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HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-99 • • RESOLUTION NO. 72-99 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AND CHASE & ARNOLD INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION WHEREAS,the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills has read and considered that certain Agreement for Conservation Easement("Agreement") between the Town and Chase & Arnold Inc., a California Corporation. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town does RESOLVE as follows: 1. Public interest and convenience require the Town of Los Altos Hills to enter into the Agreement described above. 2. The Town of Los Altos Hills hereby approves the Agreement and the Mayor is hereby authorized on behalf of the Town to execute the Agreement between the Town of Los Altos Hills and Chase &Arnold Inc., a California Corporation. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December , 1999. By: �' / Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk N:\DATA\Clients\L\AH\Projects\ChaseAmold\ConservEasement.RES •• DOCUMENT: 15108073 TOties: 1 / Pages: 7 11 ill 0 11 oil H Fees. . . .* No Fees MI Taxes. . . This Document is Recorded wool 108073 Copies. . For the Benefit of the AMT PAID Town of Los Altos Hills And is Exempt from Fee BRENDA DAV I S RDE # 007 Per Government Code SANTA CLARA COUNTY RECORDER 12/30/1999 Sections 6103 and 27383 Recorded at the request of 3:35 PM City When Recorded, Mail to: Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Attention: City Clerk AGREEMENT FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT This Agreement, made and entered into this �-(,qday of IU I / iCig 1999, by and between Chase & Arnold Inc., a California Corporation ("Owner") and the Town of Los Altos Hills, a municipal corporation, ("Town"). RECITALS A. Owner is the owner of certain real property in the Town of Los Altos Hills commonly known as 12180 Kate Drive, Los Altos Hills, California and more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 9 as said lot is shown upon that certain map entitled, "Tract No. 8872 — Quarry Hills", which map filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on June 10, 1998 in Book 703 of Maps at pages 20 through 32, inclusive. B. Town has adopted a General Plan and, pursuant thereto, may accept grants of conservation and open space easements on privately owned lands lying within the Town. C. Town finds this conservation easement to be consistent with the Town's General Plan and in the best interest of the Town. D. Owner and Town desire to limit the use of a portion of the property described above by dedication of a conservation easement in order to reduce potential adverse impacts on such land including grading,vegetation removal, and erosion, recognizing that such land is essentially unimproved and if retained in its natural state has substantial 1 N:\DATA\Clients\L\LAR\Projects\ChaseAmold\ConservEas.AGM • • • scenic value to the public and that the preservation of such land as open space constitutes an important physical, social, aesthetic and economic asset to the Town and the Owner. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein and the substantial public benefits to be derived therefrom, do hereby agree as follows: 1. Grant of Conservation Easement. Owner, as grantor, hereby grants a conservation easement to the Town of Los Altos Hills, a municipal corporation, County of Santa Clara, State of California, over the real property described and shown as Exhibits A-1 and A-2, attached hereto (the "Property"), to have and to hold said conservation easement for the term and for the purposes and subject to the conditions, covenants and exceptions described herein. 2. Statutory Authorization.This Agreement and grant of conservation easement are made and entered into pursuant to Civil Code Sections 815 through 816 and Chapter 6.6 commencing with section (51070)of Part 1, Division 1,Title 5 of the Government Code. This Agreement is subject to all of the provisions of said sections and chapter including any amendments thereto which may hereafter be enacted. 3. Restriction on Use of Property. During the term of this Agreement and the conservation easement granted herein, the Property shall not be used for any purpose other than a conservation easement and those uses related to or compatible therewith. Owners, for the directbenefit of the Property described herein, hereby declares that the Property shall be subject to restrictive covenants running with the land which shall be binding upon all subsequent grantees. Said restrictive covenants shall be: a. against the right of Owner to construct any improvements on or within the Property except for public and private utilities easements, paths dedicated to the Town, and an approved septic system, provided these reserved exceptions shall be consistent with the purposes of law and shall not permit any action which will be incompatible with maintaining the preserving the natural or scenic character of the land; and b. against the extraction of natural resources or other activities which may destroy the unique physical and scenic characteristic of the land; and c. against the grading of land otherthan attendant to permitted uses;and d. against the cutting of vegetation, except as may be required for fire prevention, thinning, elimination of diseased growth, and similar measures; and e. against any plantings other than native vegetation; and f. against the erection of structures, other than lawful open fences to allow for the movement of wildlife. 2 N:\DATA\Clients\L\LAH\Projects\ChaseAmold\ConservEas.AGM • • The City Council of the Town may authorize exceptions to the foregoing restrictive covenants, provided such exceptions are consistent with the purposes of law and not incompatible with maintaining and preserving the natural character of the land. 4. Restrictions on Public Use. The public shall not have a right of entry upon the Property. The right of entry and surface use is limited solely to the Town, but only for the purpose of inspection of landscaping, trees or natural growth upon the Property. 5. Term of Agreement. This conservation easement and Agreement shall be effective on the date of recordation of this Agreement and shall remain in effect in perpetuity, unless abandoned pursuant to Government Code Sections 51093 and 51094, or any successor legislation. 6. Successors in Interest. This Agreement and the conservation easement shall run with the Property and shall be binding upon an inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement. CHASE & ARNOLD INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Date: %7/5.-- , 1999 By:_ . , Its: OWN OF LOS OS HILLS Date: December 2 `` 1999 Mayor U ATTEST:c City Clerk 3 N:\DATA\Clients\L\LAH\Projects\ChaseAmold\ConservEas.AGM H : . • STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss: COUNTY OF �,`'t� a> C — k_____, On II--6—cl I , 1 99, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appearecb 9g•(--- , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence)to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same in their authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person,orthe entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature ' 1 ,� D. LEVY tu gs` ,L?� NOTARY m.#1218401 h PUBLIC-CALIFORNIA 41.1," SMy C mantaEClara Mayty y 20037, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss: COUNTY OF ) On 1999, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence)to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same in their authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person,orthe entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature 4 N:\DATA\Clients\L\LAH\Projects\ChaseAmold\ConservEas.AGM • • AUGUST 31, 1999 EX4-kA-1 JOB NO 99127 LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONSERVATION EASEMENT LANDS OF CHASE AND ARNOLD 12180 KATE DRIVE ALL THAT REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PORTION OF LOT 9 AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP OF TRACT 8872 WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN BOOK 703 OF MAPS AT PAGES 20 THROUGH 32; SAID PORTION BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 9, THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL, SOUTH 10°49' 02" WEST 73.12 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN"PSDE PLUS CVE PER SEPARATE DOCUMENT" AS SHOWN ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MAP, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID "PSDE PLUS CVE" THE FOLLOWING COURSES: SOUTH 76° 00' 00" EAST 47.14 FEET; SOUTH 70° 00' 00" EAST 90.00 FEET; SOUTH 67° 00' 00" EAST 72.26 FEET TO A POINT IN THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE SOUTH 30° 20' 12" WEST 10.08 FEET; THENCE PARALLEL WITH AND 10 FEET SOUTHERLY OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SOUTHERLY LINE THE FOLLOWING COURSES_: NORTH 67° 00' 00" WEST 70.71 FEET; NORTH 70° 00' 00" WEST 89.21 FEET; NORTH 76° 00' 00" WEST 46.06 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 9; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE NORTH 10°49' 02" EAST 10.02 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 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