City Council

9G.\nAPPROVAL OF SUMMARY PUBLIC VACATION OF ALLEYWAY LOCATED NEAR\nCHESTNUT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF STANTON\nOn July 29, 2025, Travis Nicholson of TTS Engineering, Inc. submitted a request to the\nCity for vacation of the City’s property rights to use a 15-foot-wide alleyway located\nbetween Chestnut Avenue and another alleyway. The City Council may vacate these\nrights pursuant to the State Streets & Highways Code by considering and adopting a\nresolution of vacation when an excess right-of-way of a street or highway, including\nalleyways, is not required for street or highway purposes. City staff has reviewed the\nrequest and determined that a summary vacation of the City’s rights in the alleyway is\nappropriate.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\n1. City Council declare this project is categorically exempt under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), Section 15061(b)(3) (“common sense\nexemption”) CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a\nsignificant effect on the environment; and\n2. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-04 summarily vacating the City’s property interest in an\nalleyway located near Chestnut Avenue, entitled:\n“A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STANTON,\nCALIFORNIA, VACATING A PORTION OF A PUBLIC ALLEY LOCATED\nNEAR CHESTNUT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF STANTON, PURSUANT\nTO STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE SECTIONS 8300 ET SEQ.”.