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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 20, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF <br />REAL PROPERTY AT 1501 NORTH <br />BRISTOL STREET (PROJECT NO. 116740 <br />NONGENERAL FUND) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6,1,13; 3,2,C) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />D As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on i"Reading <br />E Ordinance on 2 n Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />M Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO 6?-3 °/5` <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the condemnation of the entire real property located at 1501 North <br />Bristol Street (APN 405 - 252 -20) 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 northern segment of the third phase of the project, between <br />Washington Avenue and Seventeenth Street, is in the final design phase and construction is <br />expected to start in early 2015. Improvements include widening Bristol Street from two to three <br />lanes in each direction, new landscaped medians and parkways, and bike lanes, These <br />improvements will result in improved traffic flow, enhanced streetscape aesthetics, and greater <br />mobility. The project will also improve drainage through the installation of new storm drain <br />improvements. <br />To accommodate these improvements, acquisition of a portion of the parcel at 1501 North Bristol <br />Street is required (Exhibit 1). The Public Works Agency has made a diligent effort to negotiate <br />with the property owners and their representatives for the past 14 months. A good faith offer was <br />made on August 20, 2014, in the amount of $1,132,000 (Exhibit 2). The Public Works Agency <br />has made, and will continue to make every effort to reach a settlement with the property owner. <br />However, to maintain the Bristol Street Improvements project schedule and meet the funding <br />requirement to commence construction in early 2015, staff is requesting adoption of a Resolution <br />of Necessity (Exhibit 3) and initiation of condemnation proceedings while negotiations continue. <br />75A -1 <br />