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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />. COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />AUGUST 2, 2004 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE <br />RICHARD VILLALOBOS PROPERTY <br />LOCATED AT 1252 AND 1252~ <br />SECOND STREET (PROJECT 1819) <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />0 As Recommended <br />0 As Amended <br />0 Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />0 Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />0 Implementing Resolution <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ - <br />n ~7~~--- <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Richard Villalobos for <br />the purchase of 1252 and 1252~ W. Second Street, in the amount of <br />. $352,000. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Bristol Corridor Specific Plan, approved by the City Council in 1992 <br />includes street improvements on Bristol Street from Pine Street to Third <br />Street. These improvements include widening the street from two to three <br />lanes in each direction, and the addition of a second left-turn, a right <br />turn lane, and bus turn-outs in north and southbound directions. These <br />improvements are needed to improve traffic flow, which is currently <br />operating at an unacceptable level of service. Other benefits of the <br />project include the addition of landscaped medians and parkways, the <br />conversion of overhead utility lines to underground, and the addition of <br />a storm drain system. <br /> <br />The construction of these improvements is estimated to begin in the <br />summer of 2005. To accommodate the widening, it is necessary to acquire <br />the subject property located at 1252 and 1252~ W. Second Street (Exhibit <br />1) . <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br /> <br />.In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed <br />project has been determined to be adequately evaluated in previously <br />prepared Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Assessment EIR <br />No. 89-01 approved by City Council in 1990. <br /> <br />25G-1 <br /> <br />