To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE Quitclaim Deed of Development Rights to property owners of 449 La Casa Via, Walnut Creek area.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a Quitclaim Deed of Development Rights to quitclaim to the owners of 449 La Casa Via, Assessor's Parcel Number 140-190-010, all of the County's interests under a grant deed of development rights recorded against the parcel on January 23, 1990, at Book 15613, Pages 990-993 (Instrument No. 90-14828), pursuant to Government Code Section 25526.5. Project No. WL72RP (CDMS18-00014).
DETERMINE that said grant deed of development rights is no longer necessary for County or other public purposes, and its estimated value does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute the Quitclaim Deed of Development Rights on behalf of the County.
DIRECT the Real Estate Division of the Public Works Department to cause said Quitclaim Deed of Development Rights and a certified copy of this Staff Report to be delivered to the owners for recording in the office of the County Clerk-Recorder.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no fiscal impact. 100% Applicant Fees.
BACKGROUND:
In 1990, the property owners of Assessor's Parcel Number 140-190-010, commonly known as 449 La Casa Via, in the unincorporated Walnut Creek area (Property), granted Contra Costa County (County) a Grant Deed of Development Right (Book 15613 Official Records, Pages 990-993, Instrument No. 90-14828) in the form of a negative easement that runs with the land and binds the current owner and any future owners of the Property. A property owner desiring to make improvements to the Property is required to make a written submission describing the nature, extent, and location of the imp...
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