HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/5/2000 - STAFF REPORTS (6) DATE: January 5, 2000
TO: City Council
FROM: City Engineer
APPROVAL OF OFFER TO PURCHASE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR GENE AUTRY
TRAIL AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve the offer to purchase right-of-way for Gene
Autry Trail made to the United States of America as trustee for Michael Joseph
Prieto in the amount of$100,000.00, and authorize the City Manager to execute
all documents involved with this purchase, for the Mid-Valley Parkway Phase
2, City Project No. 99-13.
BACKGROUND:
In November 1988, Riverside County voters approved Measure A to provide
funding for transportation and roadway projects throughout the County. The
sales tax increase became effective July 1, 1989, and runs for 20 years from that
date.
One of the projects listed on the Measure A ballot was the construction of the
Mid-Valley Parkway (MVP), to run in the middle of the valley to the west end.
This was to help relieve the overload on Ramon Road and Highway II I
thoroughfares, and to also provide an express route from down valley to the
Palm Springs International Airport.
In May 1998, the first phase of these projects in Palm Springs was completed,
with the segment of Mesquite Avenue between Gene Autry 'frail in Palm
Springs to Dinah Shore Drive in Cathedral City. On October 26, 1996, the
executive committee of CVAG approved the funding for the MVP Phase 2,
extension to the airport. The on-site portion of the road, along with the traffic
signal at the intersection of Ramon and Vella Road, have been completed.
On February 5, 1997, City Council authorized the firm of Robert Bein William
Frost & Assoc. to prepare engineering plans and specifications for the off-site
street improvements portion of phase 2, which would widen Gene Autry from
Mesquite Avenue to Ramon Road, and Ramon Road from Gene Autry Trail to
Vella Road.
CVAG has approved funding for this design, along with the purchase of
necessary right-of-way for this project. Design for this road has been
completed. One of the parcels necessary to be required because of this roadway
widening, is Assessor's Parcel No. 680-170-018, owned by allottee Michael 11A
Joseph Prieto. Area to be acquired is approximately 12,780 square feet.
Appraisal report by the firm of McKenzie Wagner & Assoc., Inc. of Palm
Desert, was completed in January 1999.
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Mid-Valley Parkway, C.P. No. 99-13
January 5, 2000
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Utilizing the appraisal report as a basis, the City's right-of-way consultant,
Overland Resources, has negotiated through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to
acquire this property. The negotiations have arrived at a purchase price of
$100,000.00. This would avoid going to court for condemnation proceedings.
Sufficient funds to cover this purchase of right-of-way is available in account
number 134-4497-50133 (MVP Phase 2). These costs are 50% reimbursable by
CVAO Per Agreement No. 3741, approved by Council on November 20, 1996,
and amended November 17, 1999.
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DAVID J. BARAKIAN
City Engineer
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MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING OFFER TO PURCHASE RIGHT-OF-
WAY FOR GENE AUTRY TRAIL MADE TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS TRUSTEE FOR
MICHAEL JOSEPH PRIM IN THE AMOUNT OF
$100,000.00, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS
INVOLVED WITH THIS PURCHASE FOR THE
MID-VALLEY PARKWAY PHASE 2, CITY PROJECT
NO. 99-13.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order approving the offer to purchase
right-of-way for Gene Autry Trail from the United States of America as trustee for
Michael Joseph Prieto in the amount of$100,000.00, and authorizing the City
Manager to execute all documents involved with this purchase, for the Mid-Valley
Parkway Phase 2,City Project No. 99-13.,was adopted by the City Council of the
City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 5th day of
January 2000.
PATRICIA.A. SANDERS
City Clerk
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