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File #: ID 25-330    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 3/3/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/27/2025 Final action: 3/27/2025
Title: Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a 0.43-acre (18,730 square feet) improved parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number 451-134-05, owned by Joseph E. Alanis, Trustee of the Joseph E. Alanis Revocable Trust dated April 8, 2009, for an amount of $2,027,950.00, 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. 25-330 Purchase and Sale Agreement.pdf, 2. 25-330 Vicinity Map.pdf, 3. 25-330 Location Map.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: NICHOLAS D. MASCIA, PE, Assistant City Manager
Interim 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 0.43-acre (18,730 square feet) improved parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number 451-134-05, owned by Joseph E. Alanis, Trustee of the Joseph E. Alanis Revocable Trust dated April 8, 2009, for an amount of $2,027,950.00, 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 0.43-acre (18,730 square feet) parcel improved with an auto body and paint shop known as Greenway Auto Body, located at 1497 North Blackstone Avenue, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 451-134-05 (the "Subject Property"), owned by Joseph E. Alanis, Trustee of the Joseph E. Alanis Revocable Trust dated April 8, 2009, for an amount of $2,027,950.00 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 APN 451-134-05 (the "Subject Property") will provide the City with fee title interest of the real property located at 1497 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 cr...

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