RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION VACATING THE NORTHERLY 124-FEET OF NEW STREET RIGHT OF WAY WHEREAS, in 1998 the City of Salinas acquired the Salinas Amtrak Train Station and surrounding property through the former Redevelopment Agency; and WHEREAS, in February 2017 the City of Salinas and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the redevelopment of the area surrounding the Salinas Intermodal Transit Center (ITC) (formerly the Salinas Trans Station) into a transit facility to accommodate new commuter passenger rail service outside the region in support of the Monterey County Rail Extension Project (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, TAMC, as the lead agency, is responsible for the funding, planning applicable state and federal environmental review, design right-of-way acquisition and construction of the Project; and WHEREAS, in March 2021, TAMC completed Package 1 improvement of the Project which included construction of two new parking lots, extension of Lincoln Avenue to Station Place, signal improvements at Lincoln Avenue and West Market Street and construction of bus turnaround facility with five bays; and WHEREAS, Package 2 of the Project will construct a new layover facility consisting of six new yard tracks, a storage building, crew base building, on-site parking lot, site improvements and street improvements along New Street; and WHEREAS, in order for Package 2 to move forward, the northerly 124-feet of the New Street right of way need to be vacated. Vacation of a total of 6,200 square feet of right of way will transfer ownership and maintenance responsibility to the adjoining properties owned by TAMC; and WHEREAS, noticing of the proposed street vacation has been completed in accordance with state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council approves vacating the northerly 124-feet of New Street right of way as shown on the New Street Vacation Plat and Legal Description attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of October, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
Exhibit A: New Street Vacation Plat and Legal Description Page | 2