RESOLUTION NO. 25-128
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT (OCFCD) AND COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING COSTS, OF THE SEGUNDA DESHECHA CANADA CHANNEL (OCFCD FACILITY NO. M02), A REGIONAL FLOOD CONTROL FACILITY, CULVERT UNDER CALLE DE LOS MOLINOS AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER CLASS 1 (EXISTING FACILITIES, 14 CCR SECTION 15301) OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES WHEREAS, the Segunda Deshecha Canada Channel (Channel), a reginal Orange County Flood Control District (OCFCD) Facility No. M02, traverses the City in a northeasterly to southwesterly direction, starting generally from Avenida La Pata, continuing downstream along Avenida Pico and finally draining into the Ocean just west of El Camino Real in the North Beach area; and WHEREAS, the Segunda Deshecha Canada Channel watershed’s tributary area is approximately 2,652 acres; and WHEREAS, throughout the City, the Channel is owned and maintained by the City and OCFCD, in different reaches of the Channel; and WHEREAS, OCFCD owns and maintains the Channel in the downstream and upstream of the culvert at Calle de Los Molinos (Culvert); and WHEREAS, currently, the Culvert at Calle de Los Molinos is within the City’s right-of-way and also maintained by the City; and WHEREAS, City staff has negotiated a Maintenance Agreement with the Orange County and Flood Control District and County of Orange to transfer the Culvert maintenance responsibilities to OCFCD and County of Orange, and City to continue the maintenance of the roadway on the surface.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby finds, determines and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein as findings.
SECTION 2. That based on a review of the record as a whole, the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (Existing Facilities, 14 CCR section 15301) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it would consist of operation, maintenance and repairs to existing public facilities and there is no possibility of a direct or foreseeable indirect significant impact on the environment.
SECTION 3. That Maintenance Agreement with the Orange County Flood Control District and County of Orange for maintenance and operational responsibilities, including costs, of the Segunda Deshecha Canada Channel (OCFCD Facility No. M02) Culvert under Calle de Los Molinos is hereby approved.
SECTION 4. That the City of San Clemente City Manager, or his/her designee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute such Maintenance Agreement in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on August 19, 2025.
SECTION 5. That the City of San Clemente City Manager, or his/her designee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute such other documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of August, 2025.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the City San Clemente, California of San Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 25-128 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the 19th day of August, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, 2024. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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