CC RES 1997-099Recording Requested By
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
And When Recorded Mail To:
Name CITY CLERK
Street CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Address 30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
City, State, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA
Zip Code 90275
Space Above This Line For Recorder's Use
RESOLUTION 97 -99
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES VACATING THE CITY'S
INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A SEWER EASEMENT
OVER LOT 8 OF TRACT 20856, 30764 TARAPACA ROAD
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA, HEREBY RESOLVES, FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOW:
. Section One In January of 1995 it was determined that a portion of a City
of Rancho Palos Verdes sanitary sewer line, maintained by the County of Los Angeles
Consolidated Maintenance District, had been damaged by ground movement; and,
Section Two The City of Rancho Palos Verdes and County of Los
Angeles have prepared a design of, and the County of Los Angeles Consolidated
Sewer Maintenance District is constructing, a replacement sewer line; and,
Section Three Upon construction of the replacement sewer line, a portion
of an existing sanitary sewer easement, over Lot 8, Tract 20856 will no longer be
required; and,
Section Four The legal description of the property which is the subject of
this action is as follows:
That portion of the easement for sanitary sewer purposes
shown on Lot 8, Tract 20856, as shown on map filed in book
636, pages 67, 68, and 69 of maps, in the Office of the
Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, that lies
southwesterly of the southwesterly line and its northwesterly
prolongation of Lot 7, as shown on said Tract.
Section Five On August 19, 1997, the City Council authorized staff to
proceed with the vacation of a portion of the sanitary sewer easement, at Lot 8, Tract
20856; and,
Section Six: Pursuant to the provisions of Division 9, Part 3 of the Streets
and Highways Code of the State of California and the City's procedures for vacation
of City rights -of -way and easements, as established in City Council Resolution No. 90-
93, the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention to order the vacation of the
subject public service easement on September 16, 1997.
Section Seven: On October 28, 1997, the Planning Commission
considered the proposed vacation and found the proposed vacation to be consistent
with the City's General Plan.
Section Eight: The City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the
matter on November 18, 1997.
Section Nine: Pursuant to Section 892 of the Streets and Highways
Code of the State of California, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the
portion of the public service easement proposed to be vacated is not useful as non -
motorized transportation facility.
Section Ten: The City Council hereby determines that the public service
easement which is proposed to be vacated which is described in Section 2 above
constitutes an excess right -of -way which is not required for present or prospective
public use.
Section Eleven: The City Council hereby finds that the public
convenience and necessity require the reservation and exception from the vacation of
the easement the right at any time, or from time to time, to construct, maintain, operate,
replace, remove, and renew storm drains and appurtenant structures in, upon, over,
and across the portion of the public service easement which is being vacated, and
pursuant any existing franchise with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, or renewals
thereof, or otherwise, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, renew, and
enlarge lines of pipe, conduits, cables, wires, poles, and other convenient structures,
equipment, and fixtures for the operation of gas pipelines, telegraphic, cable television
and telephone lines, and for the transportation or distribution of electric energy, and
water, and for incidental purposes, including access to protect these works from all
hazards in, upon, and over the portion of the easement proposed to be vacated
pursuant to this Resolution.
Section Twelve: The public service easement described in Section
Four above is hereby vacated under the authority of the provisions of Division 9, Part 3
of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.
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Section Thirteen: Said vacation shall not become effective for any
purpose, and this Resolution shall not be recorded, unless and until a Notice of
Completion for the reconstructed sewer line has been recorded with the County of Los
Angeles.
Section Fourteen: Upon the authorization of the Director of Public
Works, the City Clerk is directed to cause a certified copy of this Resolution, attested
by the City Clerk under seal, to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of County of
Los Angeles. From and after the date that the Resolution is recorded with the Los
Angeles County Recorder, the public service easement described in Section Four shall
not constitute a public service easement of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of November 1997.
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I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 97 -99 duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on November 18, 1997.
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