2020-007 - Approving the Relocation Plan for Phase 2 Improvements

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jmf 1/27/20 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-007 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THE RELOCATION PLAN FOR PHASE 2 IMPROVEMENTS OF THE WARNER AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT BETWEEN OAK STREET AND GRAND AVENUE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Warner Avenue is a major east -west transportation facility, which is designated as a major arterial highway in the City of Santa Ana's Circulation Element of the General Plan. Improving the 1-mile Warner Avenue segment from Main Street to Wright Street has been a long-term priority project that is being constructed in several phases. B. Effective July 1, 2016, the City Council approved a cooperative agreement between the City and the Orange County Transportation Authority for the widening of Warner Avenue between Oak Street and Grand Avenue. C. The M2 CTFP Master Funding Agreement (No. C-1-2783), as amended, committed OCTA to contribute funding for various phases of the Warner Avenue widening project. D. The Public Works Agency is acquiring property for development of Phase 2, bounded by Oak Street and Grand Avenue, and expects to complete the right- of-way acquisition process by fall 2020. Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2021. E. Pursuant to California Government Code section 7260, et seq., a public entity is required to adopt a relocation plan, by resolution, whenever it enters into an agreement for acquisition of real property or an agreement for the disposition and development of property that would lead to displacement of people from their homes. F. Section 6002 and 6038 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 6, et seq., requires the adoption of a Relocation Plan due to the displacement of residential and business occupants. Resolution No. 2020-007 Page 1 of 3