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Sale of Easement Approval / County of Inyo / Public Roadway Purposes

Council File 26-0626

Under review — the City Council is preparing to vote on selling a road easement to Inyo County for $1,000 to support a bridge replacement project. Committees have already signed off; it's now waiting for the full Council's final approval.

Introduced
2026-04-28
Last changed
2026-06-16
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-16
Committee
Energy and Environment Committee
Initiated by
Board of Water and Power Commissioners
References
Resolution No. 026 205City Addministrative Office Report: 0150-12385-0000City Attorney Report: R26-0262

Brief

The Board of Water and Power Commissioners is requesting Council authorization to sell an easement to Inyo County for public roadway purposes. The matter was introduced April 28, 2026, and has proceeded through the Energy and Environment Committee, which approved it on June 16, 2026. The file is now pending full City Council action. The City Attorney has reviewed the transaction and issued a report.

Full summary

The Board of Water and Power Commissioners is seeking City Council approval to sell a public road easement on City-owned property in Inyo County to the County of Inyo for $1,000. The easement is needed for Inyo County's Carroll Creek Road Bridge Replacement Project, which involves rerouting Carroll Creek Road and replacing County Bridge No. 48C0011 where that road crosses the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Caltrans has deemed the existing bridge functionally obsolete under national bridge standards, triggering the replacement project. The transaction has two components. First, LADWP agreed via a non-objection letter to allow the County to build a new bridge within the Aqueduct right-of-way, which sits on federally owned land. Second, the County is purchasing the road easement from LADWP and the City to accommodate the rerouted road alignment leading to the new bridge crossing. LADWP and the County entered a Right of Entry Agreement in December 2024 to allow construction to begin in advance of formal easement approval, with the County assuming all risk if the easement is ultimately not approved. In exchange for the new easement, the County has agreed to abandon and quitclaim back to the City and LADWP any portion of an older 1976 public road easement that is no longer needed once Carroll Creek Road is rerouted. The City Attorney's office, under City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, prepared a draft ordinance approving the Board's Resolution 026 205 and transmitted it to the Council pursuant to Charter Section 675(d)(2). The environmental review component was addressed by a Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted by the Inyo County Planning Department in February 2019. The Energy and Environment Committee reviewed the matter in two rounds, approving it on both May 5 and June 16, 2026. The file now awaits a final vote by the full City Council to adopt the ordinance and complete the easement sale.

Activity (8)

  • 2026-06-16 Energy and Environment Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-06-12 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 16, 2026.
  • 2026-05-06 City Attorney document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2026-05-05 Energy and Environment Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-05-05 Document submitted by City Attorney, dated May 5, 2026.
  • 2026-05-01 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 5, 2026.
  • 2026-04-28 Board of Water and Power Commissioners document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2026-04-28 Document submitted by Board of Water and Power Commissioners, dated April 28, 2026.

Documents (10)

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