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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 31 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />January 17, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Real Property Acquisition for Warner Avenue Street Improvements <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Public Hearing: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Condemnation of the Entire Real <br />Property Located at 2245 South Halladay Street (APN 016-105-19), Owned by Kenneth <br />A. Steele and Ana Steele, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, Declaring the Public <br />Necessity and Interest Thereof (Project No. 18-6901) (Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the condemnation of the entire real property located at <br />2245 South Halladay Street (APN 016-105-19), owned by Kenneth A. Steele and Ana <br />Steele, Husband and Wife as joint tenants, declaring the public necessity and interest <br />thereof. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />DISCUSSION <br />Warner Avenue is classified as an East-West Major Arterial in the City's General Plan <br />Circulation Element and the County of Orange Master Plan of Arterial Highways. <br />Improving the one -mile segment of Warner Avenue from Main Street to Wright Street <br />has been a long-term priority project, constructed in several phases. Improvements <br />include widening the street from a four -lane roadway to a six -lane arterial, to address <br />safety issues and provide adequate vehicular capacity. Also included in the project is <br />the installation of parkways, raised median landscaping, storm drains, protected bike <br />lanes, sound walls, street lights, and traffic signals. The City is acquiring properties for <br />the development of Phase 2 of the Warner Avenue Improvements Project, bounded by <br />Oak Street and Grand Avenue. Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2023. <br />To accommodate these improvements, acquisition of the parcel at 2245 South Halladay <br />Street is required (Exhibit 1). The Public Works Agency has made a diligent effort to <br />negotiate with owner's Kenneth A. Steele and Ana Steele, Husband and Wife as joint <br />tenants. A good faith offer was made on November 15, 2022, in the amount of $530,000 <br />(Exhibit 2). The Public Works Agency has made, and will continue to make, every effort <br />to reach a settlement with the property owner. However, to maintain the Warner Avenue <br />Improvements project schedule and meet the funding requirement to commence <br />construction in summer 2023, staff is requesting the adoption of a Resolution of <br />