File #: 22-1574    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Time Certain Matter
File created: 11/17/2022 In control: Public Works
On agenda: 12/20/2022 Final action:
Title: 11:30 AM - Resolution to Summarily Vacate a Portion of Fisher Road (4G070) South of State Highway 36 in Hydesville
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Staff Report from 11/08/2022 Board of Supervisors Meeting [0.2 MB], 3. Attachment 2 - Resolution to Summarily Vacate a Portion of Fisher Road (4G070) south of State Highway 36 in Hydesville (Options 1, 2, and 3) [0.2 MB], 4. Attachment 3 - Resolution to Summarily Vacate a Portion of Fisher Road (4G070) south of State Highway 36 in Hydesville (Option 4) [0.2 MB], 5. Attachment 4 - Easement deed from Patton to County for the newly constructed turnout on Fisher Road [0.3 MB], 6. Attachment 5 - Irrevocable Offer of Dedication for non-public, vehicular ingress/egress easement [0.2 MB], 7. Attachment 6 - Irrevocable Offer of Dedication for public, non-vehicular access easement [0.2 MB], 8. Attachment 7 - Exemption from Planning Commission Report for Acquisitions, Dispositions and Abandonments Pursuant to Government Code Section 65402(a) [0.8 MB], 9. Attachment 8 - Notice of Exemption / CEQA Determination Form [2.1 MB], 10. Attachment 9 - Public Works Diagrams and Pictures [2.2 MB], 11. Attachment 10 - Great Redwood Trail Agency Map; Excerpt p. 20 [0.8 MB], 12. Attachment 11 - Public Comment [11.1 MB], 13. Attachment 12 - Great Redwood Trail Agency lettter dated 12/13/2022 [0.4 MB]

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Public Works

Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter

SUBJECT:
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11:30 AM - Resolution to Summarily Vacate a Portion of Fisher Road (4G070) South of State Highway 36 in Hydesville
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the Resolution in Attachment 2 to summarily vacate a portion of Fisher Road (4G070) south of State Highway 36 in Hydesville pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 8334;
2. Approve the filing of the Notice of Exemption / CEQA Determination Form (Attachment 8) by Public Works;
3. Accept and execute the easement deed for a turnout on Fisher Road (Attachment 4);
4. Execute the consent for recordation for the irrevocable dedication of a non-public vehicular ingress/egress easement (Attachment 5);
5. Execute the consent for recordation for the irrevocable dedication of a public, non-vehicular access easement (Attachment 6); and
6. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record, via Department of Public Works Land Use Division in the office of the County Recorder, a certified copy of the resolution, easement deed and both irrevocable dedications.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Road Division (1200-325 and 1200-322)

DISCUSSION:
Your Board met on Nov. 8, 2022, to consider a resolution to vacate a portion of Fisher Road in Hydesville. After the agenda had been published to the public, it came to light that the county-maintained portion of Fisher Road proposed for vacation connects to the Northwest Pacific Railroad right of way which is part of the Carlotta Branch section of the Great Redwood Trail project (Attachment 10). The subject of using Fisher Road as a connection to the future trail became a point of interest. Discussion and concerns about the Great Redwood Trail Agency's need to utilize Fisher Road for both trail maintenance and public access resulted in this item being continued to the Dec. 20, 2022, meeting.

Since that time two things have happened:

1. On Dec. 7, ...

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