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Attachment 1 - Resolution with legal description and plat mapRECORDING REQUESTED BY: Town of Los Gatos WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO: Town Clerk Town of Los Gatos 110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 Record without fee pursuant to Government Code Section 6103 SUMMARY VACATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT 112 Wilder Avenue and 115 North Santa Cruz Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95030 APN 510-17-103 and 510-17-102 Attachment 1 RESOLUTION 2022- RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS SUMMARILY VACATING PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AT 112 WILDER AVENUE AND 115 NORTH SANTA CRUZ AVENUE WHEREAS, Chapter 4 of the Public Streets, Highways and Service Easements Vacation Law, commencing with Streets and Highways Code Section 8330 et seq., provides the process for summary vacation of streets and public service easements; and WHEREAS, the seven-foot wide public utility easement within the property located at 112 Wilder Avenue, was dedicated to the Town of Los Gatos for the purpose of providing electric service from a PG&E joint pole on Victory Lane Alley to a PG&E street light on Wilder Avenue; and WHEREAS, the Grant of Easement for the dedication was recorded at the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on December 1, 1981, as Document Number 7224823; and WHEREAS, a Certificate of Lot Line Adjustment between properties at 112 Wilder Avenue and 115 North Santa Cruz Avenue was recorded on September 24, 2008, as Document Number 19997560, which resulted in this public utility easement existing within both parcels; and WHEREAS, PG&E relocated a portion of the street light electrical service within the area of the abandonment of easement request from the property owners of 112 Wilder Avenue to clear their building structure; and WHEREAS, no utilities or public improvements now exist in public utility easement particularly described herein in Exhibit “A” attached to this resolution and depicted on the plat map attached as Exhibit “B” to this resolution, and the public convenience and necessity do not require reservation of this portion of the easement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos that the summary vacation is made under the authority of California Streets and Highways Code Chapter 4 of part 3 of Division 9, commencing at Section 8330 et. seq.; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that public utility easement has been superseded by relocation and there are no other public facilities located within this portion of easement described herein on Exhibit “A” and depicted on the plat map attached as Exhibit “B”; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 8333 of the Streets and Highways Code authorizes the Town Council or any public officer or employee authorized by the legislative body to summarily vacate public service utilities easements when the easement has been superseded by relocation and there are no other public facilities located within the easement; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that based upon the findings of this resolution and the provisions of Section 8333 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Town Council hereby order that the public utility easement as shown on the attached map shall be and hereby summarily vacated; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that from and after the date this Resolution is recorded, the public utility easement vacated no longer constitutes a public easement; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that The Town Clerk is hereby authorized to record at the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder’s Office a certified copy of this Resolution including the Exhibits; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council finds that the summary vacation of the public service easement is exempt from review under the California Environmental Act pursuant to Title 14 California Code of Regulations section 15305 as a minor alteration in land use limitations. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on the 2nd of August 2022, by the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SIGNED: MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CA ATTEST: TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA ENWW SWSSENNEEXHIBIT