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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-029 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON OF SUMMARY VACATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT AT 870 ST. JOHN COURT WHEREAS, On June 28, 1995, the City Council adopted Resolution PC -95-41, approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map 6728 (St. John Place). This Resolution allowed the Stringer Company to subdivide an approximately 7.6 -acre site into 43 single-family residential lots with common open space. The Vesting Tentative Tract Map included Lot 11, now known as 870 St. John Court; and WHEREAS, On December 4, 1995, the City Council held a Special Meeting and voted to approve the final map for Tract 6728 (St. John Place) and accept all parcels of land and easements as offered for dedication including public service easements. Said final map was subsequently recorded on February 23, 1996 (Book 224 of Maps at Pages 14 through 17); and WHEREAS, on October 7, 1997, the City Council authorized the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for subdivision improvements built as part of Tract 6728, St. John Place (New Cities Development Group and The Stringer Company); and WHEREAS, the current owners of 870 St. John Court, Jim and Denise Lehrman, have asked the City to vacate a portion of the public service easement that encumbers their residential lot; and WHEREAS, local utility purveyors who benefit from public service easements held by the City were sent formal notices about the proposed vacation asking whether they would object. No objections were submitted, and the City confirmed that no public utilities currently reside within the vacation area; and WHEREAS, the City Council, as legislative body, has been granted the authority to summarily vacate public easements that are no longer needed or relevant according to the regulatory procedure prescribed by §8330 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. This Resolution of Summary Vacation for Public Service and Access Easement at 870 St. John Court is hereby adopted based on the following: • The summary vacation of Public Service Easement is made under California Streets and Highways Code §8330 et seq. • The portion of the Public Service Easement to be summarily vacated was granted across Lot 11 of Tract Map 6728 (Book 224 of maps at Pages 14 through 17) as accepted by the City Clerk and as described in detail in the Quitclaim of Public Service Easement across 870 St. John Court to be recorded together with this Resolution. • This Resolution is prima facie evidence that the Public Service Easement is determined to be excess. • That from and after the date this Resolution is recorded, the vacated Public Service Easement no longer constitutes a street, highway, or public service easement.