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Diatrict Agreement # 12 -419 PART ONE: GENEi~kL PRO,YECT INFORMATION PROJECT SCOPE OF PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION ENHANCFAMEN-r ACTIVITIES Describe fl',c project's location, i/mits of :york, size, etc. ('Not fl'~e justification or The proposed project is located on a site in the t:orIh-cast quadrant of the City of Santa A no, along the btterstate-$ freewa3~ Tiffs sire, currently owned by the California Department of Transportation, is e.vsentially "left over' land which curre;tt~v stands idle as an abandoned, desolate dirt lot beaveen a neighborhood and a nta~ottQ~ $o.ndwdH ala~tg the h~terstate-S fre~vay. This area resulted .front the "]nterztat~-5 Frem~, Widening Project"con&tct~ &v CalTra~. Ivhere nine re~idential propertie$ ~vere purcfi~ed for~ee~xO, expat~ion, but whose remnants were forsaken w~e. cottstatcffoR was completed. Scope of work bivo[ves scen& enhancements through the acqu[Mtion. {andscapbtg and maintenance of this property. Along it '~ length, the parcel$ are bordered by the lmerstate-S freeway to the north and Patrieia ]~ane .4vemte to the south. ReMdential properties abut eaclt end. EXPLANATION OF TEA CATEGORY AND FUNDING FJSTIFICATION Provide a narrative explanation o_r why the project Pa its chosen category and justification for TEA funding: The propose,t project fit. r the category of "£andscaping and $cenlc Beautification ", as it woaM i. valve heavily lambcaping a site adj'acettt to a major freeway, lending itself as a scenic corridor to freewtO' travelers and a visual buffer bet~veen the transportation system attd adjoin fag aeighborltood. The snbject area consists oJ'retmlants of nitre residential properties purchased by the Califorttia Department of Transportation to make wa.y for tire ~videning of lnterstate-$. Only a portiott oftheseproperties were tt~cd attd when constrttction was completed, alt area of approximatel, v otte acre was 'left over" attd se~mhlgly abandongd. /Jecattse of this, tlte~e remaantpropertie$ are tto! ntt[j, nnattracti~'e, bat a atagnet to trash &anphtg, litter and loiterers. The City of Santa AJta wishes to ass.me ownership of this proflerO' and tut, wltat has become visaal blight arid host to ttnfmx~rable activities Into a site which benefits freeway travelers, neath)' residettts and the environment, Through the creation ora landscape buffer and provi$ion of routOw tllaintatfftltCeo the visltal, ttoi$~ and cttrbotl dioxide impact to the neighhorhoa~t w#l be tttit~ated and it~ addition, ritz urbatt landscape will create a pleasing backtb'op for highway riders. 11