RESOLUTION NO. 26-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC STORM DRAIN, SEWER, AND UTILITY PURPOSES FOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CYPRUS SHORE STORM DRAIN AND SEWER LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS, CIP PROJECT NOS. 12004 & 12210, GRANTED BY THE CYPRUS SHORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ACCEPTANCE WHEREAS, in the fall of 2021, coastal bluff movement compromised the existing sewer lift station and storm drain system in Cyprus Shore community; and WHEREAS, immediately thereafter, the City established temporary facilities and services to continue to serve the community; and WHEREAS, in summer 2023, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) stabilized the failed bluff with a series of tiebacks and grade beams; and WHEREAS, California Coastal Commission approved a Coastal Development Permit on February 9, 2024 to relocate the wet well away from the original landslide, and replacement of the storm drain and sewer forcemain; and WHEREAS, in fall 2024, the City started its improvements to re-establish permanent storm drain facilities and relocate the sewer lift station under a temporary access agreement with Cyprus Shore Community Association and existing dedicated easement areas. Full completion of the project is anticipated in February 2026; and WHEREAS, the newly constructed Cyprus Shore Storm Drain and Sewer Lift Station Improvements, CIP Project Nos. 12004 and 12210, is a direct benefit to the Cyprus Shore Community Association and a permanent easement is needed to maintain, repair, replace, and operate the new storm drain and sewer facilities, which is in the best interests of the City and the Cyprus Shore Community Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby finds, determines and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are considered findings by the City Council and incorporated fully into the body of this resolution.
SECTION 2. The grant of the easement from Cyprus Shore Community Association for the Cyprus Shore newly constructed storm drain and sewer lift station improvements is hereby accepted in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on January 20, 2026.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute a certificate of acceptance for such easement and such other documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to fulfill the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to submit the easement documents to the Orange County Recorder for recordation following execution.
SECTION 5. 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 ____________________, 2026.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Rick Loeffler, 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. 26-09 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, 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 _________________, 2026. __________________________
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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