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File #: ID 25-680    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/8/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/12/2025 Final action: 6/12/2025
Title: Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee title interest of a 71.65-acre (3,121,074 square feet) parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number 505-021-01 owned by J.S.A. Farms, a California general partnership, for an amount of $3,224,250 for the Northwest Fresno Recharge Basin Project (County of Fresno).
Sponsors: Capital Projects Department, Department of Public Utilities
Attachments: 1. 25-680 Purchase and Sale Agreement.pdf, 2. 25-680 Vicinity Map.pdf, 3. 25-680 Location Map.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: NICHOLAS D. MASCIA, PE, Assistant City Manager
Interim Director - Capital Projects Director

BROCK D. BUCHE, PE, PLS, Director
Department of Public Utilities

BY: ANTONIO M. BUELNA, PE, Assistant Director
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division

NANCY BRUNO, Right of Way Manager
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 title interest of a 71.65-acre (3,121,074 square feet) parcel, identified as Assessor's Parcel Number 505-021-01 owned by J.S.A. Farms, a California general partnership, for an amount of $3,224,250 for the Northwest Fresno Recharge Basin Project (County of Fresno).

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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 title interest of a 71.65-acre (3,121,074 square feet) parcel located at 5245 North Chateau Fresno Avenue, Fresno, California, identified as APN 505-021-01 (Subject Property), owned by J.S.A. Farms, a California general partnership, for an amount of $3,224,250 for the Northwest Fresno Recharge Basin Project (Project), and authorize the City Manager or designee to sign all documents necessary to complete the subject acquisition.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The acquisition of APN 505-021-01 will grant the City fee title ownership of the property located at 5245 North Chateau Fresno Avenue, Fresno, California. This acquisition is essential to the implementation of the Northwest Fresno Recharge Basin Project (Project). The Subject Property, currently owned by J.S.A. Farms, a California general partnership (Owner), will serve as a recharge basin to support local groundwater sustainability. The Project is necessary to offset groundwater pumping in areas not served by surface water treatment plants and aligns with the requirements set...

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