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BACKGROUND The proposed Joint Use Agreement involves Lot 18 of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (the former Hahner Property). In March 2001, the City approved a Planned Unit Development Plan (Case PUD-00-01) submitted by Mardel LLC to allow the construction of 38 single-family detached homes, a public sewer lift station, realignment of Vineyard Avenue, creation of a vineyard estate lot and other public infrastructure in accordance with the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. In October 2003, the City Council approved a final map for Tract 7240 (Chateaux Country Estates'), which subdivided the remaining portions of PUD-00-01, creating 30 single-family residential lots, one existing home site, two parcels dedicated to the City as open space, and one vineyard estate - the 17 acre Parcel A which is the subject of this request. Staff has worked with the various parties over several years to accommodate Greenbriar's request to have PG&E's electrical transmission lines relocated from Parcel A into Vineyard Avenue. PG&E recently approved the Joint Use Agreement. Greenbriar will pay PG&E directly to have this relocation work done, as well as pay additional Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan fees to the City for landscape work in this area. DISCUSSION PG&E has an existing easement within which a 60 kV above-ground electrical transmission line runs diagonally across the property at 798 Vineyard Terrace. This site is the 17.6 acre vineyard estate lot (Parcel A of Tract 7240) of Greenbriar's Bordeaux Country Estates. Greenbriar requested several years ago that it be allowed to move the electrical transmission line along the westerly boundary of Parcel A and along the northerly side of the Vineyard Avenue right of way.2 Since then the parties have been working towards an arrangement to allow this to happen. Greenbriar will pay directly to PG&E the relocation cost to move PG&E's 60 kV line. PG&E's line is located within an existing utility easement crossing Parcel A. Therefore, as part of the relocation, PG&E is requiring that it be provided a similar easement within the Vineyard Avenue right of way. The proposed Joint Use Agreement involves the City providing PG&E such an easement within Vineyard Avenue (see Exhibit A of the attached agreement). Normally, utility companies locate in public utility easements within the public right of way. And, under State law, when the City modifies its roads, utility companies are requires to pay for relocation costs. In this instance, for this approximately 700 lineal foot area where PG&E is requiring a replacement easement, if in the future the City decides to change the Vineyard Avenue alignment, then the City Portions of which are also known as Bordeaux Country Estates. 2 The City's policy, as set forth in the Vineyard Avenue Specific Plan (pg. 84), provides that"[t]he existing 60KV transmission line is not required by the Specific Plan to be undergrounded, unless otherwise required for construction of the elementary school." Page 2 of 3