To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Resolution to Summarily Vacate a Portion of the Public Utility Easement Adjacent to Kristen Way in McKinleyville
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Find that the proposed vacation is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Section 15305 - "Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations";
2. Adopt the attached resolution to summarily vacate a portion of a public utility easement adjacent to Kristen Way in McKinleyville pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 8333(c) (Attachment 1);
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record, via the Land Use Division of the Department of Public Works, a fully executed certified copy of the resolution in the Office of the Humboldt County Recorder; and
4. Direct Public Works staff to file a Notice of Exemption finding that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Section 15305 - "Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations" (Attachment 5).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Roads Division 1200-322 and 1200-331
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Department of Public Works ("Public Works") received a request from property owner Mervin Russel Jones Jr. to vacate a portion of an existing public utility easement fronting Kristen Way in McKinleyville to facilitate development on their property. The area proposed to be vacated is a five-foot (5) wide portion of the twenty-five (25) foot Public Utility Easement, shown as Parcel "J" on Tract No. 388, filed in Book 20 of Maps, pages 96-98.
This vacation is being processed under Section 8333(c) of the California Streets and Highways Code. The code states a legislativ...
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