DATE: February 17, 2026
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Reserving a Blanket Public Utility Easement and Storm Drain Easement Across the Entirety of the Vacated Right-of-Way of Valley Street East of 4th Street to C Street, as a Corrective Action to Resolution No. 23-085
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council considers this corrective action and adopts a resolution (Attachment II) reserving a blanket Public Utility Easement and Storm Drain Easement across the entirety of the Valley Street right-of-way previously vacated by City Council Resolution No. 23-085, east of 4th Street to C Street.
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SUMMARY
On April 11, 20231, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-085 vacating the right-of-way of Valley Street east of 4th Street to C Street pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Sections 8320 et seq. The vacation was recorded on May 1, 2023. The vacated area is approximately 117 feet long and approximately 3,500 square feet in area.
During the 2023 vacation process, staff outreach indicated that the right-of-way did not contain public utility facilities other than a street drain inlet and a short length of drainpipe. While the vacation action was properly processed and recorded, the City's resolution did not expressly reserve a blanket Public Utility Easement and Storm Drain Easement across the vacated area. As the City has continued work associated with property disposition, utility verification, and long-term infrastructure planning, staff and the City Surveyor identified that a blanket easement reservation should have been included to protect the City's current and future needs for public utilities and storm drainage facilities within or across the former right-of-way.
This item is a corrective action to reserve those easements across the entire vacated area. The corrective reservation is intended to clarify and protect m...
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