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~3 THE CITY OP --~ ~~i -~- "" CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT j~L£~S~NTONa September 4, 2007 Public Works Department TITLE: DECLARATION THAT A PORTION OF PARCEL C, TRACT 7374 IS SURPLUS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO QUITCLAIM THE CITY'S INTEREST THEREIN TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS SUMMARY K B Homes developed Tract 7374, Canyon Oaks, a 128-lot, single-family detached, residential subdivision west of Valley Avenue near Case Avenue. Part of the development required K B Homes to dedicate to the City in fee title a buffer area (Parcel C on the Final Map) between the subdivision lots and the drainage channel that runs along Valley Avenue and along the Alameda County Transportation Corridor. One of the property owners adjacent to the buffer area is asking the City to deed to them a portion of that property. The property owners would relocate the public utilities currently on the portion to be deeded to them to another area of Parcel C and then use the deeded area to expand their side yard. The area that the property owners are asking to be deeded is approximately 3330 square feet. The City has no need for this property and it can be declared surplus. The cost to relocate the public utilities far outweigh the value of the land. The Homeowners' Association that has the responsibility to maintain Parcel C has expressed no objection to the City's transferring this property as described above. RECOMMENDATION 1. Declare as surplus an approximately 3330 square foot portion of Parcel C of Tract 7374 and authorize the City Manager to sign a quitclaim deed quitclaiming the City's interest in that property to the adjacent property owner. 2. Authorize the City Clerk to record the quitclaim deed. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There will be no fiscal impact to the City by declaring this portion of the buffer area as surplus and quitclaiming it to the adjacent property owner. The area is not landscaped and currently the property is being maintained (weed abatement only) by the Homeowners' Association.