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REQUEST FOR <br /> <br /> COUNCIL ACTION ~ F <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> JULY 6, 2010 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> SECOND AMENDMENT TO ? As Amended <br /> COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OCTA, ? Ordinanceon 1~dReading <br /> ? Ordinance on 2 Readin <br /> AND ACQUISITION OF RIGHT- OF- WAY ? Implementing Resolution <br /> FOR THE AT-GRADE RAIL SAFETY ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> ENHANCEMENT PROJECT <br /> (PROJECT 09-1745) <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached Amendment No. 2 <br /> to Cooperative Agreement (C-8-0862), subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City <br /> Manager and City Attorney. <br /> 2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached purchase <br /> agreement, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney, <br /> with Mark and Cindy Evans, for the purchase of the property located at 1101 E. Chestnut <br /> Avenue in the amount of $1,405,550. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> On October 20, 2008, the City Council approved a cooperative agreement with Orange County <br /> Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the At-Grade Crossing Enhancement Program at ten crossings <br /> in the city. Amendment No.1 extended the term of the agreement through August 31, 2012. <br /> Amendment No. 2 increases the City's cost share by $400,205 due to an increase in the total project <br /> costs. The City provides the 12 percent match and is responsible for acquiring the right-of-way on <br /> OCTA's behalf. <br /> The purpose of this program is to enhance pedestrian, bicycle and driver safety for at-grade railroad <br /> crossings in the City. Improvements include medians, roadway signing and striping, pedestrian <br /> gates and other vehicular gate enhancements. Additionally, the City intends to implement a quiet <br /> zone for the crossings at Seventeenth Street, Santa Clara Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue, after the <br /> project is implemented. <br /> One of the railroad crossings to be enhanced is on Chestnut Avenue, west of Grand Avenue. To <br /> complete this work, OCTA determined that acquisition of the entire parcel at 1101 E. Chestnut <br /> Avenue will be required as shown in the exhibit 1. The compensation amount is the appraised value <br /> prepared by an appraiser licensed in the State of California. Once the property is acquired by the <br /> City, it will be conveyed to OCTA; they are responsible for the entire cost of this acquisition. <br /> 25F-1 <br /> <br />