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Recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Monterey County Water Resources Agency General Manager to execute a quitclaim deed and any other associated documents to remove a flow ditch easement on a portion of property to the Big Sur Land Trust for the Carr Lake Restoration Project in the City of Salinas. (Staff: Jennifer Bodensteiner)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
Recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Monterey County Water Resources Agency General Manager to execute a quitclaim deed and any other associated documents to remove a flow ditch easement on a portion of property to the Big Sur Land Trust for the Carr Lake Restoration Project in the City of Salinas.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Big Sur Land Trust (“BSLT”) is owner and representative of the 73-acre properties, in Carr Lake, and are requesting the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (“MCWRA”) to quitclaim the portion of flow ditch easement lying on Assessor Parcel Numbers 261-191-001-000, 003-212-007-000 and 261-191-007-000, as shown colored in hatched on Exhibit “B”.
The BSLT has requested the quitclaim of the 30-foot wide flow easement to construct the Carr Lake Restoration Project (“Project”) which includes the proposal to build and maintain a multi-benefit park and open space and restore riparian and wetland habitat.
The request for the quitclaim of the flow ditch easement can be granted since the easements are no longer being utilized by MCWRA and its retention is no longer necessary. MCWRA has no objection to the easement being quitclaimed.
The 30-foot wide flow ditch easement being quitclaimed was dedicated by and described in the deed to Reclamation District Number 1665, dated October 1, 1917, and recorded in the Official Records recorded on March 2, 1918, in Volume 156 of Dee...
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