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File #: ID 24-1388    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/9/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/31/2024 Final action: 10/31/2024
Title: Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a combined 0.5795-acre (25,241 square feet) improved parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 446-232-36 and 446-232-40, owned by Maninder Singh Sandhu and Palwinder Kaur Sandhu for an amount of $1,572,850, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project. (Council Districts 1 and 7)
Sponsors: Capital Projects Department, Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 24-1388 Purchase and Sale Agreement.pdf, 2. 24-1388 Vicinity Map.pdf, 3. 24-1388 Location Map.pdf
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
Title
Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a combined 0.5795-acre (25,241 square feet) improved parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 446-232-36 and 446-232-40, owned by Maninder Singh Sandhu and Palwinder Kaur Sandhu for an amount of $1,572,850, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project. (Council Districts 1 and 7)

Body
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 0.5795-acre (25,241 square feet) parcel improved with an owner-occupied storage space and Napa Genuine Parts Company, located at 1614 and 1632 North Blackstone Avenue, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APNs) 446-232-36 and 446-232-40 (the "Subject Property"), owned by Maninder Singh Sandhu and Palwinder Kaur Sandhu, for an amount of $1,572,850 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 446-232-36 and 446-232-40 (the "Subject Property") will provide the City with fee title interest of the real property located at 1614 and 1632 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 separa...

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