DATE:
September 15, 2021
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT RESOLUTION TO SUMMARILY VACATE BRUIN WAY AND COLACE COURT, AND A PUBLIC SERVICE LANDSCAPE EASEMENT, AND REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO QUITCLAIM A SEWER EASEMENT, IN THE OTAY MESA AREA (VACATION NO. 2021-0153) (DISTRICT: 1)
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OVERVIEW
The Asset Management Division of the Department of General Services (DGS) is processing a request to summarily vacate easement interests dedicated to the County of San Diego (County). A summary vacation is a streamlined process by which a public road or public service easement is abandoned through one action where public noticing is not required. A summary vacation may be requested by the public if an easement interest is found to be excess to County needs and the easement is not required for the purposes for which it was obtained. The applicant has requested to vacate the unconstructed roads of Bruin Way and Colace Court, together with the right to extend drainage facilities, excavation and embankment slopes beyond the dedicated public highway, and the landscape easement, as dedicated on County of San Diego Tract 5527-1, Map No. 16450.
Associated actions include quitclaiming a sewer easement dedicated to the San Diego County Sanitation District (District) on Map No. 16450. Quitclaiming is a process to give up all right, title, and interest granted to the County or District for public sewer purposes and removes the easement encumbrance from a property. Quitclaiming a sewer easement may be requested by the public if the rights are found to no longer be required for District purposes. In many cases a vacation and quitclaim can be a public benefit through improved use of the land made available by the vacation and quitclaim.
All of the easement interests that are the subject of this request are located in the unincorporated East Otay Mesa Community Plan Area. The public highway and public service easements are no longer needed becaus...
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