AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 12/04/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Public Works Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of a Cooperative Agreement between the City and Riverside County pertaining to the ability to acquire property as the lead agency for properties within the County's jurisdiction to accommodate the construction of McKinley Street Grade Separation Project.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Cooperative Agreement in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedures Section 1240.040 between the City and Riverside County, in which the County authorizes the City to exercise its eminent domain authority per California Code of Civil Procedures Section 1240.140, to acquire property outside of the City's boundaries but within the County of Riverside, that is necessary for the construction of the McKinley Street Grade Separation Project.
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ANALYSIS:
The City will construct a new overhead grade separation at the McKinley Street/ BNSF Railway double tracks south of the McKinley Street intersection with Sampson Avenue in the City. Limits of improvements along McKinley Street extend from the Magnolia Avenue intersection and terminate at State Route 91 eastbound on/off-ramps. The Project will consist of four lanes in the post construction condition.
The City wishes to acquire permanent and temporary property interests necessary to support the construction, operation, and long-term maintenance of roadway, wall, and utility infrastructure improvements from three privately owned properties within the County's jurisdictional limits. The limits of Riverside County's jurisdiction are south of Sampson Avenue and west of McKinley Street. The final boundaries of the real property interests to be acquired by the City will be identified within the first quarter of 2020, prior to the ...
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