Agenda Item: 8
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: December 9, 2025
SUBJECT: SUMMARY VACATION OF SLOPE AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 26313 GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD (DRINKPAK
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING)
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Amalia Marreh
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of an easement for slope and drainage purposes, as described and shown on Exhibit “A” Legal Description and Exhibit “B” 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 December 15, 2003, a slope and drainage easement was granted to the City of Santa Clarita (City) as Instrument No. 03-3782236 to support the construction of Golden Valley Road. On June 6, 2023, the Planning Commission approved Master Case 22-074. This approval allowed for the construction and operation of a 174,000-square-foot industrial building located on Golden Valley Road south of Centre Pointe Parkway, as shown on the attached Location Map. Through the development of the site, which included re-grading the slope and installing an alternate drainage system as outlined in the approved project site plan, the slope and drainage easement is no longer necessary. Therefore, staff is recommending the unnecessary easement be 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(c) The easement has been superseded by relocation, or determined to be excess by the easement holder, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement.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 easement as described and shown on Exhibits “A” and “B” 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 easement be summarily vacated by adopting the resolution.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The resources required to implement the recommended action are contained within the City of Santa Clarita's adopted FY 2025-26 budget.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution and Exhibits
Location Map