Agenda Item: 4
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: February 22, 2022
SUBJECT: SUMMARY VACATION OF EASEMENTS FOR SLOPE, DRAINAGE
AND FLOOD CONTROL PURPOSES LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD AND
VALLEY CENTER DRIVE (APPROVED SELF-STORAGE
FACILITY)
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Shannon Pickett
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of an easement for slope purposes as described and shown on Exhibit “A” Legal Description and Exhibit “B” Exhibit Map, and an easement for drainage and flood control purposes as described and shown on Exhibit “C” Legal Description and Exhibit “D” Exhibit Map of the attached resolution.
2. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office.
BACKGROUND
On February 9, 2006, a slope easement was granted to the City of Santa Clarita (City) as Instrument No. 06-0307035, and a drainage and flood control easement was granted to the City as Instrument No. 06-0307038, both of which are shown on Parcel Map No. 71725. These easements were for the construction of Valley Center Drive. On November 10, 2020, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 20-9, approving Master Case 19-089. This approval allowed for the construction and operation of a 156,060-square-foot self-storage facility at the southwest corner of Golden Valley Road and Valley Center Drive, as shown on the attached Location Map.
A portion of the slope easement and all of the drainage and flood control easement will no longer be necessary, due to the proposed development of the self-storage facility and the modification to the site layout, per the approved project site plan. Staff is recommending the unnecessary easements be vacated. The remaining portion of the slope easement, which is adjacent to Valley
Center Drive, will remain and is not being vacated.
Per Division 9, Part 3, Section 8333 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate an easement if any of the following conditions exists:
(a) The easement has not been used for the purpose for which it was dedicated or acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation.
(b) The date of dedication or acquisition is less than five years, and more than one year, immediately preceding the proposed vacation, and the easement was not used continuously since that date.
(c) The easement has been superseded by relocation, or determined to be excess by the easement holder, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement.
City staff has determined that the easements as described and shown on Exhibits “A” through “D” of the attached resolution have been determined to be excess by the easement holder, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement. Therefore, staff is recommending the easements be summarily vacated by adopting the resolution.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other actions as determined by the City Council may be considered.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
ATTACHMENTS
Location Map
Resolution and Exhibits