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. . . acquire by condemnation property identified by Assessor Parcel Numbers, as Book 398, Page and Block 516, Parcels 11 and 12, for redevelopment purposes. He then asked staff to identify the property and the project and to comment on the factors and evidence necessitating the condemnation action. He asked that staff set forth why the public interest and necessity required the project: why the project is planned or located in the manner that will be most compatible with greatest public good and the least private injury: why the property sought to be acquired is necessary for the project: and, whether or not the offer as required by Section 7267.2 of the Government Code has been made to the owner or owners of record, or the offer has not been made because the owner cannot be located with reasonable diligence. The Real Estate Manager read the following statement: "The property at issue is located at 401 East First Street, on the northeast corner of First and French Streets, and contains approximately 13,500 square feet of land area. It is improved with an almost new concrete block building, in excellent condition, containing 3,250 square feet, and an older wood and stucco building containing 660 square feet. The new building is occupied by the property owners, doing business as the Ace Muffler Shop, and the older building is occupied by a tenant doing business as Santa Ana Auto Electric. The property is owned by Mr. Miguel Armando Pulido and four relatives. The public interest and necessity require the property for several reasons. The Redevelopment Agency has entered into a Disposition and Development Agreement, dated June 25,1984, with URBATEC, a California corporation as the redeveloper. The contractual agreement required the Agency to acquire a four square block area, including the subject property, for conveyance to URBATEC, for development of a neighborhood shopping center including over 100,000 square feet of retail space and parking for 460 vehicles. Shopping center anchors will be a major market and drug store. Sixteen of twenty-one ownerships within the site have been acquired, representing over three-quarters of the site. For your general information, negotiations are continuing with the Salvation Army, the owner of most of the unacquired property in this site. The timing of the Army's move to Anaheim is a complicating factor in our negotiations, and we are endeavorning to make that transition as smooth as possible for the Army. The propsed development, the neighborhood shopping center, hill serve the needs of the growing downtown residential -7-