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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 15, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS <br />FOR REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS <br />FOR WARNER AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS <br />PHASE 1 (PROJECT NO. 14-6802) <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 6, 1G; 3,2C) <br />i.�,i% �/ <br />I <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute Purchase Agreements for the real <br />property full acquisition and goodwill (if any) with the property owners listed below, subject to <br />nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney: <br />No. Property Owner Property commonly Acquisition Amount <br />known as / location Type <br />1. Tesoro Refining 2245 S. Main St. Full $2,750,000 <br />(APN 403-141-08) <br />2. Maria Josefa Pena 402 E. Warner Ave. Full $490,000 <br />(APN 016-035-01) <br />3. Delia Castillo 2246 S. Orange Ave. Full $468,000 <br />(APN 403-142-17) <br />Total $3,708,000 <br />DISCUSSION <br />Warner Avenue is classified as an east -west major arterial in the City's General Plan Circulation <br />Element and the County of Orange Master Plan of Arterial Highways. Improving the one -mile <br />segment of Warner Avenue from Main Street to Wright Street has been a long-term priority project <br />that is being constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening from a four -lane <br />roadway to a six -lane arterial to address safety issues and provide adequate vehicular capacity; <br />and installing parkway, raised median landscape, storm drain, protected bike lanes, sound walls, <br />street lights, and traffic signals. The City is acquiring properties for the development of Phase 1, <br />bounded by Main Street and Oak Street. Construction is anticipated to begin in spring 2019. <br />The property acquisitions are necessary to accommodate the street improvements for Phase 1 <br />(Exhibit 1 -Location Map). The purchase offers for 402 E. Warner and 2245 S. Main were <br />determined based on the appraised values prepared by a California State -licensed appraiser and <br />251-1 <br />