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File ID: 2023-00415 5/2/2023 Consent Item 6.
Summary Vacation of a Portion of the 25-Foot-Wide Drainage Easement at 500 Leisure Lane, Proceeding No. VAC22-0006
File ID: 2023-00415
Location: South of Highway 160 at Leisure Lane, District 2, Represented by Mayor Steinberg.
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution vacating a portion of the 25-foot-wide Drainage Easement.
Contact: Thomas Adams, Project Manager, (916) 808-7918, [email protected]; Jennifer Johnson, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7754, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Services Manager, (916) 808-5054,[email protected], Department of Public Works.
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Exhibit A Legal Description of Area to be Vacated
4-Exhibit B Plat / Map of Area to be Vacated
Additional Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: the City has approved the Woodlake Campus development for the proposed hotel as referenced by approved City Planning application DR20-052. As part of these approvals, new drainage easements have been recorded to access and maintain the existing storm drain located at 500 Leisure Lane. A portion of the original 25-foot-wide drainage easement is no longer needed and unless the City vacates it, construction cannot move forward as it would include construction over the existing easement. This request is to vacate (abandon) a portion of the 25-foot wide public drainage easement requires City Council approval.
New easements for drainage have been dedicated and accepted by the City and recorded by documents 20230329 OR 0751 and 20230329 OR 0752 with the Sacramento County Recorder’s Office for the existing on-site storm drain. Both new drainage easement dedications provide the required protection and access to maintain the existing storm drain required for the proposed
File ID: 2023-00415 5/2/2023 Consent Item 6.
required protection and access to maintain the existing storm drain required for the proposed development within the Woodlake Campus. The portion of drainage easement requested for vacation is shown and dedicated on the parcel map of “Sacramento Self Storage”, filed on March 17, 2020 in book 240 of parcel maps, at page 3, Sacramento County records and is not needed or required for public use.
Policy Considerations: The action recommended in this report is consistent with the Sacramento 2035 General Plan and in compliance with the California Streets and Highways Code, Sections 8330-8336, particularly Section 8333(c) in that the easement proposed to be vacated has been superseded by relocation, is an excess easement, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The Community Development Department, Environmental Planning Services Division has reviewed this vacation/abandonment of the public highway easements and determined that this is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15305, as a Minor Alteration in Land Use Limitation. The project consists of a minor alteration in land use limitations with an average slope of less than 20%, which does not result in any changes in land use or density.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: As part of the Woodlake Campus development (DR20-052), new drainage easements have been recorded to access and maintain the existing storm drain located at 500 Leisure Lane. A portion of the original 25-foot-wide drainage easement is no longer needed and encumbers the property. The portion of the subject easement requested for vacation partially overlaps the new drainage easements; however, vacation of the subject easement does not affect the new drainage easements dedicated and accepted by the City and recorded by documents 20230329 OR 0751 and 20230329 OR 0752. The boundaries of the new drainage easements shown on Exhibit B of the attached resolution will remain upon recordation of this vacation. There are no conditions associated with this vacation request.
Approval of this vacation request is consistent with the 2035 General Plan land use designation and the permissible densities and intensities of use for the project site. City staff support the vacation request.
Financial Considerations: The estimated cost to complete this vacation is approximately $5,000.
The applicant is responsible for all fees required to process this application at no cost to the City.
File ID: 2023-00415 5/2/2023 Consent Item 6.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
May 2, 2023
Summary Vacation of a Portion of the 25-Foot-Wide Drainage Easement at 500 Leisure Lane, Proceeding No. VAC22-0006
BACKGROUND
A. This request is to vacate a portion of the 25-foot wide public drainage easement as part of the Woodlake Campus development for the proposed hotel as identified with the approved City Planning application DR20-052. New drainage easements have been dedicated by recorded documents 20230329 OR 0751 and 20230329 OR 0752 for the existing storm drain. Both new drainage easement dedications provide the required protection and access to maintain the existing storm drain at 500 Leisure Lane.
B. The City’s Department of Utilities supports this vacation request.
C. The City of Sacramento’s Planning Director reviewed this vacation proceeding pursuant to Sacramento City Code 17.912.030 and State of California Government Code Section 65402 and concluded that this vacation is consistent with the City of Sacramento’s 2035 General Plan.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE RECITALS, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The 25-foot-wide drainage easement, more specifically described in Exhibits A and B of this Resolution, is vacated.
Section 2. The 25-foot-wide drainage easement, more specifically described in Exhibits A and B, is made pursuant to the State of California Streets and Highways Code, State of California Streets and Highways Code, Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 4, Sections 8333(c) which provides the legislative body may summarily vacate an easement that is determined to be superseded by relocation or excess easement and there are no other public facilities located within the easement.
Section 3. The City Council finds that the vacation has been submitted to and reported on by the City of Sacramento’s Planning Director and finds that the vacation is consistent with the City of Sacramento’s 2035 General Plan.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall cause a certified copy of this Resolution, attested by City Clerk under seal to be recorded. The vacation shall be effective when a City designee records this Resolution in the office of the County Recorder.
Section 5. Exhibits A and B are incorporated into and made part of this resolution.
Table of Contents:
Exhibit A - Legal Description of Area to be Vacated
Exhibit B - Plat/Map of Area to be Vacated