75C - RESO CONDEMNATION AT 1255 W SIXTH STREET

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2011 TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1255 WEST SIXTH STREET (APN 405 - 081 -22) (PROJECT 081700) CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 15` Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2 n Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt a resolution authorizing the condemnation of the entire real property located at 1255 West Sixth Street (APN 405 - 081 -22) and declaring the public necessity and interest therefore. DISCUSSION On March 6, 2006, the City Council approved the cooperative agreement between the City and the Orange County Transportation Authority to fund Bristol Street improvements from Warner Avenue to Seventeenth Street. The second phase of the project, between Third and Civic Center, is in the final design phase and construction is expected to start in summer 2012. Improvements include widening Bristol from two to three lanes in each direction. These improvements will result in improved traffic flow and level of service. Other benefits of the project include the addition of landscaped medians and parkways, and the construction of a new storm drain system. To accommodate these improvements, property acquisition of the entire parcel at 1255 West Sixth Street (Exhibit 1) is required. The Public Works Agency has made a diligent effort to negotiate with the property owners and their representatives for the past 19 months. A good faith offer was made to the property owner on September 13, 2011 in the amount of $175,000. The Public Works Agency has made, and will continue to make, every effort to reach a settlement with the property owners. Although negotiations will continue, staff is requesting adoption of the resolution of necessity and initiation of condemnation proceedings in order to maintain the Bristol Street widening project schedule and to commence construction in summer of 2012. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project has been determined to be adequately evaluated in the previously prepared Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Assessment EIR No. 89 -01 approved by City Council in 1990. 75C -1