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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011999 - 1999-514 � too, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Resolution on October 5, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: SUPERVISORS GIOIA, UILKEMA, GERBER, DeSAULNIER AND CANCLAMILLA NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION NO. 991 514 Government Code § 25526.6 Conveyance of an Easement to Pacific Zias X MORE MiTipany Former Southern Pacific Right of Way, Parcel Forty One Project No. W.O. 5575 Alamo Area The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES THAT: Contra Costa County acquired certain real property by deed recorded on February 19, 1985, in Book 12209 at page 180, in the Alamo area for public transit and utility purposes. Pacific Gas & Electric Company has requested an easement over a portion of said property, described in Exhibit "A' and "B" attached hereto, for the installation and maintenance of an overhead distribution line. This Board FINDS that the conveyance of such easement is in the public interest and will not substantially conflict or interfere with the County's use of the property. This Board hereby APPROVES and AUTHORIZES the conveyance of an easement to Pacific Gas & Electric Company, over the property described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, pursuant to Government Code Section 25526.6 and the Board Chair is hereby AUTHORIZED to execute a Grant of Easement on behalf of the County in consideration for the payment received in full in the amount of$3,000. The Real Property Division is DIRECTED to cause said Grant of Easement to be delivered to the grantee. I hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the PS:eh date shown. G:\GrpData\ReaiProp\1999-F1les\99-MR27PG&Eeasement.doc Orig.Dept.: Public Works(RIP) ATTESTED:_ OCCIOBER 5, 1999 Contact: Pat Smyers(313-2222) PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of CC., Public Works Accounting Supervisors and County Administrator Public Works Records Grantee(via RIP) By ,Deputy Recorder(via RIP) Community Development Dept RESOLUTION NO. 99/ 514 J Recorded at the request of: Pacific Gas & Electric Company After recording return to: Pacific Gas & Electric Company 1030 Detroit Avenue Concord, CA 94518-2487 Attention: Gil Yamzon Former Southern Pacific Right of Way Parcel 41 GRANT OF EASEMENT For good and valuable consideration, including but not limited to the agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter called COUNTY, hereby grants to Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a California corporation, hereinafter called GRANTEE, a nonexclusive right to a 10 foot wide perpetual easement and right of way for installing, constructing, reconstructing, removing, replacing, repairing, upgrading, maintaining, operating and using a overhead electric distribution line and appurtenances thereto, and for no other purposes whatsoever, along and in all of the hereinafter described parcel of land situated in the County of Contra Costa, State of California, described as follows: FOR DESCRIPTION SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A" AND "B" The foregoing grant is made subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. The COUNTY Property subject to this easement (hereinafter the "Property") is a corridor which County is in the process of developing for transportation, utility, and other purposes. Underground facilities are already in place and it is anticipated that, in the future, a mass transportation system and additional utility facilities will be constructed or installed on the Property. GRANTEE acknowledges that the use just described constitutes the primary use of the Property and that any and all rights granted or implied by the Grant of Easement are secondary and subordinate to the COUNTY's primary use of the Property. The GRANTEE shall not obstruct the easement area. The GRANTEE shall not use or permit use of said easement for any purpose other than those granted by this agreement. 2. GRANTEE hereby acknowledges COUNTY"s title in and to the Property and agrees never to assail or resist said title. 3. GRANTEE shall, prior to any construction, installation, reconstruction, remodeling, repair, removal or other work within the Property, submit specific plans and specifications to COUNTY for review and approval. Such approval, together with any additional requirements to be in the form of a written permit 1 issued by COUNTY to GRANTEE. The terms of such permit shall not be inconsistent with this easement. 4. COUNTY reserves the right to require GRANTEE to modify its facilities, to relocate said facilities within the easement area or to remove Its facilities from the easement area to another site selected by COUNTY, at GRANTEE's sole expense. If COUNTY directs GRANTEE to remove its facilities from the easement area to a site outside the easement area, COUNTY shall provide the GRANTEE with a similar easement for the new site. GRANTEE shall be responsible for all costs of relocating its facilities but shall not be required to pay for the relocated easement area. In the event that GRANTEE falls to commence the required work within thirty days after being directed to do so by COUNTY, or such reasonable extension as COUNTY may agree to, or fails to complete the required work within a reasonable time thereafter, COUNTY may perform or complete the work at the expense of GRANTEE, which expense GRANTEE agrees to pay to COUNTY promptly upon demand, including but not limited to engineering costs and any legal expenses incurred to collect such costs. If GRANTEE's facilities are removed from the current easement area to a new easement area, GRANTEE shall promptly quitclaim to COUNTY its interest in the prior easement area. 5. a. Any and all COUNTY facilities, landscaping or other improvements, removed or damaged as a result of the use of the easement area by GRANTEE, or any other person or entity acting under GRANTEE's direction or control, shall, at COUNTY's discretion and direction, be repaired or replaced by COUNTY, with all reasonable costs and expenses to be paid by GRANTEE (including but not limited to engineering costs and legal costs of collecting any unpaid expenses) or shall be repaired or replaced by GRANTEE, at the sole cost and expense of GRANTEE, equivalent to or better than their existing condition. In the event that GRANTEE fails to commence the required work within thirty days after being directed to do so by COUNTY, or such reasonable extension as COUNTY may agree to, or fails to complete the required work within a reasonable time thereafter, COUNTY may perform or complete the work at the expense of GRANTEE, which expense GRANTEE agrees to pay to COUNTY promptly upon demand, including but not limited to engineering costs and any legal expenses incurred to collect such costs. b. It is understood and agreed that COUNTY has leases, licenses, easements and/or rights with others (hereinafter the "Co-users") for all or a portion of the Property. Such arrangements provide an underground petroleum products pipeline right-of-way, telecommunication conduit system and may also Include other uses such as underground natural gas, sewer, water, electrical lines, overhead electric and communications tines or similar uses. GRANTEE agrees to take all precautions required to avoid damage to the facilities of the Co-users. If GRANTEE damages the facilities or improvements of any Co-user, 2 GRANTEE shall repair or replace such facilities at GRANTEE's sole cost and expense. fi. Prior to any construction, installation, remodeling, repair, removal or other work within the Property, GRANTEE shall notify Co-users three (3) working days in advance of such activity. 7. GRANTEE agrees that COUNTY shall not be held responsible or liable for protecting in place, damage to, or removal of GRANTEE's facilities, appurtenances or improvements, caused by or resulting from COUNTY's use of the Property or work or operation thereon. It shall be the sole responsibility of the GRANTEE to provide and maintain adequate protection and surface markings for Its own facilities. B. The easement granted hereunder is non-exclusive. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent COUNTY from granting other easements over the Property or using the Property for any and all purposes and the COUNTY expressly reserves the right to grant to others the right to use the easement in any manner and for any purpose. All rights granted to GRANTEE hereunder are subject to all existing and future rights, rights of way, reservations, franchises, licenses and easements in the Property, regardless of who holds the same, including the COUNTY's right to use the Property for any purpose. COUNTY shall have the right to require GRANTEE to modify, remove or relocate its facility in a timely manner at GRANTEE's sole cost as reasonably necessary to accommodate any other user's right to construct, replace, enlarge, repair, maintain and operate its facilities, in the same manner as required by section 4 of this easement, including the rights and remedies contained therein. 9. a. in the exercise of all rights under this easement, GRANTEE shall be responsible for any and all injury to County, to the public, to Co-users, to individuals and to property arising out of GRANTEE's use of the Property. GRANTEE shall indemnify, defend, save, protect and hold harmless, COUNTY, its officers, agents, employees and contractors from and against any and all threatened or actual loss, damage (including foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages), liability, claims, suits, demands, judgments, orders, costs,fines, penalties or expense of whatever character, including but not limited to those relating to inverse condemnation, and including attomeys' fees, (hereinafter collectively referred to as "liabilities*)to persons or property, direct or consequential, directly or indirectly contributed to or caused by granting of this easement, GRANTEE's operations, acts or omissions pursuant to this easement, or the GRANTEE's use of the easement, save and except liabilities arising through the sole negligence or sole willful misconduct of the COUNTY, its officers or employees. b. GRANTEE further agrees to defend, indemnify, save, protect and hold harmless, COUNTY from any and all actual or threatened claims, costs, actions 3 or proceedings to attack, set aside, void, abrogate or annul this grant of easement or any act or approval of COUNTY related thereto. c. GRANTEE accepts the Property conveyed pursuant to this easement in an "as is" physical condition,with no warranty express or implied on the part of the COUNTY as to any matter, including but not limited to the condition and/ or possible uses of the land or any Improvements thereon, the condition of the soil or the geology of the soil,the condition of the air, surface water or groundwater, the presence of known and unknown faults, the presence of any hazardous substance, materials, or other kinds of contamination or pollutants of any kind, in the air, soil, groundwater or surface water, or the suitability of the Property for the construction and use of the improvements thereon. It shall be the sole responsibility of GRANTEE, at its sole cost and expense, to Investigate and determine the suitability of the soil,water, geologic, environmental and seismic conditions of the Property for the intended use contemplated herein, and to determine and comply with all building, planning and zoning regulations relative to the Property and the uses to which it can be put. GRANTEE relies solely on GRANTEE's own judgment, experience and investigations as to the present and future condition of the Property or its suitability for GRANTEE's intended use. GRANTEE agrees that neither GRANTEE, its heirs, successors or assign shall ever claim have or assert any right or action against COUNTY for any loss, damage or other matter arising out of or resulting from the presence of any hazardous substance or any other condition of the Property at the commencement of the easement or from the release of any hazardous substance in, on or around any part of the Property or in the soil, water, subsurface strata or ambient air by any person or entity other than the COUNTY following the commencement of this easement. As used herein, "hazardous substance" means any substance, material or waste which is or may become designated, classified or regulated as being "toxic," "hazardous"or a "pollutant" under any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance. Nothing in this section is Intended in any way to restrict the right of GRANTEE to seek contribution or indemnity from any person or entity other than COUNTY whose activities are a cause of any discharge, leakage, spillage or emission of hazardous materials on or to the Property. d. To the extent permitted by law, GRANTEE shall indemnify, defend, save, protect and hold the COUNTY harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, expenses (including without limitation attorneys fees and consultants fees), penalties, damages, consequential damages and losses, and costs (including but not limited to the costs of any required or necessary testing, remediation, repair, removal, cleanup or detoxification of the Property and surrounding properties and from and against the preparation of any cleanup, remediation, closure or other required plans whether such action Is required or necessary prior to or foilowing the termination of the easement), of any kind or nature, to the extent directly caused by GRANTEE's operation or performance under this easement, Including all costs, claims, damages (including property 4 and personal injury)directly caused by the uncovering, release or excavation of hazardous materials (including petroleum) as a result of GRANTEE's construction, reconstruction, maintenance, use, replacement, or removal of its facilities, to the extent that such activities have increased the costs attributable to the cleanup or remediation of such hazardous materials. e. The obligations contained in this section shall survive the expiration or other termination of this easement. 10. GRANTEE understands and acknowledges that COUNTY makes no representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind or character, express or Implied, with respect to the Property, and GRANTEE is entering into this transaction without relying in any manner on any such representation or warranty by COUNTY. 11. in the event GRANTEE shall cease to use the easement hereby granted for a continuous period of one year or in the event GRANTEE abandons any of its facilities or falls to use the easement for the purpose for which it is granted,then all rights of GRANTEE in and to said lands shall hereupon cease and terminate and title thereto shall immediately revert to and vest in the COUNTY or its successors. Upon any termination of GRANTEE's rights hereunder, GRANTEE shall, upon request by COUNTY, and at GRANTEE's sole cost and expense, remove all its facilities from said lands and restore said Property to its original condition. Upon failure of GRANTEE so to do, said work may be performed by COUNTY at GRANTEE's expense, which expense agrees to pay to COUNTY upon demand. GRANTEE shall execute any Quitclaim Deeds required by COUNTY in this regard. 12. No rights granted hereunder shall be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of COUNTY. 13. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to construe that access or other secondary rights are conveyed by this document over any of COUNTY's adjacent lands lying outside of the aforesaid strip of land above described. 14. This grant of easement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and shall not be modified in any manner except by an instrument in writing executed by the parties or their respective successors in interest. 15. This grant of easement shall not be construed as If it had been prepared by one of the parties, but rather as if both parties have prepared it. The parties to this grant of easement and their counsel have read and reviewed this grant of easement and agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not apply to the interpretation of this grant of easement. 5 16. This indenture and all of the covenants herein contained shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the heirs, successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Grant of Easement is signed and executed this ' day of `I" , 19a. CONT OSTA CO NTY PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. s r � Mae By -4 BY 00, Ch lr, oa of Supervlsors uthorized arty 7 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA) On October 5, 1999 before me, Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator, Contra Costa County, personally appearedjasooph anai semi Ila a , who is personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s)whose name(s)is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capecity(les), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the Instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s)act- ed, executed the instrument. By: _ Joan Staley Deputy Clerk Form Approved (12196) VictorJ westnr+an,Ctoun unsel sy Deputy PS:gpp G:\GrpCiat ReelProp\1 \S9-8\PG&EeumLdoc August 12,1999 6 6214202 Notary(General)Rev.6/94 STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAPACTTI'_CI_A�'T BV SIQNER COUNTY OF �IV-A CO WA,WA, SS. -- (J lndividuel(s)Signing For OnaeeB/Themaelvas On before me,the undersigned,a Notary Public far said State,personally I I capimft offica1s)ots,eAb—Named corpwsbon(s) appeared [)Guardian of the Above Named hrdMdual(s) personally known to me a to be the person*whose I l PerbwWs)of the Abort Named Partnership(a) name(s)is/we subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that beAsbW#Ay executed the sa=in his/mit authorized capacity(iee;,and that by his4wt0dwir signature(;)on the instrument the personal,or [I Aftor»y(e)-in-Fact of tax.Above Named Principal(a) the entity upon behalf of which the personal acted,executed ttinstrument. P. � ��� I 1 T�+KiI of the Abaw Named Tnut(s) W1T N>✓SS my hand and official seal. e. M. 1092001 Cnsrl -ruFowwA CAS!' <- COPR€L4 CX38 CA COUNTY + Coram. Mar.;a,soo0 Signature! iZ;gh�gc� Former SPRR RW Overhead Electric Easement Exhibit"A" Overhead Electric Easement Real property in an unincorporated area of the County of Contra Costa, State of California, being a portion of Parcel No. 41 described in the deed to Contra Costa County recorded February 19, 1985, in Book 12209 of Official Records at page 180, described as follows: A strip of land of the uniform width of 10.00 feet, the centerline of which is described as follows: Commencing at a Found Contra Costa County Standard Street Monument WD-31, which bears north 37020'46" west 621.27 feet from a found railroad spike WD-32 as shown on the map of Subdivision MS 3-86 filed December 4, 1986, in Book 125 of Parcel Maps at page 19; thence from said monument south 1 002'00"east 256.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of Beginning, north 48°09'00" west 134.00 feet more or less to the southwesterly boundary of said Parcel 41, being the terminus of said 10.00 feet in width strip. This legal description and the map attached hereto as Exhibit "B" (Drawing No. 30080584), defining the location of this utility distribution easement was prepared by Pacific Gas and Electric Company pursuant to Section 8760(c) of the Business and Professions Code. JH:sd \\PWSI ISHARDATA\GrpDatolclericaREXHISITS\I M\ lectdc Essermn.doc August23,1999 . 62-3W kev. 5/85 EXHIBIT °B" ` 'Aight, of,Way Mop MIND STANDARD CONTRA COSTA O"TY ` er STREET MONUMENT PARpCEL 'A' SUED, MS, 3-86 FILED DEC. 4. 1986 l 125 PM 19 ME:` a S 01'02' E ° ,� 256.0` 1 � pals ASSESSORS PARCEL 198-120-006 i ��ol� 1p'`� %ti PARCEL `B' \ POUND RAILWAY b vw LIGEND: CENTERLINE OF 10 FOOT WIDE STRIP OVERHEAD ELECTRIC EASEMENT O EXISTING POLE X NEW POLE +� EXISTING POLE TO BE REMOVED =—�•—POLE LINE TO BE REMOVEDr' , is PARCEL 'C` LMM 01KRUM SNOVIN ° ALL COURSES EXTEND TO OR ° MAC SOUtDAIMS OR LM$S HU IN, SCALE DATE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC . EASEMENT ALAMO 1- = 60 99 SECTION HI IAN NE/SE/131 1S. 2W. MDM COUNTY OF: CONTRA COSTA Cw WTE DESCRIPTION EAUTH W�CH F : GPY H. : A 4 DIABLO 6021986 30080584