Item 23 - Relocation of Public Utility and Emergency Vehicle Access Easements

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Public Works Agency https://www.santa-ana.org/pw Item # 23 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report July 6, 2021 TOPIC: Relocation of Public Utility and Emergency Vehicle Access Easements AGENDA TITLE Authorize Relocation of Public Utility Easements and Emergency Vehicle Access Easements within 2590 South Redhill Avenue, and 1901, 1951 and 2001 East Dyer Road (Applicants and Owners: PR/Broadstone Heritage I LLC, PR/Broadstone Heritage II LLC, PR/Broadstone Heritage III LLC, and LD Acquisition Company 19 LLC) (No Fiscal Impact) RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute quitclaim deeds relinquishing the City's interest in public utilities easements and emergency vehicle access easements at 2590 South Redhill Avenue, and 1901, 1951 and 2001 East Dyer Road to PR/Broadstone Heritage I LLC, PR/Broadstone Heritage II LLC, PR/Broadstone Heritage I I I LLC, and LD Acquisition Company 19 LLC, Delaware limited liability companies, in exchange for replacement public utilities easement and emergency vehicle access easements. DISCUSSION Heritage Village OC, LLC is in the process of completing the construction of a mixed -use development consisting of 1,400 residential units and 18,000 square feet of commercial space at 2001 East Dyer Road. On February 2, 2016, the City Council approved a General Plan amendment, development agreement, and tentative tract map along with other entitlements to allow the project. The final tract map was prepared by the developer and recorded with the County of Orange on August 19, 2016. The developer dedicated a public utilities easement and an emergency vehicle access easement with the recordation of the tract map (Exhibit 1). After construction of the buildings and associated improvements within the development, the developer discovered that portions of the easements conflict with the buildings. To remove the conflicts, the developer has requested the City quitclaim the easements in their entirety, and, in exchange, will grant replacement easements (Exhibit 2). Generally, easements provide access or right of entry for specified purposes. In this case, easements were granted to the City in order for the City to access private property to maintain public utilities within the development and access the site in case of emergencies.