Public Works Agency
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Item # 20
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
January 20, 2026
TOPIC: South Coast Technology Center Project Relocation and Quitclaim of Easements
AGENDA TITLE
Relocation and Quitclaim of Easements within 3100 West Lake Center Drive for the South Coast Technology Center Project (Applicant: C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, a California General Partnership)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to execute quitclaim deeds relinquishing the City’s interest in the existing easements at 3100 West Lake Center Drive.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
On August 20, 2024, the City Council conducted a second reading and adopted Ordinance No. NS-3068, entitled Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-01. This ordinance amends Specific Development No. 58 (SD-58) to establish permitted and conditionally permitted light industrial land uses to facilitate construction of a new industrial park known as the South Coast Technology Center.
The South Coast Technology Center is being developed on two properties located at the intersection of Susan Street and Lake Center Drive. One industrial building is currently under construction on a vacant parcel at 3600 South Susan Street. Two additional buildings are under construction at 3100 West Lake Center Drive, where existing office buildings and a parking structure are being demolished and replaced with new industrial development (Exhibit 1).
To accommodate the approved site plan at 3100 West Lake Center Drive, the project proposes modifications to existing utility infrastructure. Specifically, the existing public water infrastructure will be removed and replaced with a new private water system. As a result, the project does not require extensive public infrastructure improvements within the site.
In connection with these site changes, the applicant has requested a relocation and quitclaim of certain easements that were originally dedicated to the City in the 1980s.
South Coast Technology Center Project Relocation and Quitclaim of Easements January 20, 2026
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These easements are located within the footprint of the proposed Buildings 2 and 3 and are no longer compatible with the approved development layout.
The request includes a quitclaim of the existing City of Santa Ana public utility easement associated with the City’s public water system, which will be abandoned and replaced by a new private water system that does not require an easement. Additionally, due to the reconfiguration of the site, the existing easement for emergency vehicle ingress and egress is no longer necessary and is proposed to be quitclaimed (Exhibit 2).
Quitclaiming of these easements by the City of Santa Ana is required for the continued development of the project site as approved.
The applicant is also requesting a partial abandonment of an existing storm drain easement and its replacement with a new storm drain easement located between Buildings 2 and 3. Although the new easement occupies a smaller area, it provides a substantially improved public benefit. The new easement will continue to drain storm water from Lake Center Drive to the Flood Control Channel as originally intended, and enhanced with the upsize in pipe diameter from 24 inches to 36 inches which increases the volumetric drainage capacity. The proposed storm drain improvements will replace infrastructure that is more than 40 years, which is also an enhancement that will reduce the City’s long-term maintenance and repair obligations.
The easements are fully within the project site and do not serve to support a public roadway. As such they are not a part of the Mobility Element of the General Plan and the proposed action is consistent with the General Plan. Based on these factors, staff finds the proposed exchange and quitclaim of easements to be appropriate and recommends approval.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no immediate fiscal impact associated with this action. These improvements are expected to reduce the City’s long-term maintenance and repair obligations.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Project Location
2. Relocation and Quitclaim Easements
Submitted By: Rodolfo Rosas, P.E., Acting Executive Director – Public Works Agency Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager