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Bristol Street Improvements, Right -of -Way Acquisitions, and <br />Adoption of an Addendum to the Final EIS /EIR <br />July 1, 2014 <br />Page 3 <br />o Allows Bristol businesses to stay if they wish to do so (Potentially financially neutral to <br />coalition members) <br />This recommendation does not allow the option of Bristol coalition owners to remain in their <br />existing buildings beyond the project's completion. <br />Alternative B <br />Partial property acquisitions based on 120 -foot right -of -way <br />This alternative keeps some of the properties and building improvements which are <br />nonconforming, and limits the Bristol Street improvement and widening to a cross- section <br />width of 120 feet. This alternative would be consistent with the following: <br />Consistent with the Bicycle Master Plan <br />Reduces congestion (widens roadway from four to six lanes) <br />Allows some Bristol businesses to stay (potentially at a net cost to coalition members) <br />However, this alternative has significant concerns which include: <br />o Is not consistent with 1990 EIR <br />o Creates challenging street ingress /egress <br />o No on -site parking <br />o Nonconforming properties would remain and the level of nonconformity would be broader <br />o ROW constraints — the roadway alignment from phase to phase would not match <br />o Part-take compensation is insufficient for proposed coalition improvements <br />o Bristol businesses along the subject segment are not united on this option <br />o Opposition from adjacent residents /neighbors including Washington Square Neighborhood <br />Association <br />UPDATE ON DISCUSSIONS WITH BRISTOL PROPERTY OWNERS <br />City staff has continually communicated with Bristol property owners. Recent progress made by <br />the coalition includes a site plan which accommodates Bristol businesses wishing to reinvest <br />acquisition proceeds. The plan allows businesses to remain on Bristol by relocating them to <br />adjacent remnant parcels, with a conceptual layout which generally conforms to zoning and <br />development standards. Staff has provided the coalition with the general guidelines for the right - <br />of -way acquisition process and the planning process as shown in Exhibit 5. <br />A concern expressed by the Bristol business coalition is the lack of updated offers from the <br />original ones made in summer of 2013. Staff had been waiting to gain property access to provide <br />updated offers, and a decision by the City Council confirming full- property acquisitions is <br />recommended so that funds can become available to negotiate offers. Therefore, authorization <br />to proceed with full -take property acquisitions will help Bristol businesses with receiving and <br />negotiating offers. <br />55C -3 <br />