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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 15, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH <br />ROBERTI'S INSURANCE AGENCY INC. <br />FOR GRAND AVENUE WIDENING <br />(PROJECT NO. 081732 NONGENERAL <br />FUND) <br />CI Y GER <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 />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a settlement agreement with <br />Roberti's Insurance Agency Inc., tenant of the property located at 1221 East First Street, Unit E <br />(APNs 398-454-12 & 13), in the amount of $6,085, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by <br />the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Grand Avenue is a north-south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial <br />highway, and carries in excess of 35,000 vehicles per day. The widening of Grand Avenue <br />between First and Seventeenth Streets has been a long-term priority project that will be <br />constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening of the roadway from two to three <br />lanes in each direction; construction of raised landscape medians; new curb, gutter, and sidewalk; <br />and the inclusion of bike lanes. The Public Works Agency is acquiring property for development of <br />Phase I, bounded by First and Fourth Streets, and expects to complete the acquisition process by <br />September 2013. Construction is anticipated to begin by early 2014. <br />The Uniform Relocation Act obligates the City to relocate tenants of the properties acquired for the <br />widening of Grand Avenue and sets standards for benefit amounts. The tenant at 1221 East First <br />Street, Unit E (Exhibit 1), has agreed to a settlement for all rights, title, and interest, in and to <br />certain improvements pertaining to realty, including fixtures and equipment. The compensation <br />amount for this property is the appraised value prepared by an appraiser licensed by the State of <br />California. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project has been <br />determined to be adequately evaluated in the previously prepared Final Environmental Impact <br />Report (SCH No. 1998051068) approved by the City Council in 2002. In accordance with the <br />25D-1