HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-17 CC Reso - Acceptance of Conveyance of Easements from NCRA RESOLUTION NO. 2015-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENTS
FOR ROADS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES FROM THE NORTH COAST RAILROAD AUTHORITY
WHEREAS,
1. The North Coast Railroad Authority ("NCRA") is preparing property for development in
the City of Ukiah, consisting of 10 acres more or less ("NCRA Property"), approximately 4 acres
of which NCRA has agreed to sell to the Judicial Council of California ("Judicial Council") for a
courthouse to serve Mendocino County ("the Courthouse Site"); and
2. The NCRA Property is known as 309 E. Perkins Street and 200 Clay Street, Ukiah
and is identified as Mendocino County Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN'S): 002-232-12, 13 &
002-282-18, 19, and is more particularly described as follows:
All that certain real property situate, lying and being in the City of Ukiah, County of Mendocino,
State of California, more particularly described as follows:
Parcel One:
All that portion as described in the deed to the Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad Company
recorded April 14, 1888 in Book 43 of Deeds, Page 420, Mendocino County Records.
Excepting therefrom that portion thereof described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the Southerly line of Perkins Street, 50 feet wide, with the
Southerly prolongation of the Easterly line of land described in Parcel 8 of deed recorded
November 16, 1892, Deed Book 57, Page 58, Records of said county; thence Easterly along
said Southerly line of Perkins Street, 362 feet to the Northeast comer of land described in said
deed recorded in Deed Book 43, Page 420; thence Southerly, along the Easterly line of last said
land, 1089 feet to the Southeast comer thereof; thence Westerly, along the Southerly line
thereof, to a line distant 225 feet parallel with said Easterly line thereof; thence Northerly, along
last said parallel line; 800 feet; thence Northwesterly, in a direct line, 280 feet to the point of
beginning.
APN: 002-232-13 and 002-282-19
Parcel Two:
Beginning at the intersection of the Southerly line of Perkins Street, 50 feet wide, with the
Southerly prolongation of the Easterly line of land described in Parcel 8 of deed recorded
November 16, 1892, Deed Book 57, Page 58, Records of said county; thence Easterly along
said Southerly line of Perkins Street, 362 feet to the Northeast comer of land described in said
deed recorded in Deed Book 43, Page 420; thence Southerly, along the Easterly line of last said
land, 1089 feet to the Southeast comer thereof; thence Westerly, along the Southerly line
thereof, to a line distant 225 feet parallel with said Easterly line thereof; thence Northerly, along
last said parallel line; 800 feet; thence Northwesterly, in a direct line, 280 feet to the point of
beginning.
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APN: 002-232-12 and 002-282-18; and
3. As a condition of the sale of the Courthouse Site to the Judicial Council, NCRA must
convey and the City must accept the easements required to provide public street access and
public utilities to the Courthouse Site; and
4. The City Council of the City of Ukiah finds that it is in the public interest and the
interest of the residents of the City to accept the conveyance of the necessary easements to
provide public streets as extensions of Hospital Drive and Clay Street to serve the Courthouse
Site and other development on the NCRA Property and to accept easements to provide public
utilities to the Courthouse Site and the NCRA Property (collectively, "the Easements"); and
5. George Rau and Associates, licensed California civil engineers, are preparing the
easement grant deeds and legal descriptions for the Easements in consultation with the City
Engineer and Public Works Director; and
6. The City's obligation to accept the improved streets into the City maintained street
system pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 1806 will only arise upon adoption of
an additional resolution by the City Council after the streets meeting City standards for public
streets have been constructed by NCRA in accordance with plans approved by the City
Engineer and inspected and approved by the City Engineer or his designee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to accept
the conveyance by NCRA of the Easements on behalf of the City of Ukiah as public streets and
for the use of public utilities upon all of the following conditions having been satisfied:
a. approval by the City Engineer of the terms of the easement grant deeds and approval
of the legal descriptions of the Easements incorporated therein;
b. the issuance of a title insurance policy assuring the City that NCRA has full,
unencumbered legal title to the real property burdened by the Easements; and
c. receipt of evidence satisfactory to the City Attorney that the NCRA Board has taken
the necessary action to authorize the conveyance of the Easements to the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on May 6, 2015, by the following Roll Call Vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mulheren, Doble, Brown, Scalmanini, and Mayor Crane
NOES: None
TAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Douglas F.00rane, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
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