Attachment B - Approval Report ABND 250017.pdf

City of Phoenix — Formal (2025-12-17)

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Planning and Development Department  
 
 
 
 
 
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL – ABND 250017  
 
 
 
 
 
Your abandonment request was granted CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.  
  
This request will NOT be completed until it is formally adopted by City Council. Please contact the 
Abandonment Coordinator at (602) 262-7403 for questions regarding this report.  
 
Upon verification of the legal description from our GIS Mapping Section, your request will be 
scheduled for City Council formal approval. You will receive a copy of the resolution from the City 
Clerk after Council adoption. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment B

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Planning and Development Department  
 
July 3, 2025 
Consolidated Abandonment Staff Report: ABND 250017 
Project# 00-1527 
District: 7 
 
 
 
Location: 
 
 
 
 
 
27 West Madison Street 
  
Applicant:  
 
 
 
 
 
Snell & Wilmer, LLP / Nick Wood 
 
 
Request:  
 
 
 
 
 
To abandon an ingress/egress easement 
located within the surface parking lot of 27 
West Madison Street. 
 
  
Purpose of request:  
 
 
 
The applicant states that the existing 
easement is no longer warranted for the 
future development of the site.

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City Staff Comments: 
  
PDD Civil Reviewer – John Lanoue 
Recommend approval.  
 
Water Services Dept – Donald Reynolds 
WSD has NO stipulations for this Easement Abandonment. 
 
Site Planning – Dru Maynus 
Recommend approval.  
 
Traffic – Derek Fancon 
Recommend approval.  
 
Streetlights – Jason Fernando 
Recommend approval.  
 
Street Transportation Utility Coordination Department– Andrea Diaz 
Has no comments.

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Utility Comments 
The request was also routed to outside utility companies for their input. Listed below are the 
responses from each utility. 
 
Cox – Zach Lawson 
Cox’s has reviewed the proposed abandonment request for the ingress/egress easement. While 
Cox does not have facilities in the area, we do have major facilities in other areas in close 
proximity. 
 
Based on the supplied drawings/exhibit that you’ve submitted it has been determined that COX 
will allow easement abandonment. 
 
Southwest Gas – Susan R. Mulanax 
After reviewing the plans for the above-referenced project, it has been determined that there are 
no apparent conflicts between the Southwest Gas system and your proposed abandonment of 
the public utility easement. Southwest Gas would like to recommend abandonment of the public 
utility easement located at the above-referenced location. 
 
Thank you for your cooperation on this project. Please contact me if you have any questions or 
require additional information. 
 
Arizona Public Service – Brian Parr 
Recommend approval.  
 
CenturyLink – Jody Butte 
Qwest Corporation. d/b/a CENTURYLINK QC (“CenturyLink”) has reviewed the request. 
Centurylink Engineering has No Reservations with this request. 
 
It is the intent and understanding of Centurylink that this Encroachment shall not reduce our 
rights to any other existing easement or rights we have on this site or in the area. 
 
This encroachment response is submitted WITH THE STIPULATION that if Centurylink facilities 
area found and/or damaged within the abandonment area as described, the Applicant will bear 
the cost of relocation and repair of said facilities.  
 
If you have any questions please contact Jody Butte, 727-449-3544 bill.paul@umen.com.   
 
Salt River Project – Michael Laguna 
Salt River Project has no objection to the abandonment of the ingress/egress easement as 
shown and described in the abandonment package. 
 
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact me at 602-236-3116.

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The request of abandonment ABND 250017 is conditionally approved and will be 
forwarded to City Council for formal adoption and recordation. 
This conditional approval has been reviewed and approved. 
Signature: ____________________________________________    Date: _7.7.25________ 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Dru Maynus, Abandonment Coordinator. 
cc: 
Applicant/Representative, Snell & Wilmer, LLP 
Applicant/Representative, Nick Wood 
Major Site Plan Review Supervisor, Aracely Herrera 
Principal Planner, Craig Messer