City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/13/2016
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Grant of an Access Easement to the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) for access to the Whitewater River Channel, on City Property at west end of Gerald Ford Drive, west of Date Palm Drive.
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff is recommending that the City Council approve the granting of an Access Easement to CVWD, for access to the Whitewater River Channel, across City owned property at the west end of Gerald Ford Drive, west of Date Palm Drive and authorize its execution on behalf of the City by the Mayor and City Clerk when presented in final form by the City Engineer.
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BACKGROUND:
When the commercial center at the southwest corner of Date Palm and Gerald Ford was developed, the owners filed a parcel map in September, 2000, to divide the property into commercial lots. Lot "C" of this map, as shown on the attached exhibits, along the north side of the development, was offered to the City for dedication for street purposes as a future extension of Gerald Ford Drive. This offer was rejected by the City. Later, in December, 2005, Lot "C" was deeded in fee to the City's Redevelopment Agency (Agency) by the developers, and was subsequently deeded by the Agency to the City in 2007.
In December, 1997, prior to the commercial development, the land comprising the Whitewater River Channel (Channel) upstream (west) from Date Palm Drive was deeded to the City Redevelopment Agency. This deed included a small triangular parcel on the north side of the channel, which abuts the above Lot "C", as shown on the attached exhibits. This land was subsequently deeded by the Agency to the City in 2007.
DISCUSSION:
The City has been progressing with Capital Improvement Projects to widen the existing Date Palm Bridge and to construct a bridge at the current Cathedral Canyon Drive channel crossing. These Projects will essentially prohibit physical emergency ...
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