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Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Easement Deed LD 2110-12-10003, granting to Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Pacific Bell Telephone Company dba AT&T California a Public Utilities Easement across County-owned parcel APN 079-030-13, for the Sly Park Road at Clear Creek Bridge Replacement Project, CIP 77115.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Department of Transportation (Transportation) recommends the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Easement Deed LD 2110-12-10003 (Easement), which grants to Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Pacific Bell Telephone Company dba AT&T California (PG&E) a Public Utilities Easement across County-owned parcel APN 079-030-13, for the Sly Park Road at Clear Creek Bridge Replacement Project, CIP 77115 (Project). Granting the Easement is necessary to certify the right of way and utility coordination phases of the Project and facilitate construction of the bridge and associated improvements.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Project requires the relocation of two PG&E poles along Sly Park Road. During the preliminary right of way phase, Transportation determined that PG&E had prior rights to the location of the poles. This required the County to obtain easements from several parcels for the new pole locations and for the benefit of PG&E. To date, all of the easements on the private properties have been acquired.
The Project also required the County to acquire two parcels, APNs 079-030-13 and 079-030-19, in fee title as their size, shape, and location dictated that the entire parcels be purchased to accommodate the new bridge and approaches. The PG&E pole relocations were to shift overhead powerlines across both of these County-owned parcels. On March 7, 2017 (Item 19), the County granted an easement to PG&E across these parcels.
In review of the construction phase, it was det...
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