City Council

D. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 26-11 DECLARING THE CITY OF SAN\nGABRIEL’S INTENTION TO VACATE AN UNUSED SIDEWALK AREA ALONG\nTHE FRONTAGE OF 261 SOUTH MISSION DRIVE, RESERVING A PARKWAY\nDRAIN EASEMENT, AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC\nHEARING FOR ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN OR OBJECTING THE\nPROPOSED VACATION\nParcel A adjacent to 261 South Mission Drive has long contained private\nimprovements, with alterations first approved at the June 4, 1996, City Council\nmeeting using a revocable license agreement. Approval was reaffirmed with\nnew ownership at the May 6, 2003, City Council meeting, which was then\ndocumented with an executed encroachment agreement and recorded in Los\nAngeles County Official Records. The agreement-term was only coextensive\nwith the operation of the restaurant, which closed in approximately 2014. The\nCity granted a temporary encroachment permit-covenant and agreement on\nSeptember 23, 2025, to the current property owner to facilitate tenant\nimprovements, remodeling and renovations. Based upon conversations with\nthe owner, and no apparent benefit to the public of the City maintaining\nownership of the encroachment area, City staff analyzed and evaluated possible\nabandonment of Parcel A.\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determination: Not a Project as\ndefined in Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines.\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-11 declaring\nits intention to vacate Parcel A, an unused sidewalk area located along the\nfrontage of 261 South Mission Drive pursuant to Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 3 of\nthe California Streets and Highways Code, reserving a parkway drain easement,\nand fixing the time and place for hearing all persons interested in or objecting\nto the proposed vacation on June 2, 2026 at 425 South Mission Drive.