Attachment B - Approval Report 210032.pdf

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
 
 
 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 210032 
 
 
 
   
 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
  
This request will NOT be completed until all the stipulations have been met and this request is 
formally adopted by City Council. It is the APPLICANT’S RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that all 
stipulations are satisfied. Please contact Maggie Dellow at (602) 256-3487 for questions and 
notification of your completion of the stipulations.  
 
Upon completion of the stipulations your request will be scheduled for City Council formal 
approval. You will receive a copy of the abandonment document after it has been recorded with 
Maricopa County. 
 
If the stipulations of abandonment are not completed within two years from the date of your 
conditional approval (your expiration date is June 30, 2023), this request will then expire.  At 
that time a new submittal will be required along with the required payment for the abandonment 
process. A one time, one year extension can be requested prior to the expiration date, with 
applicable extension fee due. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTACHMENT B

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
 
June 30, 2021 
Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 210032 
Project# 16-1529 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: 
East of 19th Avenue at Park Street 
 
 
Applicant:  
Nick Johnson, Sunrise Engineering, Inc 
 
 
Request to abandon:  
All publicly dedicated easements dedicated 
within all tracts and lots 38, 39, 40, 153, 155, 
156, 157, and 158 as shown on the Final Plat 
for “The Courtyards at Madison Ranch”, 
Recorded in Book 973, Page 46, MCR; those 
dedicated within all Tracts as shown on the 
Final Plat for “The Courtyards at Madison 
Ranch”, Recorded in Book 1326, Page 50, 
MCR. 
 
  
Purpose of request:  
The applicant states the Courtyards at 
Madison Ranch Homeowners Association 
engaged Sunrise Engineering Inc. for the 
purposes of correcting the replat of “The 
Courtyards at Madison Ranch”, as recorded 
in Book 1326, Page 50, of Maricopa County 
Records; Located in the southwest quarter of 
Section 31, Township 1 North, Range 3 East, 
of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Phoenix, 
Maricopa County, Arizona. This site is 
undergoing a replat (see PLAT 200582).

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City Staff Comments and Recommendations:  
 
Civil Review – Darren Chapman: 
“Recommend approval.” 
 
PDD Site Planner – Emily Dawson: 
“Recommend approval.” 
 
Traffic – Derek Fancon: 
“Recommend approval.” 
 
Street Transportation Department – Alan Hilty” 
“The final approval of the abandonment shall run concurrently with the new plat.” 
 
Water Services Department – Donald Reynolds: 
“A “Technical Appeal” will be required for approval of water and sewer easements width being 
reduce. 
 
“If parallel City water or sewer mains are to be located in the same easement, the adjusted 
minimum easement width for the overlapping easements shall be the sewer easement width 
plus an additional 7 feet.” This would be 35’ ft. plus 7’ ft. would equal 42’ ft. which the internal

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roadway does not meet. 
 
The entire right of way or public easements shall be retained as a water and sewer easement 
or as may be modified by the affected utilities with 24-hour maintenance access subject to 
the following standard stipulations: 
 
No structure of any kind and/or block wall shall be constructed or placed within the 
easement except removable type fencing and/or paving. No planting except grass 
and/or approved ground cover shall be placed within the easement. It shall be 
further understood that the City of Phoenix shall not be required to replace any 
obstructions, paving or planting that must be removed during the course of required 
maintenance, reconstruction and/or construction. 
 
Solid Waste – Michael Dwyer: 
“Solid Waste approves this abandonment.” 
 
Neighborhood Services Department – Lynda Lee: 
“NSD recommends approval with community consent.” 
 
Village Planner – Enrique Bojorquez: 
“No comments on this abandonment.” 
 
Utility Provider Comments and Recommendations: 
 
SRP – Sherry Wagner: 
“Salt River Project does not approve of all of the abandonments. The north West section has 
facilities and no easements to protect the facilities the northeast and east and southwest and 
south all have SRP easements.” 
 
APS – James Generoso: 
“APS has no objection to the abandonments requested in ABND210032. The subject site is 
outside of APS service territory.” 
 
Cox Communications – Zach Lawson: 
“I have reviewed the abandonment request at ABND 210032 East of 19th Avenue at Park Street 
in Phoenix, {Maricopa County}, AZ.  Based upon the supplied drawings/exhibits that you’ve 
submitted it has been determined that COX has no facilities within the easements and therefore 
we approve your request to abandon.   
 
 
Please note that although Cox Communications approves this abandonment, we do so with the 
understanding that we will not assume any construction, relocation and/or repairs costs 
associated or in result of this abandonment.” 
 
Southwest Gas – Nancy Almanzan: 
“After review, SWG has determined that there are no existing or proposed facilities within the 
area proposed and have no objection to the request as presented. 
Nothing in this is intended or shall be construed to affect, reduce, or diminish any other existing 
property rights or easement SWG may have at this site or within the area affected. SWG retains 
the right to use any other reservations, easements, licenses or other property rights in which it 
may have an interest or that otherwise may be located within the area proposed.”

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Centurylink – Mary Hutton: 
“Qwest Corporation d/b/a CENTURYLINK QC (“CenturyLink”) has reviewed the request for the 
subject vacation and has determined that it has no objections with respect to the areas 
proposed for vacation as shown and/or described on Exhibit “A”, said Exhibit “A” attached 
hereto and incorporated by this reference with the Stipulation that approval of the request by 
CenturyLink will not take effective until the new Replat for the Courtyards at Madison Ranch is 
recorded. 
 
It is the intent and understanding of CenturyLink that this Vacation shall not reduce its rights to 
any other existing easement or rights it has on this site or in the area. 
 
This vacation response is submitted WITH THE STIPULATION that if CenturyLink facilities are 
found and/or damaged within the vacated area as described, the Applicant will bear the cost of 
relocation and repair of said facilities.” 
 
Streets Utility Coordination – Rozanna Brown: 
“The Street Transportation Utility Coordination Section has no comments.” 
 
Stipulations of Conditional Approval 
 
The request of abandonment ABND 210032 is conditionally approved and the following 
stipulations will need to be met:  
 
1. Either a or b shall be complied with: 
 
a. All utilities shall be relocated to locations approved by each affected utility 
company.  All work is to be done by each affected utility company at no expense 
to the affected utility company. An appropriate performance agreement, in an 
approved form and cost amount, must be posted with the Planning and 
Development Department to guarantee the improvements. 
 
b. All right-of-way shall be retained as a public utilities easement with 24-hour vehicle 
maintenance access.  
 
2. The final approval of the abandonment shall run concurrently with PLAT 200582, which 
must provide easements sufficient for all new and existing utility lines and facilities. 
 
3. The abandonment must be completed within two years from the conditional approval 
decision dated June 30, 2021.  
  
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
 
 
 
Signature: ____________________________________________    Date: ________________ 
 
 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Maggie Dellow, Abandonment Coordinator 
 
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Applicant/Representative, Nick Johnson, Sunrise Engineering, Inc. 
 
Christopher DePerro, Team Leader Site Planning 
6/30/21