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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MAY 1, 2018 TITLE: PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR WARNER AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 1 (PROJECT NO. 14-6802) (NON -GENERAL FUND) (STRAT�EGIIC� PLAN NOS. 6, 1G; 3,2C) I� CIT MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute Purchase Agreements for the real property acquisition and goodwill (if any) with the property owners listed below, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney: No. Property Owner Property commonly Acquisition Amount known as / location Type 1. Angelica Higareda 315 E. Warner Ave. Full $465,000 (APN 403-143-14) 2 Roberto R. Fernandez 2245 S Maple St. Full $465,000 and Lupe Fernandez (APN 403-144-12) DISCUSSION Warner Avenue is classified as an East-West Major Arterial in the City's General Plan Circulation Element and the County of Orange Master Plan of Arterial Highways. Improving the 1 -mile segment of Warner Avenue from Main Street to Wright Street has been a long-term priority project that is being constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening from a four - lane roadway to a six -lane arterial to address safety issues and provide adequate vehicular capacity; and installing parkway, raised median landscape, storm drain, protected bike lanes, sound walls, street lights, and traffic signals. The City is acquiring properties for the development of Phase 1, bounded by Main Street and Oak Street, and construction is anticipated to begin in spring 2019. The property acquisitions are necessary to accommodate the street improvements for Phase 1 (Exhibit 1). The purchase offers were determined based on appraised values prepared by a 25D-1