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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 20, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION <br />DETERMINING PUBLIC INTEREST AND <br />NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF <br />REAL PROPERTY AT 1301 WEST CAMDEN <br />PLACE (PROJECT NO. 116741) <br />(NONGENERAL FUND) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 69 1G; 3 2C) <br />CITY ANAGER <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 2nd 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 1301 West <br />Camden Place (APN 408-334-18) declaring the public necessity and interest therefore. <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 is <br />being constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening the street from two to three <br />lanes in each direction, raised landscape medians, and bike lanes. Public Works Agency staff is <br />acquiring properties for the development of Phase 4, bounded by Warner Avenue and Saint <br />Andrew Place. Property acquisitions for this phase are expected to be completed by spring <br />2017, and construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2018. <br />To accommodate the improvements and widening for Phase 4, acquisition of the parcel at 1301 <br />West Camden Place is required (Exhibit 1). The Public Works Agency has made a diligent effort <br />to negotiate with the property owners and their representatives for the past 15 months. A good <br />faith offer was made on January 30, 2017, in the amount of $500,000 (Exhibit 2). The Public <br />Works Agency has made, and will continue to make, every effort to reach a settlement with the <br />property owner. However, to maintain the Bristol Street Improvements project schedule and <br />meet the funding requirement to commence construction in summer 2018, staff is requesting <br />adoption of a Resolution of Necessity (Exhibit 3) and initiation of condemnation proceedings <br />while negotiations continue. <br />75P-1 <br />