DATE:
June 24, 2026
FL02
TO:
Flood Control Board of Directors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SUMMARILY VACATE FLOWAGE EASEMENTS IN THE CREST-DEHESA-GRANITE HILLS-HARBISON CANYON COMMUNITY PLAN AREA AND CEQA FINDING (VACATION NO. 2026-0029) (DISTRICT: 2)
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OVERVIEW
The Real Estate Division of the Department of General Services (DGS) is processing a request from the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation, the owner (applicant) of Assessor's Parcel Numbers 516-030-23, 516-020-19, 516-020-22, 516-020-23, 516-010-53, 516-011-14, 516-011-21, 516-021-08, 516-021-09, 561-021-10, 513-110-14, 513-110-16, 516-030-18, 516-030-19, and 516-30-20 to summarily vacate portions of public services easements for the flowage of water that encumber portions of these properties located south and east of Dehesa Road in the vicinity of Sloan Canyon Road in the unincorporated area of Dehesa. The properties are within the Crest-Dehesa-Granite Hills- Harbison Canyon Community Plan Area. A summary vacation is a streamlined process by which an excess public road right-of-way, or a public service easement is abandoned. It may be requested by the San Diego County Flood Control District (District) or the public if the easement interests are found to be excess to District needs and are not required for the purposes for which they were obtained.
The County of San Diego, Department of Public Works (DPW) operates and manages the District. DPW staff have determined the portions of the flowage easements proposed for vacation are excess and no longer needed for present or future public use. Historically, the District obtained flowage easements as a way of delineating areas of increased flood risk. The areas subject to the District's flowage easements have since been formally mapped and identified on Federal Emergency Management Agency 100-year floodplain maps. These maps are developed using engineering ana...
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