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MEETING DATE: 12/16/14
ITEM NO: 12
ADDENDUM
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DECEMBER 12, 2014
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
GREG LARSON, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THE SUMMARY VACATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 0.70 ACRES OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT
ON AZTEC RIDGE DRIVE, EASTERLY OF MAYA WAY, FRONTING 16348
AZTEC RIDGE DRIVE AND RETAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND A PUBLIC
SERVICE EASEMENT FOR EXISTING UTILITIES
REMARKS:
After the staff report was prepared for distribution, additional correspondence (Attachment 3)
was received.
Attachments 1 -2 (Previously Received with Staff Report on December 11 2014)•
1. Resolution to vacate a portion of public right of way easement.
2. Letter from adjacent property owner.
Attachment (Received with this Addendum):
3. Communication received Friday, December 12, 2014 from Kevin and Shannon Scott.
PREPARED BY: MATT MORLEY 171/ / `�
Director of Parks and Public Works
Reviewed by: Assistant Town Manager N.1A. Town Attorney
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From: Kevin Scott [kevin.scott@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 12:29 PM
To: BSpector
Cc: Shannon Hunt -Scott
Subject:
Dear Vice Mayor Spector:
My wife Shannon and I are the applicants for the summary vacation of a dead end part of Aztec Ridge Dr, listed
as item 12 on the Consent Calendar for your December 16 hearing. I am reaching out to you now in case you
have any questions about this request.
We purchased 16348 Aztec Ridge Drive earlier this year, planning to make it home for us and our two young
children for the long term. We hope to move in sometime in the Spring after completion of some interior
work. Our children are already attending Los Gatos schools. I am an executive at LinkedIn in Mountain View,
and my wife is President of a philanthropic, non -profit foundation focusing on childhood education and hunger
issues.
When we were initially looking at 16348 Aztec Ridge Dr, we had some concerns. We found out during
disclosures that the dead end driveway through the middle of our property was legally a public road. Even
though there had been a permitted gate near the entry to our property since 1983, prior owners had been
involved in a long running dispute with a neighbor about use of the road/driveway. We were concerned about
our children's safety if our driveway ever became a public road, and of course we did not want to be involved in
a dispute with our new neighbors.
We are pleased to say that after discussions, we have been able to resolve the dispute with our neighbors, the
Scrantons, and they agreed to support the street vacation. We then applied to the Town to complete the street
vacation process, and that is what will be before you next Tuesday. Town staff has been very helpful in our
discussions with our neighbors, and overall in getting us to this point for a final resolution.
We have reached out to all our adjacent neighbors and have no indication that any of them opposes this
action. Many just assumed that the segment of street we are requesting to be abandoned is what it appears to
be: a private driveway.
If you have any questions or concerns about this proposed street vacation, I would welcome a chance to speak
with you in advance of the hearing. Please give me a call at 408 - 807 -9494, or send me an e -mail
at kevin.scott(o)pmail.com
In any event, my attorney and I will be at the hearing Tuesday in case this matter is taken off the consent
calendar.
Thanks for your consideration.
Best,
-Kevin & Shannon Scott
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