REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department
SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: ANTONIO M. BUELNA, PE, Assistant Director
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
NANCY BRUNO, Supervising Real Estate Agent
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division
SUBJECT
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Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a combined 0.40-acre (17,583 square feet) improved parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 451-071-17 and 451-071-34, owned by Arthur Velasquez and Patricia Velasquez for an amount of $1,347,500, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project. (Council Districts 1 and 7)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a combined 0.40-acre (17,583 square feet) parcel improved with an auto body and paint shop, located at 1540 and 1560 North Blackstone Avenue, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APNs) 451-071-17 and 451-071-34 (the "Subject Property"), owned by Arthur Velasquez and Patricia Velasquez, for an amount of $1,347,500 for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (the "Project"), and authorize the Capital Projects Director or his designee to sign all documents necessary to complete the subject acquisition.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The acquisition of APNs 451-071-17 and 451-071-34 (the "Subject Property") will provide the City with fee title interest of the real property located at 1540-1560 North Blackstone Avenue, Fresno, California, which is necessary to construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (the "Project") and will eliminate two existing at-grade crossings by grade separating North Blackstone Avenue and East McKinley Avenue und...
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