The development or redevelopment of property within the City of Allen often requires the platting or replatting of land that is subject to public utility, drainage, fire lane, mutual access, and/or other easements that have been conveyed and/or dedicated to the City by plat or separate instrument. From time to time, the location of such easements interfere or conflict with the proposed design or redesign of such property, which requires abandonment of all or part of the existing easements for the development to proceed.
The current process is to bring each individual abandonment to City Council for approval. Approval of this proposed Resolution would expedite the process and allow the City Manager to execute abandonments under certain conditions.