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 3223 SW JEFFERSON AVENUE, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $23,000.00, Plus Other Expenses Estimated at $8,500.00, 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 Improvement project from Adams Street to Howett Street is scheduled to begin 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 realign the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Western Avenue, build new sidewalks and blend in the adjacent ground of the subject property (3223 SW Jefferson Avenue, PIN 18-17-308-010), regrading is required from the foundation of the home to the right of way line. The property currently has retaining walls along both the Jefferson Avenue frontage and the Western Avenue frontage. The City's consultant has expressed concern with the structural integrity of the 90-year old home during the future construction.
Staff is in negotiations with the current owners to purchase the property for an assessed value of around $23,000, with additional financial assistance for moving payments and rent supplement payment for the current tenant, as well as closing costs. This additional financial assistance is mandated by the federal funding requirements. The estimated additional costs are as follows: rent supplement around $5,800, closi...
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