DATE:
December 10, 2025
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A PORTION OF AN IRREVOCABLE OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAY (STATE ROUTE 78) IN THE RAMONA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, AND REQUEST AUTHORITY TO QUITCLAIM THE ACCEPTED PORTION TO CALTRANS AND CEQA FINDING (VAC 2025-0015) (DISTRICT: 2)
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OVERVIEW
The Department of General Services (DGS) is processing a request from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to accept part of a long-standing Irrevocable Offer of Dedication (IOD) for a Public Highway. This IOD was made to the County of San Diego (County) in 1985 and covers a small piece of land near the intersection of State Highway 67 and State Highway 78 in Ramona. The portion of the dedicated property that Caltrans would like the County to accept consists of 244 square feet (0.006 acres), while the remaining portion of the dedicated property consists of 2,784 square feet (0.064 acres) (Remaining IOD).While the property was dedicated to the County, Caltrans has since built a sidewalk and an ADA pedestrian ramp on the portion of the property that Caltrans asked the County to accept and has been maintaining these facilities as a result. Caltrans is requesting that the County formally accept this 244 square feet so that the County can transfer it to the State using a quitclaim deed. This action removes the County from any implied ownership or liability for the sidewalk that Caltrans has owned and maintained.
Accepting the IOD will finalize the public's right to use the existing sidewalk and ramp along State Route 78 and formally transfer all responsibility and property rights from the County to the State.
Today's request is for the Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution to accept a portion of the IOD (attachment C, on file with the Clerk of the Board), authorize the Director of DGS, or designee (Director), to execute all documents necessary to formally transfer the ac...
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