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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Diamond Springs Parkway Phase 1A - SR-49 Realignment Project, CIP No. 72375:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Acquisition Agreement in the amount of $74,300 with title and escrow costs estimated at $2,500, for a total estimated cost of $76,800 for Public Purposes and the Certificates of Acceptance for the related documents from Neil Winstead, Successor Trustee of the Gloria L. Winstead Revocable Trust, 5/27/1999, as to an Undivided 2/3 Interest; Randy Green, a Married Man as to an Undivided 1/6 Interest; and Ginger Lich, a Married Woman as to an Undivided 1/6 Interest for Assessor’s Parcel Number 054-342-15;
2) Authorize the Community Development Agency Director, or designee, to execute the escrow instructions and any other related escrow documents pertaining to the transaction, including payment of title and escrow fees; and
3) Authorize the Community Development Agency Director, or designee, to extend the date of closure of escrow upon mutual agreement of both parties if necessary.
FUNDING: Master Circulation & Funding Plan Financing (7.4%), 2004 GP Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program (2.8%), West Slope Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program (40%), Local Tribe Funds (28.4%) and Utilities (21%). The acquisition cost is $74,300 with title and escrow costs estimated at $2,500, for a total estimated cost of $76,800. (No Federal Funds)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Negotiations concluded with property owners, Neil Winstead, as Successor Trustee, Randy Green and Ginger Lich, securing the County’s interest in the eighteenth of twenty-eight project acquisition parcels, and a settlement has been reached that is representative of the appraised value rounded to a compensatory value of the necessary land rights.
The Community Development Agency, Transportation Division (Transportation) recommends that the Board Chair sign the Acquisition Agreement for Public Purposes for the Diamond Springs Parkway - Phase 1A - SR-49 Realignment Project (Project). The partial In-Fee and Slope Easement acquisitions are necessary for construction of road widening for the Project.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Transportation is currently in the design phase of the project. Originally referred to as the “Missouri Flat Pleasant Valley Connector”, this project will improve traffic circulation and safety through and around the historic town of Diamond Springs. Phase 1A is the first of two phases necessary to complete the entire project design and includes realigning, widening and improvements to SR-49 from the new parkway intersection south to Pleasant Valley Road and signalization of multiple intersections. While the full benefit will not be realized until completion of all phases of the project, Phase1A will add benefit to the County’s traffic circulation and independent utility.
The Project is included in the Community Development Agency’s 2015 Capital Improvement Program as adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 16, 2015 (Item No. 40) and is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. The Environmental Impact Report was approved by the Board of Supervisors on May 24, 2011 (Item No. 39). Construction is anticipated to begin in 2016.
ALTERNATIVES
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel
CAO RECOMMENDATION
CAO recommending the Board move staff's recommendations as this is an approved CIP project and the requested actions are consistent with standard practices.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The acquisition cost is $74,300 with title and escrow costs estimated at $2,500, for a total estimated cost of $76,800. Funding for the acquisition process is budgeted in the adopted 2015 Capital Improvement Program and will be provided by a combination of Master Circulation & Funding Plan Financing (MC&FP), 2004 GP Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program, West Slope Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program, and Local Tribe funds. This project has no Net County Cost.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) The Clerk of the Board will obtain the Chair’s signature on two (2) copies of the Acquisition Agreement for Public Purposes and the Certificates of Acceptance for the Acquisitions.
2) The Clerk of the Board will return one (1) copy of the fully executed original Acquisition Agreement to Transportation for final processing.
3) The Clerk of the Board will return the signed Certificates of Acceptance and the executed Grant documents to Transportation for final processing.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT:
Infrastructure
CONTACT
Andrew Gaber, Deputy Director
Development, ROW & Environmental Unit
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division