City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
TITLE:
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Vacation of Drainage Easement over Lot "S" in the Dream Homes neighborhood, located south of Diamond Road between San Joaquin Drive and Dia Place
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt a Resolution summarily vacating a drainage easement over a portion of Lot "S" in Palm Springs Country Club Estates (Dream Homes); and, authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute a Quitclaim Deed on behalf of the City as successor to the Redevelopment Agency and the City of Cathedral City, for a portion of Lot "S" to the adjoining property owner, Valley Property Ventures, LLC.
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BACKGROUND:
The first subdivision map for Palm Springs Country Club Estates (Dream Homes) was recorded in 1947, Lot "S" was shown on that Subdivision Map as a 40-foot-wide lot, running east-west across the north end of the Subdivision. Lot "S" was offered for dedication to the County of Riverside as a drainage easement.
The County of Riverside rejected the offer at that time, but in 1970, adopted a Resolution accepting the offer of the Drainage Easement. Shortly after their acceptance, the Board of Supervisors assigned the Lot "S" easement to the Coachella Valley County Water District (now the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD)).
In 1993 the City Redevelopment Agency acquired Lot 78 in the northwest corner of the subdivision for future housing development. In 1995, the Agency acquired the adjoining Lot 518, also for future housing development. A portion of Lot "S" abuts the north line of Lot 518.
The Redevelopment Agency later proposed a small subdivision of its two lots, along with a couple of adjacent lots to the east. As part of this Project, the Agency obtained a City Attorney opinion in 2005 which stated that the Redevelopment Agency was the fee owner of the portion of Lot "S" which abutted Lot 518, apparently by virtue...
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