ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE the PURCHASE of REAL ESTATE Located at 1519 SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $25,000.00, Plus Other Expenses Estimated at $12,500.00, as an Opportunity Acquisition for the Improvement of WESTERN AVENUE from ADAMS STREET to HOWETT STREET. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: Construction of the Western Avenue Improvements from Adams Street to Howett Street is scheduled to begin in late spring, 2020. The design of Western Avenue follows Complete, Green Streets infrastructure policies, including permeable paver bike lanes, new sidewalks, pedestrian-scale street lighting, native landscaping and a new roadway. The construction cost is estimated at $12 million, and the cost is supported by approximately $2.3 million in federal funding.
Staff is negotiating temporary and permanent easements with more than one hundred (100), adjacent property owners to allow the future contractor to build the new improvements.
To build the new sidewalks and blend in the adjacent ground of the subject property (1519 S. Western Avenue, PIN 18-18-432-019), requires regrading from the front porch of the home to the right of way line. The property currently has triple tier retaining walls in this area. Our consultant has expressed concern with the structural integrity of the 90-year old home during the future construction.
We are in discussions with the current owners to purchase the property for an assessed value of about $25,000, with additional financial assistance for replacement housing, relocation costs, and future closing costs. This additional financial assistance is mandated by the federal funding requirements. The estimated closing costs, including closing costs for a replacement home, are $5,300; the allowable moving payment is estimated at $1,400; and, the allowable replacement housing supplement is estimated at $5,800. In total, these addit...
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