council recommending approval with the conditions listed in the staff motion.
