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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 7, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF <br />A BILLBOARD AT 306 NORTH <br />BRISTOL STREET (PROJECT <br />081700) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2o° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the condemnation of a billboard located at 306 North Bristol Street <br />and declaring the public necessity and interest therefore. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On March 6, 2006, the City Council approved the cooperative agreement between the City and <br />the Orange County Transportation Authority to fund Bristol Street improvements from Warner <br />Avenue to Seventeenth Street. The second phase of the project, between Third and Civic Center, <br />is in the final design phase and construction is expected to start in summer 2012. Improvements <br />include widening Bristol from two to three lanes in each direction. These improvements will result <br />in improved traffic flow and level of service. Other benefits of the project include the addition of <br />landscaped medians and parkways, and the construction of a new storm drain system. <br />To accommodate these improvements, removal of the billboard located at 306 North Bristol <br />Street (Exhibit 1) is required. The Public Works Agency has made a diligent effort to negotiate <br />with the sign owners and their representatives for the past 11 months. A good faith offer was <br />made to the sign owner on November 19, 2010, in the amount of $20,021. The Public Works <br />Agency has made, and will continue to make, every effort to reach a settlement with the sign <br />owners. Although negotiations will continue, staff is requesting adoption of the resolution of <br />necessity and initiation of condemnation proceedings in order to maintain the Bristol Street <br />widening project schedule and to commence construction in summer of 2012. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project has been <br />determined to be adequately evaluated in the previously prepared Environmental Impact <br />Report/Environmental Impact Assessment EIR No. 89 -01 approved by City Council in 1990. <br />7501-1 <br />