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HomeMy WebLinkAbout22365 - RESOLUTIONS - 10/15/2008 RESOLUTION NO. 22366 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT- OF-WAY FOR THE INDIAN CANYON DRIVE / INTERSTATE 10 INTERCHANGE PROJECT CP. 00-14, CALTRANS EA 455700. WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs ("City"), in cooperation with the state of California, acting by and through its Department of Transportation ("Caltrans"), has proposed to widen Indian Canyon Drive on both sides of Interstate 10 (I-10) near the interchange, to widen and relocate existing ramps and to replace the existing overcrossing structure on I-10 at Indian Canyon Drive, City Project No. 00-14, Caltrans Project EA 455700, a local public agency project on the State Highway System, ("Project"); and WHEREAS, on October 3, 2007, the City approved Amendment No. 2 to City Agreement No. 4429, Caltrans Agreement No. 8-1165, a Cooperative Agreement regarding the preliminary engineering, design, and all right-of-way activities associated with the Project ("Agreement"); and WHEREAS, Section 2, Item 3, of the Agreement obligates Caltrans to cover the costs of all right-of-way acquisition for the Project, up to the amount of$3,383,000 and states: To deposit with CITY within twenty-five (25) days of receipt of billing therefore, the amount of $3,383,000, which figure represents STATE'S lump sum total not to exceed amount for Right of Way capital support costs for PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Project requires the acquisition or various parcels of permanent right-of- way and temporary easements, from a variety of different property owners; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the City shall acquire and furnish all right of way, if any, outside of the existing State Highway System right of way and to perform all right of way activities, including all eminent domain activities, if necessary, in accordance with procedures acceptable to Caltrans, in compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations; and WHEREAS, Caltrans is performing complete oversight of the City's right-of-way activities for the Project, in accordance with its own procedures and all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations, and WHEREAS, Title 7 "Procurement and Contracting" of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, ("Code"), established procedures for the procurement of supplies, services, and construction of public projects, and defined the authority for the procurement function including signatory authority for purchase orders and written contracts which bind the Resolution No. 22365 Page 2 City for the acquisition of equipment, supplies, labor or services within the budget approved by the City Council and within the monetary limits established by the City Council; as provided in Section 318 the City Charter; and WHEREAS, Section 318 of the City Charter allows the City Council by Resolution to authorize the City Manager to bind the City, with or without a written contract, including by purchase order, for the acquisition of equipment, materials, supplies, labor, services or other items included within the budget approved by the City Council, and may impose a monetary limit upon such authority; and WHEREAS, the public's interest is best served by implementing a streamlined process for the acquisition of right-of-way and easements for the Project, whereby the City Council authorizes the City Manager to acquire any and all right-of-way and easements for the Project pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to approve any and all agreements for the acquisition of permanent right-of-way or temporary easements, as the case may be, for the Indian Canyon Drive/Interstate 10 Interchange, City Project No. 00-14, Caltrans Project EA 455700. Section 2. The City Manager may designate the Director of Public Works/City Engineer, or his designee, to execute and process any and all escrow documents or other forms on behalf of the City Manager, as may be necessary to facilitate the transfer of property, subject to the approval of the City Attorney. ADOPTED THIS 15th day of October, 2008. David H. Ready,F onager ATTEST: fines Thompson, City Clerk Resolution No. 22365 Page 3 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 22365 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 15th day of October, 2008, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills, Councilmember Weigel, Mayor Pro Tem Foat, and Mayor Pougnet. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. yofes�T—homSson, Clerk Pal itymprings, CaClifornia