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HomeMy WebLinkAbout(02) A21-02 PwPt.Presentation.Abandonment.Request.PortCITY OF PORT ARTHUR PUBLIC HEARING ABANDONMENT REQUEST A21-02 – PORT OF PORT ARTHUR (Portion of Houston Avenue & 4th Street) Department of Development Services Division of Planning March 16, 2021 REQUEST… City Council is being asked to consider an abandonment request for approximately 1.425-acre portion of the following improved dedicated public street rights-of-way: ➢Houston Avenue 100’x 380’(0.8723-Acre/38,000 SF) ➢Fourth Street 80’x 300’(0.5509-Acre/24,000 SF) BACKGROUND… On November 23, 2020, applicant, Port of Port Arthur, submitted an application for review and acceptance. Utility Entities were contacted, and responses were received and made part of the application packet. A public hearing was scheduled with the Planning and Zoning Commission for February 1, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. Notices were mailed to adjacent property owners within a 200 feet radius, as well as published in the Port Arthur Newspaper on January 16, 2021. The Planning Commission tabled the matter due to one of three commissioners in attendance recusing themselves because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. The Commission reconvened on the item on February 15, 2021, a regularly scheduled meeting, where the Commission voted 3:1 to recommend approval of said request. Real Estate Appraisal was completed on October 21, 2020 and submitted as part of the application packet. PURPOSE… The purpose of the abandonment request is the manage public traffic entering into designated areas owned/controlled by the Port. SURVEYSURVEY… AERIAL Houston Avenue (between 4th Street and Procter Street) and 4th Street (between Houston Avenue and San Antonio), Port Arthur, TX PUBLIC COMMENT… Public Notices were mailed to thirteen (13) property owners within a 200 feet radius of the proposed site and published in the Port Arthur Newspaper on the following dates: January 16, 2021 (P&Z Commission) Written Opposition:0 Verbal Opposition: 0 February 27, 2021 (City Council) Written Opposition: 0 Verbal Opposition: 0 (before public hearing) QUESTIONS?