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Surveyor's Office recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 119-2020 for Abandonment of Easement 20-0004, to abandon a public utility easement on Lot 35 of Oak Tree Village Unit 1, recorded in Book G at Page 84, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number 125-636-004, within the community of El Dorado Hills, Supervisorial District 1.
FUNDING: Application Fees. (General Fund)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
A request has been submitted by Matthew Bensley and Claudia L. Carbonell-Bensley, husband and wife as joint tenants, owner of Assessor's Parcel Number 125-636-004, requesting that the County of El Dorado, Board of Supervisors, vacate a public utility easement located on said property. Subject easement is more particularly described in Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B of the attached Resolution.
The public utility easement, as shown on Lot 35 of Oak Tree Village Unit 1, recorded in Book G at Page 84, was offered to the County of El Dorado by Oak Tree Village Joint Venture, A California General Partnership, on November 30, 1987. The easement was acknowledged and accepted by the County of El Dorado on December 22, 1987, and the Subdivision Map was recorded on December 28, 1987.
ALTERNATIVES
An alternative would be to not adopt a Resolution of Vacation for Abandonment of Easement 20-0004. By utilizing this alternative, the owner of Assessor's Parcel 125-636-004 would be unable to pursue any development that would impact subject easement.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
N/A
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
AT&T, Comcast, El Dorado Irrigation District, and Pacific Gas & Electric have not used said portion of subject easement for the purpose for which it was dedicated and find no present or future need exists for said portion of subject easement and do not object to its vacation, and to that end, have all issued letters to that effect.
CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Surveyor's Office collects a fee for processing the Abandonment of Easement on a time and materials basis. There is no fiscal impact as a result of the approval of this item.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) Clerk of the Board to obtain the Chair's signature on the one (1) Resolution.
2) Clerk of the Board to record the Resolution at the Recorder’s Office.
3) Clerk of the Board to return a copy of the recorded Resolution for further processing to the Surveyor's Office, Attn: Jane McClusky.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Infrastructure
CONTACT
Jane McClusky, ext: 5121