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VACATION OF A PORTION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AT 2156 MYRAN DRIVE
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SEUNG YANG, P.E., CITY ENGINEER, (714) 754-5633
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution 2023-xx for the vacation of a portion of a City public utility easement at 2156 Myran Drive.
2. Authorize the execution of the Quitclaim Deed by the Mayor and the City Clerk.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
The proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a "project" under Section 15378(b)(5) of CEQA Guidelines. Even if considered a project, it would be categorically exempt under Class 1, section 15301 (Existing Facilities), and/or Class 32, section 15332 (Infill Development).
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BACKGROUND:
At the request of the property owner at 2156 Myran Drive, Public Works staff has reviewed the vacating of a portion of a City public utility easement.
The aforementioned easement was dedicated for public utility purposes as reserved in the document recorded on July 24, 2007, as Instrument No. 2007000462344, of Official Records.
The applicant is requesting the vacation of the area shown as Parcel 1 in Attachment 3, which is the existing City public utility easement, located at the southerly end of the subject property near Victoria Street and adjacent to Myran Drive, in order to construct one of two new detached single-family homes on this lot. The remaining 6-feet of this existing easement will remain for public utility purposes (Attachment 3).
On June 12, 2023, a report was presented to the Planning Commission outlining the proposed vacation as required by Government Code Section 65402. Subsequently, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC-2023-19, (Attachment 4) which found that the proposed vacation of a portion of this City public utility eas...
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