To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution to Summarily Vacate Right of Way on Trinidad Scenic Drive in Trinidad
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution to summarily vacate a portion of Trinidad Scenic Drive in Trinidad, pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 8334. (Attachment 1), and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record in the Office of the County Recorder via the Land Use Division a certified copy of the resolution.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Roads Division (1200)
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Department of Public Works received a request from Susan Whitney and Lawrence Williams that the county vacate a portion of Trinidad Scenic Drive. Susan Whitney and Lawrence Williams purchased their residential property at 1990 Scenic Drive on October 14, 1993. as a result of county survey work done around 1998, it was discovered that a portion of their home lies within the right of way of Trinidad Scenic Drive (Attachment 2). Since 1998, owners of the house consulted and met with county staff in an attempt to uncloud the title on their home. The proposed vacation will eliminate the encroachment of the house onto the right of way of Trinidad Scenic Drive.
Trinidad Scenic Drive was dedicated as a public road on the Town of Westhaven Map in 1916. Trinidad Scenic Drive was the State Highway at that time and the State purchased additional right of way easements along Trinidad Scenic Drive in 1921. Trinidad Scenic Drive was relinquished to Humboldt County on July 21, 1955.
Per Assessor records, the home at 1990 Scenic Drive was constructed in 1962. The house today is more or less the same as when it was originally constructed. The right of way has been in existence for more than 40 years before the home was constructed. It is not known if the construction plans for the house incorrectly showed the right of way or if the survey...
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