In 1987, the Developer submitted plans that consisted of 29 lots. In 1991, the Developer reduced the number of planned lots to 22 and conveyed right of way by Offer of Dedication on Reliez Valley Road and the internal road, Lomas Verdes Place, per Conditions of Approval to Contra Costa County (County). The Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the Final Map on August 6, 2002. Later in June 2016, the Developer further reduced the number of lots from 22 to 15, and as a result the length of the internal road was also reduced making the original Offer of Dedication for Lomas Verdes Place no longer applicable. On October 18, 2016, the County approved the SD6844 improvement plans for the Seclusion Valley Development; the plans, as part of its drainage system, included an underground detention system and trash capture system. The Board terminated and abandoned the initial Offer of Dedication and accepted a new Offer of Dedication for Lomas Verdes Place on March 14, 2017.
A portion of the underground detention system and trash capture system is within County right of way. Per County policy, the County does not accept maintenance responsibilities for underground detention systems. The Real Estate division of the Public Works Department has determined that the value of the easement is less than $25,000, and that the conveyance of the easement will not affect the County’s ability to use, for County road purposes, the property encumbered by the easement. The easement to Seclusion Development Group, LLC, is necessary so that the Developer and future home owner’s association (HOA) can maintain the underground detention system.
The developer and future HOA will not be able to maintain their underground detention system within the County right of way.