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Southern California Edison Easement on City Owned Property - Adopt Resolution No. 2025-12 authorizing the grant of easement to Southern California Edison Company to construct and maintain electrical facilities on a portion of city-owned property and authorizing the City Manager to execute the grant of easement, subject to City Attorney's approval as to form.
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Deadline for Action: 3/3/2025
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number: Luqman Ragabi, Assistant Engineer, Luqman.ragabi@visalia.city, (599) 713-4362, Adrian Rubalcaba, Senior Project Manager, Adrian.rubalcaba@visalia.city, (559) 713-4507 Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Director, jason.huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-12 authorizing the grant of easement to Southern California Edison Company to construct and maintain electrical facilities on a portion of City owned property and authorizing the City Manager to execute the grant of easement, subject to the City Attorney's approval as to form.
Background Discussion:
Southern California Edison Company (SCE) is requesting an easement for a strip of land that encroaches into the landscape outlot within Landscape Lot A of the Shepherds Ranch subdivision, located on the west side of Shirk Street, between Pershing and West Hurley Avenue. This easement, measuring 2 feet wide by 257 feet long (totaling approximately 514 square feet), will allow SCE to relocate a transmission pole and maintain the necessary electrical facilities serving the area. The easement is situated within the landscape outlot along Shirk Street frontage and will not interfere with the ongoing operation or maintenance of the subdivision's common areas, landscaping, or future improvements.
Shepherds Ranch 1 subdivision final map was approved by Council on May 21, 2022, which subdivided 10-acres int...
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