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a. Approve granting a quitclaim deed for a thirty-foot wide fee title and a forty-foot wide fee title near Markley Swamp to Caf? Tori Investment, LLC (4/5ths vote required);
b. Approve accepting a permanent easement deed for the Markley Swamp Lateral from Caf? Tori Investment, LLC;
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute the documents; and
d. Find that the transfer of the property to Caf? Tori Investment, LLC is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline section 15312.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve granting a quitclaim deed for a thirty-foot wide fee title and a forty-foot wide fee title near Markley Swamp to Caf? Tori Investment, LLC (4/5ths vote required);
b. Approve accepting a permanent easement deed for the Markley Swamp Lateral from Caf? Tori Investment, LLC;
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute the documents; and
d. Find that the transfer of the property to Caf? Tori Investment, LLC is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline section 15312.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Harvest Moon Development (Project) is currently in the planning stage and under review by Monterey County Resource Management Agency (RMA) staff (PLN190127) to construct workforce housing on the site. The property owner requested that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) quitclaim two existing fee titles on the development parcel, APN 261-011-026-000, in exchange for a new easement that follows the existing lateral running from the Markley Swamp into the Reclamation Ditch. The two existing fee titles on the parcel are a 30-foot wide strip and a 40-foot wide strip, which were granted to MCWRA in 1918 and 1933 respectively for a canal or drainage ditch. MCWRA records show that there has only been one Markley Swamp lateral running across this property and into t...
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