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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 2, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE <br />SMOG PLACE FOR GRAND AVENUE <br />WIDENING (PROJECT NO. 081732 <br />NONGENERALFUND) <br />CITY MANAGIL <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />r_1=10.141YJAW <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a settlement agreement with <br />Antonio Rios dba The Smog Place, tenant of the property located at 1222 East Fourth Street (APN <br />398 - 385 -03), in the amount of $17,665 for all right, title, and interest, in and to certain <br />improvements, including fixtures and equipment, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by <br />the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Grand Avenue is a north -south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial <br />highway and carries in excess of 35,000 vehicles per day. The widening of Grand Avenue <br />between First and Seventeenth Streets has been a long -term priority project that will be <br />constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening the roadway from two to three <br />lanes in each direction; construction of raised landscape medians; new curb, gutter, and sidewalk; <br />and bike lanes. The Public Works Agency is acquiring property for development of Phase I, <br />bounded by First and Fourth Streets, and expects to complete the acquisition process by <br />December 2013. Construction is anticipated to begin by early 2014. <br />The Uniform Relocation Act obligates the City to relocate tenants of the properties acquired for the <br />widening of Grand Avenue and sets standards for benefit amounts. As part of the relocation <br />process, Antonio Rios, the tenant at 1222 East Fourth Street (Exhibit 1), will be paid for all rights, <br />title, and interest, in and to certain improvements, including fixtures and equipment, due to the <br />relocation of the business (Exhibit 2). The compensation amount for the property is the appraised <br />value as prepared by an appraiser licensed by the State of California. <br />25B -1 <br />