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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 15, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF REAL <br />PROPERTY AT 1607 NORTH BRISTOL <br />STREET FOR BRISTOL STREET <br />IMPROVEMENTS (PROJECT NO. 116740) <br />(NONGENERAL FUND) <br />(STRATEGI PLA <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />© As Amended <br />© Ordinance on 1' Reading <br />El Ordinance on 2 " Reading <br />© Implementing Resolution <br />® Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the condemnation of the entire real property located at 1607 North <br />Bristol Street (APN 405 - 252 -22) declaring the public necessity and interest therefore, and approve <br />the transfer of funds in the amount of $631,435 to the State Treasurer's Office Condemnation <br />Deposits Fund. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Bristol Street is a major north -south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial <br />highway in the City's Circulation Element of the General Plan. Improving the 3.9 -mile Bristol <br />Street segment from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane has been a long -term priority project that <br />will be constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening the street from two to three <br />lanes in each direction, and installing raised landscape medians and bike lanes. Public Works <br />Agency staff is acquiring properties for the development of Phase IIIB, bounded by Washington <br />Avenue and Seventeenth Street, and expects to complete the acquisition process by spring <br />2017. Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2017. <br />To accommodate these improvements, acquisition of the entire parcel at 1607 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 27 months. A good faith offer was <br />made on November 16, 2015, in the amount of $631,435 (Exhibit 2). Furthermore, Public Works <br />staff has been working closely with the representatives of the property owners and the City's <br />Planning Division to facilitate potential relocation within the project segment. The Public Works <br />Agency will continue to make every effort to reach a settlement with the property owners. <br />However, to maintain the Bristol Street Improvements project schedule and meet the funding <br />requirement to commence construction in summer 2017, staff is requesting adoption of a <br />Resolution of Necessity (Exhibit 3) and initiation of condemnation proceedings while negotiations <br />continue. <br />75C -1 <br />