REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department
SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: NANCY BRUNO, Supervising Real Estate Agent
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - A Resolution of the Council of the City of Fresno, California granting authority to the City Manager or designee to execute Uniform Relocation Act Rental Assistance Program packages for commercial tenants being relocated as a result of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (Council Districts 1 and 7).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to sign and approve payment of Uniform Relocation Act Rental Assistance Program benefits for statutorily eligible commercial tenants impacted by the acquisition of commercial parcels for the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project, in an amount not to exceed $125,000 per tenant relocation, paid through Measure C and California Local Partnership Program Formulaic grant funds.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project includes acquisition of residential and commercial properties. Appraisals of the properties within the Project area began in July 2022, and most of the City's first written offers to purchase have been presented to the property owners. Staff is requesting that the City Council authorize the City Manager or their designee to approve and execute the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) benefits packages for the tenants currently occupying the commercial properties who are being displaced as a result of the acquisitions for the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project. These tenants qualify for relocation assistance pursuant to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally-Assisted Programs (URA). The individual RAP benefits packages c...
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