HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 08 - Cannon Street AbandonmentMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: • - •
MEETING DATE: APRIL 15, 2014
SUBJECT: CANNON STREET ABANDONMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning Cannon Street between Austin
Street and Ruth Street contingent upon future approval of a Conditional Use Application
for Faith Christian school, and take any necessary action.
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Faith Christian School is preparing final plans for a campus wide expansion program
including the main building on Worth Street, the football stadium, new parking facilities
on the west side bordering Austin Street and internal traffic circulation on the south side
of the Worth Street complex.
To implement this program, Cannon Street will be closed and access from Austin Street
will be eliminated. Access from Ruth Street will remain to serve a parking area and
circular drop off area. By removing the west segment of Cannon Street, the campus will
have an uninterrupted pedestrian traffic flow from the buildings to the stadium and
ultimately to the high school on Dallas Road via a tunnel beneath the railroad.
The abandonment is contingent upon the City Council approving a conditional use
permit for the main campus and the high school campus to be submitted for
consideration at a later date.
Staff recommends approval.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING
CANNON STREET BETWEEN AUSTIN STREETAND RUTH
STREET IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
CONTINGENT UPON FUTURE FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
SITE PLAN APPROVAL BY THE CITY; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Faith Christian School has requested the City to abandon and vacate
Cannon Street between Austin Street and Ruth Street; and
WHEREAS, expansion plans for Faith Christian School depend upon this
abandonment to allow incorporation of the street into the overall site plan for the campus to
be considered for approval by the City at some future date; and
WHEREAS, the street will not be needed for public street use and will not be
needed in the future for public street use if utilized and incorporated into the Faith Christian
School site plan; and
WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said street will relieve the City of
Grapevine, Texas from the cost and expense of maintaining said property.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That subject to the following conditions, Cannon Street between Austin
Street and Ruth Street, depicted in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and incorporated herein
for all purposes, is hereby authorized to be abandoned and vacated for public use. The
abandonment is wholly contingent upon City approval of a zoning case to be filed by Faith
Christian School which includes and incorporates this portion of Cannon Street into the site
plan. If for any reason, such a site plan is not approved by the City Council, then this
authorization shall be of no force or effect.
Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall
be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. That the fact that the right of way is no longer needed by the public for
public usage and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of Grapevine to keep
open and maintain such right of way creates an urgency and an emergency for the
immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare which requires that
this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and it is accordingly
so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of April, 2014.
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ATTEST:
ORD. NO. 2
State of Texas
County of Tarrant
Before me, Anne Baker, Notary Public on this day personally appeared
known to me to be the
persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this day of
Notary Signature
My Commission Expires:
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